NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team dropped a pair of contests to the Wildcats of Johnson & Wales University in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats took the opener by a final score of  11-0, before securing the nightcap in similar fashion by a final score of 11-0. 

John Riccio (Shelton, Conn. ) and Nick Ramos (Mineola, N.Y.) led the Falcons offensively in the twinbill. Riccio slashed three hits across the doubleheader, while Ramos was 2-for-5 with a double and a hit-by-pitch.     

THE BASICS
FINAL (G1): Johnson & Wales 11 | Albertus Magnus 0 - 7 Innings
FINAL (G2): Johnson & Wales 11 | Albertus Magnus 0 - 7 Innings 
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (8-16, 2-8 GNAC) | Johnson & Wales (16-10, 8-2 GNAC)
BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2

KEY HIGHLIGHTS - Game 1

• The Wildcats kicked off the game with a lead-off home run by Trevor Juan. Johnson & Wales kept the energy high with three additional runs in the top of the first to take the early 4-0 advantage. 
• AMC threatened in the bottom of the first when Ron Losacano (Old Lyme, Conn.) was hit by a pitch and Sullivan advanced him to third with a double into center field, but Wildcat's hurler Aidan Vining slammed the door with a strikeout. 
• The Wildcats expanded their lead in the top of the second inning with another four-run frame, expanding their lead to 8-0. 
• JWU plated another run in the third to make it a 9-0 game. In the bottom of the third, Riccio led off the inning with a single into left field, but was erased on a double play. Bobby Arent (Ridgefield, Conn.) kept the inning alive with a two-out single, but Vining ended the inning with another strikeout. 
• The Wildcats loaded the bases in the fourth, and scored a run when Miles Kelly lofted a sacrifice fly to center field to take a 9-0 advantage. 
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, AMC put runners on the corners with one out, but Vining slammed the door on the rally with a pair of strikeouts to send the teams into the sixth frame. 
• The Wildcats added to their lead in the top of the sixth when Thorin Sanchez-Guerra hit a leadoff homerun over the left field wall to make it 11-0. 
• Sean Jefferson (West Haven, Conn.) reached on an error in the bottom of the sixth and moved to second base when Ramos laced a two-out single back up the middle. However, the Falcons were unable to capitalize on the opportunity, as Vining induced a pop-out to end the inning and strand the runners. 
• Down 11-0 in the bottom of the seventh, the Falcons were unable to get the offense going, and fell to the Wildcats by a final score of 11-0 in game one.   

ON THE MOUND
WP: Aidan Vining (W, 4-2) | 7.0 IP | 0 R | 0 ER | 5 H | 1 BB | 11 SO 
LP: AJ Rooks (L, 1-3) | 1.1 IP | 7 R | 5 ER | 5 H | 4 BB | 2 SO 

AT THE PLATE

• Riccio was 2-for-3.
• Sullivan was 1-for-3 with a double.
• Ramos and Arent tallied a hit each.  

KEY HIGHLIGHTS - Game 2

• The Wildcats struck first in the top of the first frame, scoring one run on two hits. 
• Tyler Baldwin (Cromwell, Conn.) held the Wildcats scoreless in the second inning, tossing a 1-2-3 frame with a pair of punchouts. 
• In the bottom of the second, Ramos whacked a one-out double down the right field line, but was left stranded when Wildcat's hurler Ryan Schultz induced a flyout and a strikeout to end the frame. 
• Baldwin hurled another 1-2-3 inning in the top of the third, but the Falcons were unable to take advantage at the plate in the bottom of the half, as Schultz matched Baldwin zero-for-zero. 
• JWU tacked on another run in the top of the fourth on a pair of singles, but Baldwin wiggled out of the jam with a flyout and a groundout to keep the deficit at two. 
• In the bottom of the fourth, Ramos and Riccio reached on a hit-by-pitch and a single, but were left stranded when Schultz struck out the next batter for the third out. 
• The Wildcats tacked on three more runs in the top of the fifth inning on four hits to take a 5-0 lead. AMC was unable to respond in the bottom of the fifth, despite King Rivera (Bridgeport, Conn.) reaching on a leadoff error and stealing second base, and the teams moved to the sixth inning. 
• JWU added two more insurance runs in the sixth to take a commanding 7-0 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Jefferson doubled to right field, but was caught off the base on a lineout, and the teams moved into the seventh frame. 
• JWU tacked on an additional four runs to make it an 11-0 contest, heading into the bottom of the seventh. Despite a hit-by-pitch from Rivera, Albertus was unable to tally a run, and the Falcons suffered the 11-0 setback in game two.            

ON THE MOUND
WP: Ryan Schultz (W, 3-0) | 7.0 IP | 0 R | 0 ER | 3 H | 0 BB | 10 SO
LP: Tyler Baldwin (L, 1-2) | 4.1 IP | 5 R | 5 ER | 7 H | 2 BB | 6 SO  

AT THE PLATE

• Jefferson, Ramos, and Riccio each recorded a hit in game two. 
• Jefferson and Ramos both tallied a double.  

NOTEWORTHY

• The Falcons are now 33-43 all-time against the Wildcats. 
• Baldwin struck out a season-high six batters. 
• Ramos is on a three-game hitting streak and is batting .400 (4-for-10) with two doubles during that span. 
• Riccio is on a three-game hitting streak and is batting .455 (5-for-11) during this stretch.    

UP NEXT
The baseball team returns to the diamond on Sunday, April 16th, with a road conference doubleheader against the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer College. Game times are set for 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.