Babson Up Next for Baseball Wednesday

SUFFOLK at BABSON
Date Time Venue Video Stats Series Last Meeting   Last Suffolk Win Streak	Wednseday, March 29 3:30 PM Govoni Field Babson Park, Mass. BabsonSportsNetwork.com GoSuffolkRams.com 22-26 March 30, 2022, W, 7-1 Same W1

BOSTON – Coming off a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader sweep, Suffolk baseball steps away from conference competition for a midweek match at Babson Wednesday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m.

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LAST TIME OUT
In an edge-of-your-seat, down-to-the-wire finish, Max Iorio's bat brought in the game-winning run in the eighth and Caleb Piwnicki shoved a scoreless ninth to lock-up a 4-3 game two win over Nichols Sunday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park. The victory secured the CCC doubleheader sweep of the Bison. 

MORE READING: Baseball Gets by Nichols in Nightcap, 4-3

RAMS RUNDOWN
Thanks to its sweep of Nichols on Sunday, Suffolk improved to 6-5 on the season.  

The Rams offensive is producing 7.81 runs per game behind 11.73 hits per contest. The trio of Harry Painter (.431/.463/.647, 22 H, 15 RBI, 7 R), Jonny Gilbride (.457/.518/.652, 21 H, 11 RBI, 16 R) and Garret Roberts (.432/.500/.659, 19 H, 10 RBI, 7 R) have anchored Suffolk's scoring unit, both bringing in and scoring runs. Max Iorio has been a great addition as of late with 11 hits on a .478 connection rate for seven RBI and eight runs scored. 

Painter will likely earn one of the nods in the midweek action. The sophomore holds a 5.79 ERA over 9.1 innings of work in two appearances, both starts, with 13 punchouts. The second starter could be a number of different options: Caleb Piwnicki (9.1 IP, 8.68 ERA, 13 K), Shreyas Parikh (5.2 IP, 6 K), Pierce Salbego (4.0 IP) or Jake Washock (5.2 IP, 6 K). Billy Beneke (0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 6 K) and Shawn Nosky (1.93 ERA, 4.2 IP, 2 K) may come out of the pen for the blue-and-gold. 

BEAVERS BREAKDOWN
Babson, who is 6-7 on the year, takes a four-game win streak into Wednesday's action. That wining stretch features shutouts over Wooster (16-0) and Nichols (7-0).  

The top two bats for the Beavers are hitting over .370. Michael Cook leads thew ay with 20 hits and 10 RBI behind a 4.00/.474/.440 slash line to go along with five runs scored. Brant Savage (.370) has 20 hits as well with a team-best 16 RBI and nine runs scored.  

Babson's staff has combined for a 4.60 ERA and has used six different starters. Tristen Spalter (3.55 ERA, 25.1 IP, 17 K), Griffin Cofsky (2.0 IP, 1 K), and Stephen McLendon (5.68 ERA, 6.1 IP, 4 K) will be available on Wednesday. 

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk is 22-26 all-time against Babson in a series that dates back to 1977. 
• A year ago, the blue-and-gold snapped a four-game skid against Babson and defeated the Beavers for the first time since 2013 with a 7-1 triumph March 30, 2022.
• Despite Suffolk's win a year ago, the Beavers have controlled the series as of late, winning 10 of the last 13. 
• The Rams are 1-3 versus Babson with Anthony Del Prete as skipper. 

EYES ON THE GAME

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk has a full weekend in store with a CCC twinbill at Roger Williams Saturday, April 1 followed by a nine-inning outing against Thomas in Eastie.