Baseball Tripped Up at UMass Boston, 5-4

BOSTON – Suffolk baseball pulled within one in the sixth, but was unable to complete the comeback at UMass Boston as the Rams fell to the Beacons, 5-4, in the closer of a home-and-home series Thursday at Monan Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | UMass Boston 5
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-12) | UMass Boston (16-8)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
UMB took a 4-0 lead in the first frame behind three hits, two walks, a hit by pitch and a Rams fielding mishap.  

The teams traded runs in the third. Suffolk scored on a Jonny Gilbride double to left center that scored Garret Roberts. Roberts worked a two-out walk to become the second Rams runner of the day and eventual first run.  

Another blue-and-gold fielding error allowed the Beacons to restore the four-run gap, 5-1, with three frames in the books. 

Suffolk took advantage of a new UMB pitcher as Jack Cangelosi started the sixth out of the pen. With the bases chucked on a hit by pitch, single and error, Alex Sorenti-Burns collected two RBI on a base hit to right field. A fielder's choice when Max Iorio put the ball in play allowed Harry Painter to come in to trim the gap down to one.   

Although the blue-and-gold's defense held the Beacons scoreless the rest of the way, the Rams stranded one runner in the seventh and eighth, respectively, as well to keep the 5-4 score at the end of the action.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Suffolk cycled through four different pitchers, while UMass Boston used nine different arms. 
• John McDevitt took the loss after giving up four runs, three earned, on three hits and two walks with one strikeout in 1.0 inning of work. 
• Billy Beneke shoved 3.0 innings of relief. He allowed one unearned run, one hit and a pair of walks. 
• Cam Martin (1 BB, 1 K) and Ian Maude (1 H) both threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief. 
• Thomas Kierce picked up the win for the Beacons after tossing 2.0 innings of scoreless work with one with and six Ks to his credit. 
• Tim Cinaciolo logged the save with 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless work with one punchout.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Gilbride went 2-for-5 with one double, one RBI and one run.
• Roberts scored two runs and walked twice. 
• Sorenti-Burns supplied two RBI and one hit. 
• Painter scored one run. 
• Max Martin had one hit, a double. 
• Sam Armbruster rounded out the Rams with hits with one to his credit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• McDevitt made his first collegiate start. 
• Gilbride ran his hit streak to seven games.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams make the trip to Western New England Saturday, April 13 for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) double feature. First pitch of game one is set for 12:00 p.m.