Baseball Clips Curry, 5-3

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball used a complete-game from George Breslin and an inside the park homer off Luke Harder's bat to hand Curry a 5-3 Commonwealth Coast Conference loss Saturday at East Boston Memorial Park.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-20, 5-10 CCC) | Curry (10-26, 4-11 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
A pair of fielding mishaps allowed Curry to take a two-run lead in the second. Luke Harder took matters into his own hands to erase the deficit. With the bases loaded, the senior outfielder barreled a deep ball to right center. He not only cleared the bags to push the Rams in front, but put his running shoes on to make it a in the park homer and give Suffolk a 4-2 lead.  

The Colonels chipped down the deficit with one run in the fifth. A Rams' response came in the home half of the inning. Marc Birbiglia wore a pitch to get the inning going, advanced to second when Joe Ward walked, and the pair moved over thanks to a perfectly placed sac bunt by Timothy McCarthy. Corey Frassica collected an RBI on a sac fly to right to restore the two-run gap. 

Suffolk's defense backed up Breslin too hold Curry scoreless over the next four frames and preserve the 5-3 win for the Rams.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Breslin allowed three runs, all unearned, on eight hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 9.0 innings of work. 
• Jack Needham took the loss after giving up five runs, all earned, on five hits and five walks with three Ks over 4.0 frames. 
• Brett Heggs shoved 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief, while Justin Schloss shoved 3.0 frames of scoreless, hitless work as well.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Harder went 2-for-2. Both of his hits were good for extra bases, a stand-up double and an in-the-park jack. He brought in four runs. 
• Ward had one hit, a double, and two walks. 
• Michael James Jr., produced one hit, two walks and scored once. 
• Birbiglia recorded one hit and one run. 
• Garret Roberts and Frassica scored one run each. 
• Frassica brought in one run. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk strung two wins in a row against Curry. 
• The Rams moved to 30-6-1 all-time versus the Colonels. 
• Under Anthony Del Prete, the blue-and-gold is 7-2 against Curry. 
• Breslin threw a complete-game, the second of his career, both of which have come this season. 
• Harder hit the second homer of the season. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up the regular season this afternoon as it wraps up the series with Curry.