HAMDEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College baseball team's season came to an end on Saturday after splitting a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader with Elms at Rochford Field. The Falcons won game one, 5-0 before losing in game two, 15-7.

Peyton Thomas (Washington, Conn.) pitched a complete game shutout in the game one win as he threw seven innings giving up just two hits and two walks while striking out eight. Adriel Espada (Bridgeport, Conn.) was 2-for-2 with a run in the first game.

In game two, Joey O'Hara (Bethel, Conn.) went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run and Baltazar Mesa (Santo Domingo, D.R.) was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

Prior to the game, Espada, Eric Galarza (Bridgeport, Conn.), Sean Croken (Somers, Conn.), Riley Corgan (New Milford, Conn.), Anthony Acampora (North Haven, Conn.), Anthony Abate (Naugatuck, Conn.) and Nick Ramos (Mineola, N.Y.) were all honored for senior day.

Game 1

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 5 | Elms 0

RECORDS: Albertus (13-22, 6-13 GNAC) | Elms (11-20, 5-12 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After Thomas threw a scorless first inning where he struck out a batter, the Falcons scored a run in the bottom of the inning on a miscue in the infield by Elms off the bat of O'Hara that scored Espada. Espada singled to lead off the inning.
• Thomas and counterpart Sal Ortiz of Elms kept the offense off the board over the next three full innings.
• Albertus put up four runs in the bottom of the fifth, all of which came with two outs. With a runner on second, Galarza laced an RBI single to right field to score Abate. O'Hara followed with a single to put two runners on and another error from Elms off the bat of Noah Grosso (Farmington, Conn.) put the Falcons up, 3-0. After a walk to Alex Perez (Meriden, Conn.) loaded the bases, Brayden Hastings (Wallingford, Conn.) had an infield single before Mesa drew a bases loaded walk to make it a 5-0 game.
• Thomas struck out at least one batter in every inning, and retired the last seven batters he faced to earn his second complete game shutout of the season.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Peyton Thomas (W, 3-4) 7.0 IP | 2 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 2 BB | 8 K

Elms

Sal Ortiz (L, 1-5) 5.0 IP | 5 Hits | 5 Runs | 0 ER | 4 BB | 1 K

Justin Saad 1.0 IP | 1 Hit | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 1 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

Adriel Espada 2-for-2 | 1 BB | 1 SB | 1 Run

Eric Galarza 1-for-3 | 1 BB | 1 Run | 1 RBI

Elms

Nason Busca 1-for-2

Game 2

THE BASICS

FINAL: Elms 15 | Albertus 7

RECORDS: Albertus (13-23, 6-14 GNAC) | Elms (12-20, 6-12 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Starter Justin Feinstein (Monroe, Conn.) struck out two batters in the top of the first inning. The Falcons then got the scoring going in the bottom of the first inning as two errors from the Blazers scored Mark Whittington (Meriden, Conn.) and Galarza, who walked and singled, respectively.
• Elms then scored three runs on an Albertus error in the outfield which cleared the bases and gave the Blazers a 3-2 lead.
• The Falcons took the lead back in the bottom of the fourth. After a double from O'Hara to lead off the inning, three batters later, Hastings singled to drive in O'Hara. Grosso, who reached on an error, also scored on the play as the ball was misplayed in the outfield.
• An RBI double by Manny Essley and an RBI single by Liam Pond put the Blazers up 5-4 in the fifth and a two-run homer by Nason Busca in the top of the sixth made it a 7-4 game.
• The Falcons got two runs back in the bottom sixth on a two-out, two-run no doubt home run over the left field fence to make it a 7-6 game.
• However, the Blazers scored four runs in the top of the seventh, including a two-run single by Eliam Martinez. They'd add two more runs each in the final two innings, including RBI singles by Pond and Andrew Ciaglo in the top of the eighth.
• O'Hara added his eighth home run of the season in the bottom of the ninth.

ON THE HILL

Albertus

Justin Feinstein (L, 2-4) 5.0 IP | 5 Hits | 5 Runs | 2 ER | 4 BB | 6 K

Joshua Santiago 1.2 IP | 2 Hits | 4 Runs | 3 ER | 2 BB | 2 K

Adam Virginelli 0.0 IP | 2 Hits | 4 Runs | 3 ER | 2 BB | 2 K

Jack Angelo 1.0 IP | 3 Hits | 2 Runs | 0 ER | 0 BB | 0 K

Alexander Heidel 1.1 IP | 1 Hit | 2 Runs | 2 ER | 4 BB | 1 K

Elms

Brycen Diaz (W, 4-1) 6.2 IP | 6 Hits | 6 Runs | 2 ER | 3 BB | 11 K

Colby Arnold 1.1 IP | 0 Hits | 0 Runs | 0 ER | 3 BB | 1 K

Alex Baeta 1.0 IP | 1 Hit | 1 Run | 1 ER | 0 BB | 2 K

AT THE PLATE

Albertus

Joey O'Hara 3-for-5 | 1 2B | 1 HR | 2 Runs | 1 RBI

Baltazar Mesa 1-for-3 | 1 HR | 1 Run | 2 RBI

Brayden Hastings 2-for-4 | 1 Run | 1 RBI

Elms

Eliam Martinez 2-for-4 | 2 BB | 2 RBI

Liam Pond 3-for-3 | 3 BB | 3 Runs | 3 RBI

Nason Busca 1-for-5 | 1 HR | 1 Run | 3 RBI

Colin Faber 2-for-5 | 2 Runs | 1 RBI

NOTEWORTHY

The 13 wins for the Falcons on the season were the most since the 2019 season when they won 20 games.