Baseball Clips Curry, 3-0, in Five Innings

MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk baseball blanked Curry in the first five innings and managed to get three runs on the board prior to the game being called due to heavy rain storms to take a 3-0 shutout win over the Colonels Wednesday afternoon at Jack Vallely Diamond.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Curry 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-8) | Curry (3-15) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
To open the action the Rams traded outs with hits with the second knock of the day producing the first Suffolk score. Tim Brigham doubled to center field to bring in Rich Gilbride, who singled to center and moved into scoring position on Blase Cormier's ground out to second.  

After a 15-minute rain delay, the score hit a stand still until the fifth frame. A. Diaz took over for J. Persechin on the hill and the Rams wasted no time to get their offense going. Joe Rufo drew a base on balls to lead off and reached second thanks to Luke Harder's unassisted ground out to first. Rufo then cruised in on Gilbride's single to left field. 

A stolen base and one out later, GIlbride waited on second during Brigham's at bat. For the second time on the day Brigham would plate Gilbride, this time with a single through the right side to extend the blue-and-gold's advantage to 3-0.  

The Colonels threated in the home half of the fifth as free bases, two walks and one hit by pitch, put runners on every bag with one out. Shawn Nosky came up with a huge punchout as he fanned Ryan Goonan looking for the second out of the inning before Rich Giandrea converted an assisted, force out play at third to keep the host off the board.  

Playing conditions became too harsh with the rainy weather and the umpires declared the game with five-innings completed. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Nosky shoved his first complete-game shutout. The sophomore limited Curry to three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. 
• The Colonels used one different arm in each inning. 
• Jack Needham started and gave up one run on two hits with one K. 
• Philip Ledwith (1H, 1BB, 1 K) and Joseph Persechino (1H, 1 K) each tossed a scoreless inning with Zachary Wensley putting together a scoreless, hitless frame. 
• Diaz gave up two runs on two hits and one walk in his inning of action.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Brigham and Gilbride each went 2-for-3. Brigham, who posted one double, brought in two runs, both of which were scored by Gilbride. 
• Gilbride chipped in one RBI of his own and swiped one base. 
• Rufo registered one hit, one run and one walk. 
• Zack Aresty chipped in one hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Nosky tossed a career-high 5.0 innings with a personal-best four Ks in his first collegiate decision, a 5.0-inning, complete-game shutout. 
• Suffolk defeated Curry for the fourth straight meeting to move to 33-8 all-time in the series.
• The Rams are 5-1 versus the Colonels in the Anthony Del Prete era.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
The Rams are set for a home-and-home series with Gordon. Suffolk will host the Fighting Scots in a CCC doubleheader Friday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m. before traveling to Wenham, Massachusetts, Saturday, April 24 at 12 p.m.