Baseball Smashes Wentworth in Nightcap, 19-1

EAST BOSTON – After a scoreless first frame, Suffolk put up multiple runs in the second and kept its foot on the gas pedal with multiple runs in every four innings to topple Wentworth, 19-1, in seven innings in the second game of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) twinbill Saturday at East Boston Memorial Park. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 19 | Wentworth 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (22-18, 6-10 CCC) | Wentworth (13-18, 3-13 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 1-0 after Wentworth got on the board in the top of the first, Suffolk got on the board in the bottom of the second. Errors by the Leopards let the first Rams level the playing field before Christian Seariac sliced a two-run triple down the right field line to push the host in front by a pair, 3-1.  

Suffolk really took control in its next turn at the plate. The Rams batted around the order and built a 10-1 cushion in the process. The inning featured a single RBI by Jonny Gilbride, a two-run, two-bagger by Michael James Jr., an RBI double for Blase Cormier and a three-run jack by Christian Seariac.    

Base hits and walks resulted in six more runs for Suffolk in the fourth that made it a 16-1 game.  

The scoring carried into the fifth with three more runs for the 19-1 final. Gilbride and Gino Desimone each brought in one run on a base hit, while Ben Isaak, who singled and stole second, came in when Seariac grounded into a 643-double play. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Suffolk pitched by committee. 
• Starter Michael Muscarella let up one run on one hit in the first frame. 
• Casey Sullivan threw a scoreless, hitless second with just 10 pitches, eight strikes. He had one punchout, a backwards K to get out of the inning. Sullivan picked up the decision behind his standout effort. 
• George Breslin and Pierce Salbego also fired scoreless, hitless relief efforts with one walk and one strikeout on each their statlines like Sullivan.
• EJ Birch, Jake Washock and Shreyas Parikh all allowed just one hit in their 1.0 inning of work. None of the arms allowed a run to come in. 
• Wentworth used five different hurlers. 
• Leopards starter Jacob Knowles took the setback after giving up seven runs, four earned, on three hits and six walks in 2.0 innings. 
• Not another Wentworth wing saw more than 1.1 innings. 
• Matt Perconti was the most successful pitcher for the visitors with 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief with a pair of punchouts. 
• Brandon Sullivan (1.1 IP, 7 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 K), Jeff Rodden (1.1 IP, 4 R, 7 H) and Zach Gagnon (0.1 IP, 1 R< 3 H, 1 K) saw time on the bump as well.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Seariac contributed a 3-for-5 effort that was one double shy of the cycle. The graduate student brought in seven runs and scored two himself. 
• James Jr. went 3-for-5 at the dish with one double for three RBI and three runs scored. 
• Gilbride was a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, three runs scored and three walks. 
• Harry Painter provided a 2-for-3 plate performance with one double, two runs scored and one RBI. 
• Desimone connected on both of his plate appearances, 2-for-2, with two RBI. 
• Cormier chipped in two hits, one RBI and one run scored. 
• Ward added two hits, one run scored and one stolen base. 
• Steven Shamnoski notched three runs scored, one hit, a double, one RBI and two walks. 
• Isaak tallied two hits, two runs and one stolen base.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk scored the most run since putting up 20 in a 20-5 win at Gordon April 24, 2021.
• The 19 runs scored are the most by the Rams in the all-time series with Wentworth. 
• The 18-run margin of victory is the biggest for Suffolk since it blanked Albertus Magnus, 18-0, April 18, 2018.
• The 18-run margin of victory is the largest for Suffolk in the all-time series with the Leopards. 
• Suffolk stretched its win streak against Wentworth to seven to move to 16-3 all-time versus the Leopards. 
• Seariac hit his first homer and triple of the season.
• Seariac set a new personal-best in RBI (7)
• Seariac's seven RBI are the most since Luke Ronchi'17 had seven in the 2017 season opener, an 11-3 win over then-No. 9 St. John Fisher March 10, 2017.
• Gilbride matched a career-high in RBI (3), hits (2) and runs scored (3). 
• Desimone matched a personal-best in hits (2) and RBI (2).
• James Jr. set a career-high in hits (3), RBI (3) and runs scored (3). 
• Shamnoski scored a career-best three runs. 
• Isaak tied a career-high two runs scored. 
• Painter (four games) and Cormier (nine games) extended their hit streaks. 

POST-GAME PIC
  

COMING UP
Suffolk awaits the official seeding of the 2022 CCC Tournament, which will be announced later this weekend.