STANDISH, Maine - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team suffered a tough, road setback to the Monks of Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Sunday afternoon, falling in both ends of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader. The Monks took game one by a final score of 3-1, before turning around and taking the nightcap 10-0. 

Matt Lewczyk (Windsor, Conn.) led the Falcons on offense with two hits and two walks in the doubleheader, while Tyler Baldwin (Cromwell, Conn.) had a strong start on the mound for the Falcons in game one, with six innings of three-run baseball.    

THE BASICS
FINAL (G1): Saint Joseph's College of Maine 3 | Albertus Magnus 1  
FINAL (G2): Saint Joseph's College of Maine 10 | Albertus 0 
RECORDS: Albertus (2-16, 2-6 GNAC) | Saint Joseph's College of Maine (14-10, 6-1 GNAC)   
LOCATION: Larry Mahaney Diamond

HOW IT HAPPENED - Game 1

The Falcons got started early, putting two runners on in the first inning. Lewcyzk and Matt Warren (Wolcott, Conn.) hit back-to-back singles, before Monks' starter Samuel Jalbert slammed the door on the early surge with a strikeout and a caught stealing. Falcons' starter Baldwin kept the Monks off the board in the bottom half of the first, sandwiching a single around three groundouts. 

The Falcons put a runner on in the second, as Yandy James (Paterson, N.J.) was hit by a pitch, but Jalbert worked around the baserunner with a groundout and a strikeout. Baldwin matched Jalbert with a scoreless second inning of his own, and the teams moved to the third inning, still deadlocked at 0-0. 

The Monks broke through against Baldwin in the third inning, after holding the Falcons scoreless in the top half of the frame. Three singles scored a run for the Monks before Baldwin induced a flyout to center field from Jonathan Dube to end the inning. 

Albertus' Sean Jefferson (West Haven, Conn.) reached on an error with two outs in the fourth but was caught stealing to end the inning. Baldwin held the hosts' in check in the bottom of the fourth, working around a lead-off single from Dawson Gundlah to keep the score at 1-0 Monks, heading into the top of the fifth inning. 

James led off the fifth by reaching second on a pair of Monks' errors. Jalbert quickly retired the next two hitters, before Anthony Broadhurst (Stratford, Conn.) smacked a single to left field to plate James from second and tie the game at 1-all. 

The Monks answered in the bottom half of the fifth, scoring two runs on three hits to take a 3-1 advantage into the sixth inning. 

Lewczyk led off the sixth inning with a walk, before advancing to second on a groundout. With two outs, Monk's starter Jalbert balked, allowing Lewczyk to reach third. However, Jalbert was unfazed, retiring the final hitter via foul-out to preserve the 3-1 lead for the Monks. 

Saint Joseph's threatened in the bottom half of the sixth inning, putting a runner on with one out. Baldwin worked around a stolen base with a pair of flyouts to strand the runner and send the teams into the top of the seventh, with the Falcons trailing 3-1. 

With one out in the seventh, Shawn Smith (Shelton, Conn.) and Nick Ramos (Mineola, N.Y.) worked back-to-back walks to put two on for the Falcons. Monks' reliever Luke Stephens bore down and retired the final two hitters to give the Monks the 3-1 victory in game one.        

TOP PERFORMERS

• WP: Samuel Jalbert (W, 2-2) 6.0 innings | 3 Hits | 1 Run | 1 Walk | 8 Strikeouts 
• LP: Tyler Baldwin (L, 1-4) 6.0 innings | 9 Hits | 3 Runs | 0 Walks | 1 Strikeout 
• Baldwin threw his second consecutive start of at least six innings with three runs or fewer allowed. 
• Baldwin has allowed three runs over his last 13 innings pitched (1.61 ERA).   
• Lewczyk went 1-for-2 with a walk. 
• Broadhurst was 1-for-3 with an RBI. 
• James scored the lone run for the Falcons.

HOW IT HAPPENED - Game 2

The Monks roared out of the gate to start the second game, scoring five runs off of four hits and a Falcons' error to take an early 5-0 lead heading into the second inning. Reliever Michael Pepe (Cheshire, Conn.) took over for Matthew Silverstein (Shelton, Conn.) in the second inning and held the Monks scoreless for 2.1 innings. 

Alan Stinson (Watertown, Conn.) came on to pitch for the Falcons in the fourth inning and threw a clean three-up, three-down fourth.  

The Monks added to their lead in the fifth inning, scoring three runs off of two hits and a Falcons error to push their lead to 8-0. Tristan Smith (Salem, Conn.) relieved Stinson in the fifth inning and threw a scoreless two-thirds of an inning.   

The Monks chipped away with two more insurance runs in the sixth inning to take a 10-0 lead into the final inning. 

Monks hurler Jason Johnson kept the Falcons in check for six innings, permitting a single to Sean Jefferson (West Haven, Conn.) in the second, a walk to Yandy James (Paterson, N.J.) in the third, a single to Lewczyk in the fourth inning, and a walk to Lewczyk in the sixth inning. Monks' reliever Devan Harrison threw a scoreless seventh inning for the Monks, with the only blemish being a hit-by-pitch to Falcons' pinch-hitter Adrian Rivera-Silva (Hamden, Conn.).       

TOP PERFORMERS

• WP: Jason Johnson (W, 2-2) 6.0 innings | 2 Hits | 0 Runs | 2 Walks | 7 Strikeouts 
• LP: Matt Silverstein (L, 0-2) 0.2 innings | 4 Hits | 5 Runs | 2 Walks | 1 Strikeout 
• Lewczyk was 1-for-2 with a walk.
• Jefferson was 1-for-3.  
• Pepe threw 2.1 scoreless innings in relief. 
• Tristan Smith (Salem, Conn.) and Zack Fenn (Oakville, Conn.) each had scoreless outings on the mound for the Falcons. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Lewczyk is on a four-game hitting streak. 
• The Falcons are 1-27 in the all-time series against Saint Joseph's College of Maine. 

UP NEXT
The Falcons will return home for a clash with the Knights of Mt. St. Mary' (N.Y.) on Wednesday, April 13th. Game time is set for 7 PM at Rochford Field in Hamden, Conn.