MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.- The Albertus Magnus College baseball team suffered its first loss of the season to Catholic University (Pa.), 19-4 on Sunday evening at The Ripken Experience.

Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) was 1-for-3 with two RBI and Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) was 1-for-3 with a run.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Catholic University 19 | Albertus Magnus 4

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (1-1) | Catholic University (6-3)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Albertus jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Elijah Spataj (Cheshire, Conn.) drove in Espada with an RBI single followed by a two-run triple by Galarza.
• The Cardinals responded with two runs in the top of the second on a two-run homer from Sammy Burman and the Falcons would get one back on a wild pitch that scored King Rivera.
• However in the third, the Cardinals took the lead for good in the top of the third, going up 7-4, highlighted by a three-run homer from Mitchel Johnson.
• Catholic added a run apiece in both the 5th and 6th inning and added three in the seventh, including a homer from Michael Napolitano making it a 124 game. They'd put the game away in the ninth with a seven-run inning.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Kevin Pascual (Norwalk, Conn.) (L, 0-1) 2.2 IP | 7 R | 7 ER | 5 H | 4 BB | 2 K

Aaron McIntyre (East Haven, Conn.) 2.1 IP | 1 Runs | 1 ER | 2 Hits | 1 BB | 1 K

Jack Angelo (East Haven, Conn.) 2 IP | 4 R | 3 ER | 4 H | 0 BB | 0 K

Kyle Hensel (Wolcott, Conn.) 2 IP | 7 R | 5 ER | 8 H | 2 BB | 1 K

Catholic

Eddie Kaftan (W, 2-0) 5 IP | 4 R | 4 ER | 5 H | 4 BB | 6 K

Luke Cardman 3 IP | 4 R | 4 ER | 2 H | 0 BB | 3 K

Ryan O'Keefe 1 IP | 0 R | 0 ER | 1 H | 0 BB | 2 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

• Eric Galarza 1-for-3 | 1 3B | 2 RBI
• Adriel Espada 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 BB

Catholic

• Mitchel Johnson 2-for-3 | 2 R | 1 HR | 4 RBI
• Sammy Burman 3-for-4 | 3 R | 1 HR | 3 RBI
• Michael Napolitano 3-for-6 | 3 R | 1 HR | 3 RBI

NOTEWORTHY

• Tate Reilly (Estero, Fla.) hit a triple in the ninth and Tyler DeSanty (West Haven, Conn.) hit a single in the eighth for their first career hits.
• Galarza has five RBI through two games.

UP NEXT

Albertus plays in a doubleheader on Monday, taking on Lesley at 9 a.m., followed by a game against La Roche at 12:30 p.m. at The Ripken Experience.