WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Monmouth University Baseball was beaten by Hofstra University Sunday in the final game of a three-game CAA series, 19-2 at MU Baseball Field.
Austin Denlinger led the Hawks with three hits on the afternoon.
 
Hofstra jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first and extended it to 4-0 in the third before the Hawks answered in the fourth. Phil Stahl led off with a double and Ben Winstead singled before Will Trochiano lifted a sac fly to left to trim the deficit to 4-1.
 
Monmouth starter Drew Helmstetter nearly escaped the fifth but an error kept things going and the Pride took advantage, scoring three times with two outs to make it 7-1. Denlinger singled home a run in the fifth to make it 7-2, but Hofstra added on in the sixth, seventh and ninth to lead 19-2, the eventual final.

NOTES


-Denlinger posted his seventh three-hit game of the season.
-Eric Sabato notched his 15^th multi-hit game this year.
-Tommy Kent delivered his fourth scoreless outing of the year.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
 
-Monmouth was outhit 21-7.
-There were five total errors in the game, with Hofstra making three.
-Hofstra starter Tristan Nemjo earned the win, allowing one earned run in five innings.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth visits Villanova Tuesday at noon.