DAVENPORT, Fla. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team closed out its spring break trip at the RussMatt Florida Invitational with a dominating 15-0 win over Keuka College on Friday evening.
Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) had another big game at the plate going 3-for-5, including a grand slam and scoring four runs.
Joey O'Hara (Bethel, Conn.) hit two doubles as he went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI. Baltazar Mesa (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI. Brayden Hastings (Wallingford, Conn.) went 2-for-5 with three RBI and Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) scored four runs and stole three bases.
Justin Feinstein (Monroe, Conn.) pitched a complete game for the Falcons, throwing eight innings, while striking out eight.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus 15 | Keuka 0
RECORDS: Albertus (4-4) | Keuka (1-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Falcons scored one in the first on an RBI single by O'Hara. Feinstein kept the Keuka bats silent, allowing just three hits through the first five innings.
- Albertus erupted for four runs in the fifth inning. Espada was hit by a pitch, stole two bases and then scored on an error. A few batters later, Hastings hit a two-run single and the Falcons had one more run cross the plate on a wild pitch.
- The Falcons added two more runs in the sixth inning, including an RBI double by O'Hara, and scored twice more in the seventh on an error by Keuka.
- Albertus finished off Keuka in the eighth, scoring six runs as Galarza finished his hot start to the season with a grand slam to right field. Mesa added an RBI double to finish off the scoring for the Falcons.
ON THE HILL
Albertus
Justin Feinsteain (W, 2-0) 8.0 IP | 8 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 2 BB | 8 K
Keuka
Luis Rivera (L, 0-1) 4.0 IP | 3 Hits | 1 Run | 0 ER | 3 BB | 4 K
Mason Smith 0.2 IP | 0 Hits | 4 Runs | 4 ER | 3 BB | 1 K
Trey Bova 0.1 IP | 1 Hit | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 1 BB | 0 K
Max Kowalsky 0.2 IP | 2 Hits | 2 Run | 2 ER | 1 BB | 0 K
Matt Roeder 1.1 IP | 1 Hit | 2 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 0 K
Anthony Sciacca 1.0 IP | 6 Hits | 6 Runs | 0 ER | 2 BB | 0 K
AT THE PLATE
Albertus
Eric Galarza 3-for-5 | 1 HR | 1 2B | 4 Runs | 4 RBI
Joey O'Hara 3-for-4 | 1 2B | 3 Runs | 2 RBI
Adriel Espada 4 Runs | 3 SB
Brayden Hastings 2-for-5 | 3 RBI
Baltazar Mesa 3-for-4 | 2 2B | 3 Runs | 2 RBI
Keuka
Evan Cuba 2-for-3
NOTEWORTHY
Galarza has three games already this season with four or more RBI and five games with two or more runs. He has had multiple hits in seven of eight games this season.
O'Hara is 7-for-10 with seven runs and five RBI over his last two gams.
UP NEXT
The Falcons return north and take on Sage on the road at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18th.