UMass Boston Bests Baseball in Game One, 14-2

BOSTON – Suffolk baseball fell behind early and never caught up as UMass Boston's bats burst past the Rams, 14-2, a seven-innings in the opener of a non-conference twinbill at Monan Park. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | UMass Boston 14
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-1) | UMass Boston (15-4)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk fell behind early as the Beacons put up six runs in the first inning. The Rams looked to inch pack in the second as they Dylan January brought in a run on a sac fly. The freshman plated Marc Birbiglia, who led off with a double to left center.  

The little ground that the blue-and-gold made up in the top of the inning was erased when the Beacons scored three times in the home half of the inning and twice more in the third to make things really lopsided, 11-1.  

The Rams found their way on the scoreboard again in the fourth when Luke Harder's double to left center brought in Birbiglia. Birbiglia drew a walk to reach and moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.  

Once again, the host retaliated with runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth as the Beacons scored three to turn it into a 14-2 game.  

Neither side would score the rest of the way to keep things there. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Nick Reiser slipped to 1-3 on the year after giving up nine runs, five earned, on 10 hits and one walk in 2.0 innings. 
• Shawn Nosky and Jake Washock each shoved 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief. The former had two punchouts, while the latter had one. 
• George Breslin came out of the pen for 2.0 frames. He let up five runs on four hits and one walk with two Ks. 
• Alex Amalfi earned the decision behind a two-run, four-hit, three-walk, 12-strikeout performance in 5.0 innings. 
• Ethan Errera logged 2.0 innings of scoreless relief with one hit allowed to go along with one strikeout. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Birbiglia paved the path at the plate with a 2-for-2 effort, which included one double. The left fielder was responsible for scoring both of the Rams runs and worked a base on balls. 
• Harder also had two hits, one of which was good for two bags. He brought in one run for the Rams. 
• Jonny Gilbride logged one hit. 
• January notched one RBI on a sac fly.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk met UMass Boston for the first time since March 2, 2020. 
• The meeting marked the 40th overall in the all-time series. 
• Harder has had a hit in the last five games with back-to-back multiple hit efforts. In that stretch he has eight hits, half of which have been doubles.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk goes for the doubleheader split against UMass Boston under the lights tonight.