WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey - The Marist baseball team used a huge fourth inning to gain momentum and complete the three-game sweep of Monmouth with a 13-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.

Marist 13, Monmouth 6.
W: Alex Pansini (5-3); L: Rob Hensey (2-6); S: Jack Bowery (1).

• After both teams were scoreless through the first three innings, Marist erupted in the fourth inning, scoring nine runs. 

• Brian Hart started it off with an RBI triple to score Johnny Decker. Dylan Hoy, Marco Ali, Gene Napolitano, and Reece Armitage each had an RBI single in the inning. Then Robbie Armitage hit a two-RBI double before Gavin Noriega hit a two-run home run to cap the inning off. 

• A Monmouth solo home run in the bottom of the fourth gave the Hawks their first run of the game. 

• In the bottom of the fifth, Monmouth hit a grand slam to cut the lead to 9-5. 

• In the top of the seventh, Ali hit a sacrifice fly to score Hart. Later on in the inning a Reece Armitage bases-loaded single scored one to extend the lead to 11-5. 

• Napolitano hit a two-RBI single in the top of ninth inning to extend the lead to 13-5. 

• A Monmouth RBI single in the bottom of the ninth cut the lead to 13-6. 

• Alex Pansini pitched 6.0 innings allowing four hits while striking out eight. 

• The Red Foxes scored 13 runs on 16 hits. 

• Seven different Red Foxes recorded at least one RBI, with Gene Napolitano leading the way with three. 

• All nine batters in the lineup got at least one hit, with Dylan Hoy leading the way with three. Gene Napolitano, Reece Armitage, Gavin Noriega, Niko Amory, and Marco Ali got two hits each. 

• Marist will play at Army on Tuesday at 3 p.m.  

• The Red Foxes improve to 21-14 on the season (10-5 in the conference).