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Monmouth University Athletics

Baseball Monmouth at Fairfield 4-17-2021
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Monmouth MON 20-22, 9-8 MAAC
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Winner Fairfield FFD 25-17, 13-3 MAAC
Monmouth MON
20-22, 9-8 MAAC
5
Final
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Fairfield FFD
25-17, 13-3 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Monmouth MON 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 10 0
Fairfield FFD 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 11 0

W: Cafaro, Bryson (5-2) L: Bearse, Ryan (2-1)

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Winner Monmouth MON 21-22, 10-7 MAAC
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Fairfield FFD 25-18, 13-4 MAAC
Winner
Monmouth MON
21-22, 10-7 MAAC
3
Final
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Fairfield FFD
25-18, 13-4 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Monmouth MON 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
Fairfield FFD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2

W: Klepchick, Dan (2-4) L: Ostensen, Peter (3-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BLACK’S LATE HOME RUN LIFTS BASEBALL TO DH SPLIT

FAIRFIELD, CT – Dixon Black homered in the ninth inning to give Monmouth University Baseball (21-22, 10-7 MAAC) the lead and MU pitching did not allow a run after the first inning as the Hawks won the nightcap to earn a doubleheader split with Fairfield University (25-18, 13-4 MAAC) 3-1. Fairfield took the opening game in 11 innings, 6-5.
 
After Fairfield scratched across a run with a ground ball in the first inning of the second game, Rob Hensey buckled down and posted one of his best outings of the season, pitching into the eighth inning and not allowing another run. MU backed him up in the fourth, when Black reached on an infield hit and stole second before scoring on Nick Campana's line single to left.
 
When the leadoff man reached for the Stags in the eighth, Dan Klepchick made his first career relief appearance and needed just 11 pitches to get three outs and end the inning. Casey Caufield reached on an error with one away in the ninth before Black drove the eventual winning homer into the trees in left. Klepchick went 1-2-3 in the ninth to secure the MU win.
 
In the opener, James Harmstead sparked MU early with a two-run homer in the first. The Stags hit a solo in the opening inning to answer and tied it on a sac fly in the third, with Trey Dombroski keeping them off the board from there. MU took the lead in the eighth on a wild pitch, 3-2, and added two in the ninth when Caufield and Harmstead drove in runs with base hits to make it 5-2. With one down in the ninth, Matt Venuto hit an opposite field, three-run home run to tie the game before the Stags won it in the 11th on Mike Caruso's RBI single to left.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"A good way to end the day. We played hard and competed all day. Our starting pitching with Trey and Hensey was excellent. Klepchick was solid in relief in the second game. Dixon came up big with the home run. It was nice to see us respond positively after a tough first game." – Head Coach Dean Ehehalt

-Dixon Black's home run was MU's second home run this season in the ninth to put the Hawks in front.
-Black's homer was his ninth of the season, a career high.
-Dan Klepchick made his first career relief appearance in his 50th outing.
-Klepchick's final strikeout was the 234th of his career, tying him for second in program history with Ryan Buch.
-James Harmstead's homer in the first game marked his 16th of the year, one shy of Paul Bottigliero's program record set in 2009.
-Trey Dombroski's seven K's gave him 96 for the season, six shy of Pat Light's (2012) single-season program record of 102.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Rob Hensey took a no decision with seven-plus innings, allowing an unearned run on five hits with two K's.
-Dan Klepchick picked up his second win with two spotless relief innings, fanning three.
-Trey Dombroski threw seven strong innings in the opener, allowing two runs with seven K's and only one walk.
-Dixon Black had five hits across the two games.
-In the opener, the first three in MU's order combined for six hits.
 
UP NEXT
-Monmouth wraps up its home schedule Tuesday against Villanova at 1:30 p.m.
 
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