BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – The Monmouth University baseball team hit three home runs to back six hitless innings from Drew Yagodzinskie and claimed a 10-6 win at LIU on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
Yagodzinskie registered five strikeouts through the first three innings to keep LIU off the base paths. 
 
After Chris Walsh led off the fourth with a walk, Simmi Whitehill launched his fifth home run of the year, which gave Monmouth a 2-0 advantage. 
 
Later in that same frame, Jimmy Bruno had an RBI double that pushed the Monmouth lead to 3-0.
 
LIU took advantage of a pair of Monmouth errors and got one of those runs back in the bottom of the fourth, 3-1.
 
The Hawks sent nine men to the plate in the fifth inning and used five hits to push their lead to 7-1. Kevin Fedoruk hit a three-run home run in the frame while Whitehill added a sac fly.
 
Wyatt Hunt led off with the sixth with a home run and extended the Monmouth lead. 
 
Yagodzinskie left the game in the seventh and LIU responded by scoring four times and cutting the lead to 8-5. 
 
Another run for the Sharks made it an 8-6 game going to the ninth.
 
An RBI single from Nick Lovarco and bases load walk to Fedoruk in the ninth pushed the Monmouth lead to 10-6. 
 
LIU loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but Kevin Opanel got the final out to secure the win.
 
Notes

• The Hawks moved to 9-1 on the year when they score 10 or more runs in a game. 
• Monmouth got home runs from Simmi Whitehill, Kevin Fedoruk and Wyatt Hunt in the game. The Hawks move to 7-1 on the year when they hit three or more home runs in a game.
• Whitehill's home run in the fourth inning extended his reached base safely streak to 38 straight games. It is the longest by a CAA player this season and ranks among the top 10 nationally for active Division I players.
• Whitehill's home run also extended his current hit streak to 10 straight games. It's the third hit streak of 10 games or more by a Hawk this season. 
• Whitehill finished with three RBIs and recorded his 10th multi-RBI game of the year.
• Chris Walsh stole his career-best 21 base of the season. It's the most steals by a Hawk since Harry Padden had 21 last spring.
• The top four spots in the Monmouth lineup combined to score eight runs in the game. Walsh led the way with three runs scored. 
• Drew Yagodzinskie picked up his first collegiate win on the mound. He tossed six innings, which matched his season-best, did not allow a hit with one unearned run. His six strikeouts matched his season-high. 

Up Next

• The Hawks are right back at it as they return home to host Seton Hall on Wednesday, Apr. 22 at 3 p.m.