Box Score - Game 1, Box Score - Game 2

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American International College baseball team split a Northeast-10 doubleheader against Saint Anselm College Saturday afternoon at AIC Park, taking game-one 11-3 before falling in game-two 6-1. The Yellow Jackets are now 5-11 overall and 2-4 in the NE-10, while the Hawks' record moved to 4-14 overall and 2-6 in conference play.

AIC scored twice on Saint Anselm miscues in the top of the first inning of game-one as second baseman #Paul Maza# (Valencia, Venezuela) scored from third when senior pitcher Myke Fortier (Andover, Mass.) was called for a balk and senior left fielder #Dan Bassani# (Naples, Fla.) scored on an error by freshman first baseman Robert Kelly (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

The Yellow Jackets scored again in the third as redshirt freshman shortstop #Chris Amate# (Hanover, Mass.) singled to drive in redshirt freshman right fielder #Darien Brown# (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) to open a 3-0 lead before Robert Kelly drove a 2-0 offering from sophomore pitcher #Zach Bunszell# (Medford, Mass.) over the fence with one runner on base to make it 3-2 after three innings.

AIC pulled away with two runs in the fifth and sixth innings and pushed three more runs across in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

Maza scored on junior catcher #Anthony Arrichiello#'s (Yonkers, Mass.) single through the right side and Bassani scored on a single up the middle off the bat of junior #Nicholas Devine# (Springfield, Mass.) in the fifth and Bassani drove in both runs in the sixth with a double.

Junior third baseman #Dan Mooney# (Bennington, Vt.) doubled down the left field line to drive in redshirt freshman first baseman #Pete Kelly# (Enfield, Conn.) and later scored on Amate's single up the middle in the seventh and Brown scored as Tranghese grounded out to second.

Bunszell earned the decision after allowing two runs on seven hits in five innings. Bassani finished the game 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, while Mooney went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and one run scored. Amate was 2-for-6, driving in a pair of runs and scoring once.

Fortier took the loss for the Hawks after giving up seven runs, five earned, on eight hits in five and one-third innings. Robert Kelly went 2-for-5 with a two-run blast and sophomore second baseman Mike Garczynski (Fort Myers, Fla.) was 2-for-3 with a run scored.

Saint Anselm led 2-0 in game-two after senior catcher Eric Baca (Franklin, N.H.) scored on an error by Amate in the bottom of the first and Manzi scored on Bassani's error in the third before the Yellow Jackets put a run on the board in the fourth as Devine stole third and scored on a throwing error by Baca.

It remained 2-1 until the bottom of the seventh as the Hawks scored four unearned runs without the benefit of a hit after AIC walked five batters and committed two errors in the field for the 6-1 final.

Senior pitcher David Giarrusso (Cranston, R.I.) held AIC to one run on two hits and five walks with four strikeouts in five and two-third innings and sophomore pitcher Timothy Cooney (East Bridgewater, Mass.) earned the save after tossing three and one-third scoreless innings. Manzi was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

Freshman pitcher #Matt Lee# (Stratford, Conn.) was tagged with the loss after giving up five unearned runs in six and two-third innings.

AIC will next host Southern Connecticut Sunday in a 1 p.m. Northeast-10 contest at AIC Park.