FINAL SCORE 
Monmouth 13 (16-17)
Princeton 3 (7-23)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Harry Padden and Casey Caufield combined to go 5-for-6 with five runs scored and led the Monmouth University baseball team to a 13-3 win over Princeton University in seven innings on Wednesday afternoon. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh due to weather concerns.
 
The Hawks wasted little time in getting on the board in this one. Padden scored the game's first run as Caufield stole second and there was an error on the play. Caufield crossed the plate on Chris Andrews' sac fly. Aidan Bretschneider added a two-run double in the frame for a 4-0 advantage. 
 
Princeton got one back in the top of the second before a sac fly from Bretschneider in the third gave the home team a 5-1 lead.
 
Monmouth pushed its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Padden and Caufield scored on a wild pitch and a passed ball, respectively. 
 
The Hawks sent eight men to the plate in the fifth inning and scored four times for an 11-1 lead. Highlighting the action in that inning were RBI singles from Kenny Noe and Caufield. 
 
The Hawks tacked on two more in the sixth as Padden drew a bases loaded walk and Caufield added another RBI single.
 
Princeton scored two in the top of the seventh and made it a 13-3 game. The Hawks had the first two batters in the seventh reach before the game was called.

NOTES 
- It was the 43rd all-time meeting between the Hawks and Tigers. Monmouth leads the series, 24-19 and has won two straight over Princeton.
- The Hawks improve to 4-1 against teams from the state of New Jersey this season (wins over NJIT, FDU, St. Peter's and Princeton, loss to Rider).
- Monmouth improves to 11-2 this season when the Hawks score 10 or more runs in a game. 
- Casey Caufield was 3-for-3 and extended his reached base safely streak to 28 straight games. 
- David Horvath made his first appearance of the season and first since opening weekend of last year.
- Chris Andrews extended his reached base safely streak to 18 straight games while Harry Padden reached base safely for the 13th straight game.    

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- The Hawks stole six bases in the game, which was one shy of their season-high. 
- Simmi Whitehill scored a season-high three runs in the game. 
- Casey Caufield's three hits gave him, his team-leading 16th multi-hit game of the season. 
- Harry Padden had three stolen bases in the contest and became the first Hawk with 20 steals in a season since JP Walsh had 22 in 2019. 
- Aidan Bretschneider's three RBIs were a career-high. 
- Chris Walsh matched his season-high with three hits while Kenny Noe's two hits were a career-high.
- Jacob Ciccone tied for the team-lead with three wins on the season. He went two innings in relief and allowed just one hit while striking out three.
- Jackson Baldrate took the loss for Princeton after giving up five runs on six hits in three innings. 

NEXT UP
Monmouth heads south for a three-game set at North Carolina A&T starting Friday, Apr. 11 at 6 p.m.