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Baseball Topples Lasell in Eight Innings, 13-3

Half of Suffolk baseball’s 14 hits were good for extra bases including three homers en route to a 13-3, eight-inning non-conference victory over Lasell Thursday night.  

Baseball Topples Lasell in Eight Innings, 13-3
April 13, 2023
Box Score

WALTHAM, Mass. – Half of Suffolk baseball's 14 hits were good for extra bases including three homers en route to a 13-3, eight-inning non-conference victory over Lasell Thursday night.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 13 | Lasell 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-12) | Lasell (13-10)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 1-0 after the first inning, Sam Armbruster's first collegiate dinger, a solo shot to left, leveled the playing field at 1-all.  

The Lasers leaped ahead by one again in the bottom of the third, before the Rams bats exploded for a seven-run fourth. Luke Harder led off with a double to left field before Armbruster wore a pitch. One out later, Jonny Gilbride cleared the bags with a double to center. After Max Iorio walked, Lasell made a change on the bump. Reliever Jason Giangrande managed to get the second out of the inning, before Harry Painter and Marc Birbiglia each collected one RBI on back-to-back base hits. With three ducks in the pond, Joe Ward barreled a bomb to right to clear the bags and push Suffolk in front, 8-2.  

In the fifth, Iorio's double to left field plated Gilbride, who wore a pitch, to extend the edge to seven. Lasell managed to make up that lone run in the home half of the sixth, however, to restore the six-run margin, 9-3.  

Iorio stepped up again for the Rams in the seventh as the sophomore slugged a homer to right field to push the blue-and-gold back in front by seven, 10-3. 

After a shutdown inning by George Breslin, Suffolk scored three more in the top of the eighth to turn on the mercy-rule. The runs came in on a sac fly by Glibride, Iorio's second two-bagger of the day and an erratic pitch.  

Harder came in to wrap up the win for the Rams and threw a shutdown inning to seal the run-rule victory.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

  • Breslin logged the win with a three-run, six-hit, two-walk, three-strikeout, 7.0-inning effort. 
  • Harder closed out the contest with 1.0 inning of scoreless relief with just one hit allowed and one punchout. 
  • Lasell cycled through five different pitchers. 
  • Joey Rego suffered the setback after allowing five runs on four hits and three walks with five Ks over 3.1 frames of work.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

  • Iorio went 4-for-5 with two doubles and one homer for three RBI and two runs scored. 
  • Harder had a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with two runs scored and one stolen base. 
  • Ward brought in three runs on his lone hit, a dinger, and scored one run. 
  • Gilbride provided three RBI with one hit and a sac fly to go along with two runs scored.
  • Armbruster produced one hit, a homer, one RBI and scored three runs.  

NOTEWORTHY

  • Suffolk moved to 33-3 all-time against Lasell. 
  • Under Anthony Del Prete, the Rams are 18-3 versus the Lasers. 
  • Suffolk hit multiple balls out of the park for the third straight game and has had a homer in the last four outings. 
  • Armbruster and Iorio tallied their first collegiate homers in the contest. 
  • Iorio had a career-high in hits (4), doubles (2) and total bases (9). 
  • Armbruster scored a career-best three times.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk continues its non-conference road stretch with a twinbill at Rhode Island College Saturday, April 15.