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Jay Bant celebrates at the plate after hitting a home run
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Jay Bant celebrates at the plate with Chris Andrews and Casey Caufield after hitting a home run at Towson.
5
Winner MONMOUTH MONMOUTH 12-14, 2-3 CAA
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Towson Tigers TOWSON 9-18, 2-3 CAA
Winner
MONMOUTH MONMOUTH
12-14, 2-3 CAA
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Final
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Towson Tigers TOWSON
9-18, 2-3 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MONMOUTH MONMOUTH 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 8 0
Towson Tigers TOWSON 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 1

W: Opanel, Kevin (1-2) L: Max Simpson (1-6) S: Benzinger, Derek (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Lovarco and Bant Help Power Hawks Over Towson

FINAL SCORE 
Monmouth 5  (12-14, 2-3 CAA)
Towson 3 (9-18, 2-3 CAA)

TOWSON, Md. – Nick Lovarco and Jay Bant hit key home runs to back a couple of solid pitching performances as the Monmouth University baseball team beat Towson University 5-3 in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) action on Saturday afternoon. 
 
For the second straight game, the Hawks got on the scoreboard first. After Harry Padden drew a leadoff walk and stole second, Casey Caufield roped an RBI single up the middle.
 
A run in the second and one in the third gave Towson a 2-1 advantage in the contest.
 
Lovarco drove the second pitch he saw leading off the fourth inning over the fence in left and tied the game at 2-2. 
 
After Caufield drew a leadoff walk in the fifth, Bant hit a big home run to right and the Hawks led 4-2. 
 
A sac fly from Padden in the top of the sixth pushed the Monmouth advantage to 5-2. 
 
Towson got a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth and pulled to within two, 5-3. 
 
The Hawks pitching staff locked down after that as Derek Benzinger retired the final seven batters he saw to secure the 5-3 win.

NOTES 
- It was the tenth meeting all-time between the Hawks and Tigers. Monmouth leads the series 6-4, having won six of the last seven meetings.
- Andrew Schmid had his CAA leading eighth sacrifice bunt in the game.
- Casey Caufield had three hits and increased his reached base safely streak to 22 straight games. 
- Chris Andrews walked and has reached base safely in 11 straight games.  

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Jay Bant had two RBIs and increased his team lead to 29 RBIs on the season. That ranks among the top three in the CAA.
- Casey Caufield had his team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the season. 
- Nick Lovarco and Jay Bant are now tied with Harry Padden for the team lead in home runs this season with three.
- Padden increased his team lead in stolen bases to 13.
- Kevin Opanel earned the win on the mound for the Hawks as he allowed just one run on three hits in two innings of relief work. 
- Max Simpson was tagged with the loss as he gave up four runs on six hits in four innings.

NEXT UP
Monmouth and Towson wrap up their series on Sunday, Mar. 30 at 1 p.m.     
 
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