WORCESTER, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team split a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader against Anna Maria on Friday. After dropping game one, 9-4, the Falcons rebounded with an 8-4 win in game two.
Eddy Garabito (Norwalk, Conn.) was 3-for-10 over the two games with a towering home run in game one while hitting two doubles in game two. Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) also went yard, hitting a two-run homer in game two. Shawn Smith (Shelton, Conn.) went 6-for-9 over the two games.
Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) went 3-for-7 over two games with a triple, four RBI and a run.
GAME 1
THE BASICS
FINAL: Anna Maria 9 | Albertus Magnus 4
RECORDS: Albertus (7-17, 2-10 GNAC) | Anna Maria (15-15, 4-7 GNAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The AMCATS scored a run in the first and the third innings on RBI singles by Jonathan Guardascione and Evan Dumeny, respectively, to take a 2-0 lead.
- Garabito put the Falcons on the board in a big way with a solo home run to dead centerfield to cut the deficit in half in the top of the fourth. The AMCATS answered with two in the bottom of the inning, including a solo home run of their own by Matthew Cinque.
- Albertus tied the game in the top of the fifth at 4-4 with a three-run fifth inning as Espada hit a two-run triple to score Nick Ramos, (Mineola, N.Y.) who singled, and Colin Telford (Branford, Conn.), who reached on an error. Espada would later score on a passed ball.
- Anna Maria would take the lead back on n RBI double by Cinque in the bottom of the fifth. The AMCATS tacked on four more runs in the bottom of the sixth, highlighted by a two-run singble by Tommy Sasso.
ON THE HILL
Albertus
Alexander Heidel (New Britain, Conn.) (L. 1-2) | 3.2 IP | 10 Hits | 4 Runs | 4 ER | 1 BB | 3 K
Aaron McIntyre (East Haven, Conn.) 1.1 IP | 2 Hits | 1 Run | 1 ER | 2 BB | 2 K
Ryan Green (Torrington, Conn..) 0.2 IP | 4 Hits | 4 Run | 4 ER | 1 BB | 0 K
Riley Corgan (New Milford, Conn.) 2.1 IP | 1 Hit | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 0 K
Anna Maria
Jesse Buonocore (W, 2-1) 4.0 IP | 5 Hits | 4 Runs | 2 ER | 3 BB | 3 K
Conor Francesconi 4.1 IP | 2 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 3 BB | 4 K
Francesco De Vivo 0.2 IP | 0 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 1 BB | 1 K
AT THE PLATE
Albertus
Eddy Garabito 1 HR | 1 RBI
Adriel Espada 1-for-3 | 1 3B | 2 BB | 1 Run | 2 RBI
Nick Ramos 1-for-3 | 1 Run
Shawn Smith 2-for-4 | 1 2B
Anna Maria
Jonathan Guardascione 4-for-5 | 2 2B | 1 Run | 2 RBI
Jeremy Rosenberg 2-for-5 | 1 2B | 2 Runs
Matthew Cinque 2-for-4 | 1 HR | 1 2B | 2 Runs | 2 RBI
Josh Batchelder 3-for-4 | 1 Run
Tommy Sasso 1-for-4 | 1 Run | 2 RBI
GAME 2
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus 8 | Anna Maria 4
RECORDS: Albertus (8-17, 3-10 GNAC) | Anna Maria (15-16, 4-8 GNAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After loading the bases with one out in the top of the second inning, the Falcons scored two runs as Telford drove in Smith on a fielder's choice followed by an RBI single by Espada
- Anna Maria answered with a run in the bottom of the second on a homer by Chiulli, but the Falcons regained the two-run lead on an RBI single by Smith.
- Chiulli hit another solo homer to lead off the bottom of the fourth to make it a 3-2 game.
- Albertus put together a three-run inning in the top of the fifth as it had three extra-base hits to start the inning. Garabito and Elijah Spataj (Cheshire, Conn.) hit back-to-back doubles to put score a run and Galarza followed with his second homer of the season - a two-run shot - to put the Falcons ahead, 6-2.
- Albertus added two more insurance runs in the top of the seventh on RBI singles by Telford and Espada.
ON THE HILL
Albertus
Jack Angelo (East Haven, Conn.) (W, 3-0) 6.1 IP | 11 Hits | 4 Runs | 4 ER | 0 BB | 3 K
Tyler Baldwin (Cromwell, Conn.) 2.2 IP | 1 Hit | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 1 K
Anna Maria
Michael Shorey (L, 2-5) 4.0 IP | 6 Hits | 3 Runs | 3 ER | 2 BB | 1 K
Quinn Salvi 1.0 IP | 4 Hits | 3 Runs | 3 ER | 0 BB | 0 K
Sean Christiansen 1.2 IP | 2 Hits | 2 Runs | 2 ER | 4 BB | 2 K
Francesco De Vivo 2.1 IP | 2 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 1 BB | 3 K
AT THE PLATE
Albertus
Adriel Espada 2-for-4 | 2 BB | 2 RBI
Elijah Spataj 2-for-5 | 2 2B | 2 Runs | 1 RBI
Eddy Garabito 2-for-5 | 2 2B | 1 Run
Shawn Smith 4-for-5 | 1 Run | 1 RBI
Eric Galarza 2-for-4 | 1 HR | 2 Runs | 2 RBI
Anna Maria
Justin Chiulli 3-for-4 | 2 HR | 1 2B | 2 Runs | 2 RBI
Tommy Sasso 2-for-4 | 2 2B | 1 Run
Jonathan Guradascione 1-for-3 | 2 RBI
NOTEWORTHY
- Albertus has matched its home run total from the season before with 14.
- Garabito has a 10-game hitting streak and is batting .391 (18-for-46) with two homers, three doubles, 11 runs and 15 RBI during that span.
- Smith is 8-for-12 over his last three games.
UP NEXT
The Falcons head to Colby-Sawyer on Saturday for a GNAC doubleheader beginning at noon.
