STONY BROOK, NY – Monmouth University Baseball battled to get within a run, with Aidan Bretschneider hitting his first career home run, but Stony Brook University held on for an 8-5 win in the weekend finale Sunday on Long Island.
 
SBU took the early lead with three runs in the third, the latter two coming on a home run from Fox to make it 3-0. MU replied, getting two to cross in the fourth courtesy of a Ben Winstead single and a Mason Wolf sac fly to trim the deficit to 3-2. After Stony Brook made it 6-2, the Hawks used a big sixth inning to again get within one. Winstead singled with one down and Wolf drove him in with a triple, and Bretschneider followed with a two-run homer to trim it to 6-5. MU had two aboard in the inning after that, but could not find the equalizer and Stony Brook tacked on two more to conclude the weekend with an 8-5 final score.
 
NOTES
 
-Bretschneider's home run was the first of his career.
-Ben Winstead posted his third three-hit game this season.
-Bretschneider had multiple hits in both games he played in this weekend, the first two of his career.
-Bretschneider drove in two runs for the second time in his career.
-Mason Wolf posted his third multi-RBI game of the year.
-Stephen Aldrich threw his sixth scoreless outing this season.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
 
-Monmouth outhit Stony Brook 12-11.
-Drew Helmstetter took the loss for Monmouth, throwing 4.1 innings.
-Stony Brook's Smink earned the win, throwing 5.2 innings.
 
UP NEXT
-Monmouth opens its final series of the season at home against Delaware on Thursday, May 18 at 3:00 p.m.