MELROSE, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team lost both ends of a Great Northeast Athletic Conference doubleheader to Lasell University, 6-5 and 10-6 on Saturday afternoon.

Four different players had two hits for the Falcons in game one, including seniors Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.) and Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.), who both became the newest members of the 100-hit club. 

Justin Feinstein (Monroe, Conn.) got the start for the Falcons on the mound, pitching seven innings and striking out a career-high 13 batters.

In game two, Alex Perez (Meriden, Conn.) hit two two-run homers and drove in a career-high four runs, while Joey O'Hara (Bethel, Conn.) hit his fourth homer of the season.

GAME 1

THE BASICS 

FINAL: Lasell 6 | Albertus Magnus 5

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (6-9, 2-3 GNAC) | Lasell (8-7, 2-3 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons jumped to the 1-0 lead in the first inning as Brayden Hastings (Wallingford, Conn.) singled on to bring home Galarza.
• Albertus brought home four more runs in the fourth as Baltazar Mesa (Santo Domingo, D.R.) sent a 2-1 pitch to left field to double home Hastings. The Falcons then executed a double steal as Nick Ramos (Mineola, N.Y.) stole second and that allowed Mesa to steal home in the process. Espada later doubled on the first pitch he saw to bring home Ramos, and Espada soon followed that up with a steal of home.
• Lasell came within one in their half of the fourth as Declan Silva sent a 1-0 pitch over the wall for a grand slam with no outs.
• With the Lasers down to their last at-bats in the bottom of the seventh, Tim Callahan singled home Jonah Nielson to tie the game 5-5.
• In the bottom of the eighth, Nick Nigro hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Jeremy Angeles for the game-winning run. 

ON THE HILL

Albertus  

Justin Feinstein 7.0 IP | 10 H | 5 R | 5 ER | 3 BB | 13 SO | 1 HR 

Joshua Santiago (New Haven, Conn.) (L, 1-1) 0.1 IP | 1 H | 1 R | 1 ER | 0 BB | 0 SO | 0 HR

Lasell 

Ty Lohsen 3.0 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 2 ER | 2 BB | 3 SO | 0 HR 

Benjamin Conlon 3.1 IP | 5 H | 3 R | 2 ER | 2 BB | 4 SO | 0 HR 

Jeremy Wacker (W, 1-0) 1.2 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 0 ER | 1 BB | 1 SO | 0 HR 

AT THE PLATE 

Albertus 

Adriel Espada 2-5 | 2 2B | 1 R | 1 SB | 1 RBI 

Eric Galarza 2-4 | 1 R 

Baltazar Mesa 2-3 | 1 2B | 1 SB | 1 R | 1 RBI 

Brayden Hastings 2-3 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 BB 

Lasell 

Tim Callahan 2-4 | 1 R | 1 RBI 

Declan Silva 2-4 | 1 HR | 4 RBI | 1 R 

Nick Nigro 2-4 | 1 2B | 1 RBI 

Jonah Nielson 1-3 | 1 BB | 1 R

GAME 2

THE BASICS

FINAL: Lasell 10 | Albertus 6

RECORDS: Albertus (6-10, 2-4 GNAC) | Lasell (9-7, 3-3 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams were tied 1-1 after three innings as Lasell scored a run on an RBI single in the second and a bases loaded walk to O'Hara put Albertus on the board in the top of the third.
• In the top of the fourth, Perez hit the first of his two two-run homers, putting the Falcons ahead, 3-1. Lasell answered in the bottom of the inning, on RBI singles from Jonah Nielsen and Braelen Silva.
• The Lasers broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth, scoring seven rnut to take a 10-3 lead. Calvin Sanft hit a two-run single to break the tie, and error plated two runs and Silva and Connor Freitas each had an RBI double.
• The Falcons rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh. O'Hara greeted Lasell reliever Lucas Stogner with a solo homer. Hastings followed with a single, and three batters later, Perez hit his second homer of the game, making it a 10-6 game. Albertus would then load the bases with two outs but were unable to get another run across.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Alexander Heidel (L, 1-2) 4.2 IP | 12 Hits | 8 Runs | 8 ER | 2 BB | 6 K

Jack Angelo 1.1 IP | 3 Hits | 2 Runs | 2 ER | 0 BB | 0 K

Lasell

Chase Supan 4.0 IP | 6 Hits | 3 Runs | 3 ER | 5 BB | 6 K

Derrick Dellea (W, 1-0) 1.0 IP | 1 Hit | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 1 BB | 0 K

Jeremy Wackler 1.0 IP | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 0 K

Lucas Stogner 0.2 IP | 3 Hits | 3 Runs | 3 ER | 1 BB | 0 K

Andrew Yan 0.1 IP | 0 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER 1 BB | 0 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

Alex Perez 2-for-4 | 2 HR | 2 Runs | 4 RBI

Joey O'Hara 1-for-1 | 1 HR | 3 BB | 1 RBI

Robert Anton 2-for-4 | 1 Run

Lasell

Jonah Nielsen 3-for-3 | 1 Run | 1 RBI

Connor Freitas 3-for-4 | 1 2B | 1 Run | 1 RBI

Calvin Sanft 1-for-3 | 2 Run | 2 RBI

UP NEXT

The Falcons will go on the road to take on New England College in a GNAC doubleheader on Sunday at noon.