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Dylan Perry leads off first base
Willis Glassgow
Dylan Perry hit an eighth inning home run against Mercer.
7
Monmouth MON 1-5
9
Winner Mercer MER 5-1
Monmouth MON
1-5
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Final
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Mercer MER
5-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Monmouth MON 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 7 12 2
Mercer MER 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 X 9 10 1

W: Wesley Franklin (2-0) L: Couture, Alec (0-1) S: Graham Yntema (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

PADDEN AND PERRY HOMER AS HAWKS FALL AT MERCER

FINAL SCORE
Mercer 9 (5-1)
Monmouth 7 (1-5)

MACON, Ga. – Dylan Perry and Harry Padden each had a home run and two RBIs to lead the Monmouth University baseball team in a 9-7 loss at Mercer on Saturday afternoon. 
 
The Hawks got on the scoreboard first as Mason Wolf delivered a two out two run single up the middle. 
 
Mercer responded with two runs in the bottom of the second and four in the bottom of the third to take a 6-2 lead in the game. 
 
Monmouth got one back in the top of the fifth on a James Harmstead RBI single. 
 
Mercer used a two-run home run to extend its lead to 8-3 in the seventh.
 
Padden and Perry got the top of the eighth started with back-to-back home runs. That made it an 8-5 game. 
 
Mercer got one more run in the bottom of the eighth and made it an 9-5 game. 
 
Padden and Perry combined to help the Hawks plate two more runs in the top of the ninth. Padden had an RBI double and came around to score on Perry's sac fly. That was all the Hawks could muster as Mercer claimed the 9-7 win. 

NOTES
- Harry Padden's home run was his second of the season and seventh of his career. He leads the Hawks with six extra base hits this season.
- Eric Sabato reached base in all five of his plate appearances (two hits, three walks).  
- Eric Sabato has now hit in five straight games for the Hawks.
- Dylan Perry launched his first home run as a Hawk in the eighth inning.
- Alec Couture leads the team with seven strikeouts in two starts combined.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth outhit the Bears for the second straight night as they held a 12-10 edge in that category.
- Four Hawks all had two hits in the game (Casey Caufield, Eric Sabato, James Harmstead and Harry Padden).
- Caufield had a pair of runs scored in the game.
- Padden finished with two runs scored and two RBIs.
- Dylan Perry had two RBIs. 
- Wesley Franklin earned the win on the mound for Mercer as he went 1.1 innings in relief. 
- Alec Couture started and suffered the loss for the Hawks. He threw five innings and gave up six runs. 
 
NEXT UP
Monmouth will wrap up the weekend series when they face Mercer on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m.   
 
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