NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team held an early lead, but fell to the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), 15-9 on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference road game.

Four players had two hits for the Falcons, including Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) who was 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Shawn Smith (Shelton, Conn.) went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run. Jason Sullivan (Meriden, Conn.) went 2-for-4 with a run and RBI and Bobby Arent (Ridgefield, Conn.) was 2-for-4 with two RBI.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Coast Guard 15 | Albertus Magnus 9

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (3-8) | Coast Guard (8-5)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams scored a run in the first inning as Espada scored on a wild pitch in the top half. The Bears took a lead on a solo homer from John Tacchini in the bottom of the second inning, making it a 2-1 game.
• The Falcons took a 4-2 lead in the top of the this as Espada and Anthony Abate (Naugatuck, Conn.) hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning before Smith singled to drive in Espada to tie the game. Sullivan drew a walk to load the bases and Arent followed two batters later with a free pass, giving Albertus a 3-2 lead. Smith then scored on a pass ball to cap the three-run inning. Smith also drove in a run in the top of the fourth giving Albertus its biggest lead of the game at 5-2.
• Coast Guard, however, put three big innings together to take a commanding 15-5 lead after the bottom of the seventh. The Bears scored four in the bottom of the fourth, including a two-run double from Carson Cho to make it a 5-5 game. The Bears took a 6-5 lead on an RBI single from Richard Barkley.
• The Bears took a commanding 10-5 lead after another four-run inning in the bottom of the sixth as a they loaded the bases with one out. A walk and hit by pitch made it an 8-5 game and an RBI single from John Tacchini made it a four-run game. Coast Guard added a sacrifice fly. Coast Guard added five more runs in the bottom of the seventh, including three straight extra base hits including a two-run homer from Wyat Duthu.
• Albertus made a rally in the top of the ninth - all with two outs - as Sullivan drove in a run on a single and Troy Piascik (East Haven, Conn.) hit a two-run double. Arent finished the scoring with an RBI single.

ON THE MOUND

Albertus

• Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) 2.1 IP | 2 Runs | 2 ER | 3 Hits | 2 BB | 4 K
• Jack Angelo (East Haven, Conn.) (L, 0-1) 1.0 IP | 4 Runs | 3 ER | 3 Hits | 2 BB | 0 K
• Dylan Correa (New Haven, Conn.) 2.0 IP | 3 Runs | 2 ER | 2 Hits | 1 BB | 1 K
• Aidan Kane (Middlebury, Conn.) 0.1 IP | 1 Run | 1 ER | 1 Hit | 1 BB | 0 K
• Croy Mastropietro (Prospect, Conn.) 1.1 IP | 5 Runs | 4 ER | 6 Hits | 0 BB | 0 K
• Nick Kownack (Schenectady, N.Y.) 1.0 IP | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 Hits | 0 BB | 0 K

Coast Guard

• Charles Red 2.2 IP | 4 Runs | 3 ER | 6 Hits | 2 BB | 1 K
• Jackson Dorsey 1.1 IP | 1 Run | 1 ER | 1 Hit | 0 BB | 0 K
• Ryan Karman (W, 1-0) 3.0 IP | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 Hits | 1 BB | 3 K
• Jack Gausselin 1.0 IP | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 Hits | 0 BB | 2 K
• Tyler Michalek 0.2 IP | 4 Runs | 0 ER | 3 Hits | 0 BB | 1 K
• Aidan Andersen 0.1 IP |  0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 Hits | 0 BB | 0 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

• Adriel Espada 2-for-3 | 3 Runs
• Shawn Smith 2-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1 Run
• Jason Sullivan 2-for-4 | 1 Run | 1 RBI | 1 BB
• Bobby Arent 2-for-4 | 2 RBI
• Troy Piascik 1-for-2 | 2 RBI | 1 Run | 1 2B

Coast Guard

• Blake George 3-for-5 | 3 Runs | 1 2B | 1 RBI
• Carson Cho 2-for-5 | 2 2B | 4 Runs | 2 RBI
• Richard Barkley 2-for-4 | 1 2B | 2 Runs | 4 RBI
• John Tacchini 3-for-4 | 1 HR | 2 Runs | 2 RBI
• Wyatt Duthu 1-for-4 | 1 HR | 3 RBI

NOTEWORTHY

• Galarza set a season-high with four strikeouts.
• Espada had his third game where he scored at-least two runs. He also has a seven-game hitting streak.

UP NEXT

• Albertus will host Lasell in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) game on Friday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m.