WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (Interstat) — RJ Mustaro hit two home runs and drove in four runs as Monmouth rallied past North Carolina A&T 8-7 on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks won a Colonial Athletic Association game at Monmouth Baseball Field, improving to 29-21, while the Aggies dropped to 14-38.

Mustaro went 3-for-4 with a sacrifice fly and solo homers in the seventh and eighth innings. His second homer, a two-run blast in the eighth, tied the game at 7. North Carolina A&T’s JT Taylor also homered twice, driving in five runs. Taylor’s three-run homer in the second and two-run shot in the eighth gave the Aggies leads.

Monmouth scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a wild pitch by Diego Barrett. The Hawks outhit the Aggies 16-8. Angel Ortiz started for North Carolina A&T, pitching four innings with five strikeouts. Caden Carlin and Kevin Opanel combined for three shutout relief innings for Monmouth.