MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team reached a season-high three-game winning streak as the Falcons defeated Wesleyan University, 7-3 on Friday afternoon in a non-conference road game.

Eddy Garabito (Norwalk, Conn.) went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two stolen bases while Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, and Anthony Abate (Naugatuck, Conn.) scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Alexander Heidel (New Britain, Conn.) earned his first win of the season, pitching 6.2 innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits while striking out two. Aaron McIntyre (East Haven, Conn.) struck out the side in the ninth.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 7 | Wesleyan 3

RECORDS: Albertus (6-15) | Wesleyan (8-15)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams swapped runs in the first inning as the Falcons struck first on an RBI single by Galarza that scored King Rivera (Bridgeport, Conn.), who reached on a fielder's choice. Wesleyan answered with an RBI single from Evan Diaz in the bottom of the inning.
• Both teams went silent offensively over the next five innings as the game remained tied, 1-1. 
• The Falcons plated three runs in the top of the seventh to take a brief 4-1 lead. Colin Telford (Branford, Conn.) walked followed by a single from Abate and an RBI single from Espada. Two batters later Galarza singled to left center to score Espada and Abate to give Albertus the three-run lead.
• Wesleyan answered with two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run single by Troy Ashkinos. Tyler Baldwin (Cromwell, Conn.) came in relief with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and struck out Sebastian Ortiz to keep it a one-run Albertus lead.
• After both teams failed to score a run in the eighth, the Falcons added three more insurance runs in the top of the ninth thanks to a lapse on defense by the Cardinals. With runners on second and third, a ball hit by Shawn Smith (Shelton, Conn.) was mishandled at third base which scored Espada and Abate to make it a 6-3 game. Galarza then followed with an RBI single to score Joseph Cortes (Bridgeport, Conn.), who pinch ran for Smith.
• McIntyre came into the game with a runner on first with no outs in the ninth and struck out the side - all looking - while walking just one.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Alexander Heidel (W, 1-1) 6.2 IP | 6 Hits | 3 Runs | 3 ER | 5 BB | 2 K

Tyler Baldwin 1.1 IP | 0 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 2 BB | 1 K

Aaron McIntyre 1.0 IP | 0 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 1 BB | 3 K

Wesleyan

Tanner Mahon (L, 3-3) 6.2 IP | 7 Hits | 4 Runs | 4 ER | 3 BB | 2 K

Kevin Brown 2.1 IP | 2 Hits | 3 Runs | 0 ER | 2 BB | 3 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

Adriel Espada 2-for-4 | 1 SB | 2 Runs | 1 RBI

Eddy Garabito 2-for-5 | 2 SB | 2 RBI

Eric Galarza 3-for-5 | 1 SB | 2 RBI

Anthony Abate 1-for-3 | 2 Runs

Wesleyan

Evan Diaz 1-for-3 | 2 BB | 1 Run | 1 RBI

Troy Ashkinos 1-for-2 | 2 RBI

NOTEWORTHY

• Espada has a hit in eight of his last nine games and is batting .423 (11-for-26) over that stretch.
• It was the first meeting between the two teams since 2012.
• Garbito has both a six-game hitting streak and a six-game RBI streak. He is batting .370 (10-for-28) with nine RBI during the six games.

UP NEXT

The Falcons head to Rivier for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tilt on Monday at 3 p.m.