FINAL SCORE
Game One – Ten Innings
George Mason 6 (6-6)
Monmouth 5 (2-8)
 
Game Two
George Mason 2 (7-6)
Monmouth 1 (2-9)

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Monmouth University baseball team fell in a pair of hard-fought one run contests at George Mason University on Friday afternoon. 
 
The Patriots scored with one-out in the 10th inning of game-one to secure the 6-5 victory. The Hawks and Patriots looked to be heading for extras in game two as well, but George Mason was able to plate a two-out run in the bottom of the ninth for the 2-1 win.
 
Game One Recap: The Hawks got on the board in the first as James Harmstead drilled a two-out double down the left field line that scored Austin Denlinger.
 
George Mason scored two in the first and one in the second to take a 3-1 advantage. 
 
Monmouth got one back in the third and made it a 3-2 game on Denlinger's RBI groundout. 
 
The Patriots extended their advantage to 5-2 with runs in the seventh and eighth innings. 
 
Down to their final at-bats, the Hawks opened the top of the ninth with a single and a hit by pitch to put two runners on. Harmstead homered to left and tied the game at 5-5. 
 
It stayed that way until the bottom of the 10th when George Mason got an RBI triple to plate the winning run.
 
Game Two Recap: The Hawks struck first in game two as well. Dylan Perry reached to start the third inning and came around to score on Eric Sabato's single up the middle.
 
George Mason tied the game with a run in the fourth.
 
It looked like the two sides might be headed to extras again as neither team could score over the next four plus innings. 
 
In the bottom of the ninth, George Mason used a two-out single to center to score the game winning run.
 
NOTES 
Game One Notes
- The top of the line-up did the damage for the Hawks as three of the first four batters in the line-up all had two hits. 
- Casey Caufield has five multi-hit games on the season. 
- Eric Sabato finished with two base knocks and now has six multi-hit games on the year.
- James Harmstead's home run was his first of the season and 28^th of his career. 

Game Two Notes
- Casey Caufield extended his hit streak to seven straight games with a single.
- Wyatt Hunt made his first career start in the infield and reached twice on a pair of walks.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
Game One Numbers
- Both teams recorded 10 hits in the game. 
- James Harmstead had the Hawks' two extra base hits (double, home run). 
- Derek Benzinger took the loss for the Hawks as he went 1.1 and struck out two while giving up the one run. 
- Britt Yount got the win as he went two innings in relief and did not allow a run while striking out two.
 
Game Two Numbers
- Both teams recorded seven hits in the contest. 
- Austin Denlinger had the Hawks only extra base hit with a double.
- Caden Carlin suffered the loss in relief for the Hawks. He went 1.2 and allowed one run. 
- Owen Stewart picked up the win for George Mason with three innings of four hit scoreless relief.
 
NEXT UP
Monmouth wraps up its three-game set with George Mason on Sunday, Mar. 10 at 1 p.m.