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Chris Walsh mid stride as he runs the bases
Katelyn Sandvik
Chris Walsh stole four bases in the Hawks contest against North Carolina A&T.
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Winner N.C. A&T N.C. A&T 14-37, 5-24 CAA
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Monmouth University MONMOUTH 28-21, 19-10 CAA
Winner
N.C. A&T N.C. A&T
14-37, 5-24 CAA
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Final
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Monmouth University MONMOUTH
28-21, 19-10 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
N.C. A&T N.C. A&T 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 12 2
Monmouth University MONMOUTH 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 9 9 1

W: Diego Barrett (3-2) L: Danyluk, Jake (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Hawks Fall to North Carolina A&T After Wild Ninth Inning

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – After a ninth inning that saw the two teams combine for six runs, it was North Carolina A&T emerging with a 10-9 win over the Monmouth University baseball team in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play Friday.
 
The Aggies got the scoring started with a two-out run in the top of the first.
 
Monmouth answered in their half of the frame as Wyatt Hunt had an RBI groundout. Simmi Whitehill made it a 2-1 game as he scored on a wild pitch. 
 
North Carolina A&T used another two-out run in the top of the second to tie things at 2-2.
 
The Aggies got a three-run home run from Luis Gomez in the third and took a 5-2 lead.
 
The Hawks got a run back in their half of the inning as Hunt drove in Chris Walsh with a single. 
 
The Aggies pushed the lead to 6-3 in the top of the fourth. 
 
Monmouth got a run back in the bottom of the fourth as RJ Mustaro roped a double that scored Aidan Bretschneider.
 
The Hawks sent seven men to the plate and scored three times in the bottom of the sixth for a 7-6 edge. Bretschneider had an RBI single before Mustaro launched a two-run home run to left field.
 
Monmouth carried that lead into the top of the ninth. The Hawks got the first two outs before the Aggies used a bases loaded walk to tie the game. The Aggies scored three on a single from Reggie Tuggle and a Hawks error and took a 10-7 lead. 
 
Back-to-back RBI singles from Hunt and Simmi Whitehill pulled the Hawks to within one, 10-9 in the bottom of the ninth. However, the Aggies were able to get the final out to secure the victory.
 
Notes
  • Chris Walsh stole a career-high four bases in the contest. It is the most steals by a Hawk since Chris Andrews had four against Georgetown last year.
  • The four steals gives Walsh 26 steals on the season. It's the most single-season steals by a Hawk in the last 10 years.
  • Walsh was hit by a pitch three times in the game and now leads the CAA after being hit a by pitch 21 times this season.
  • Walsh scored three times in the game. The Hawks move to 9-3 when Walsh scores multiple runs in a game.
  • RJ Mustaro hit his fifth home run of the season. He is the sixth different player to hit at least five home runs this year.
  • Mustaro drove in three runs and now has seven RBIs in his last three games combined.
  • Wyatt Hunt had a pair of base knocks and leads the Hawks with 22 multi-hit games this season.
  • Nick Lovarco ran his reached base safely streak to 13 straight games.
  • Jake Danyluk surrendered the base hit that allowed the go-ahead runs to score.
Up Next
  • The Hawks wrap up the regular season on Saturday, May 16 when they host North Carolina A&T at 1 p.m. The Hawks will honor their seniors and grad students  in a ceremony at 12:20 p.m. 
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