Baseball Tops Wentworth in Game 2, 7-3

BOSTON – An early advantage helped Suffolk baseball take down Wentworth, 7-3, in the nightcap of a Commonwealth Coast Conference twinbill Saturday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Wentworth 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (17-13, 6-5 CCC) | Wentworth (20-11, 3-6 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
It was a case of déjà vu as Suffolk started the game up 3-0 after a three-run first inning. Extra base hits factored in early as Garret Roberts tripled and Jonny Gilbride barreled a double. Harry Painter singled to score Gilbride. Painter made his way around on a hit by pitch and back-to-back fielder choices at second.  

Wentworth cut the deficit down to two, 3-1, when Christian Peruzzi recorded a bases loaded sac fly. The bags got chucked after Nick Cullinan and Devon Lapierre singled and Christian Roncal walked.  

Suffolk got that run back during a passing ran shower in the home half off the inning. Painter slugged a ground-rule double down the left field line and put on his running shoes on Alex Sorenti-Burns' single to left field.  

A two-run top of the fourth by the Leopards made things interesting as Suffolk's lead was sliced to one, 4-3.  

Both sides went scoreless of the next two frames then insurance came for Suffolk in the eighth. Singles came off Sam Armbruster's and Adam Braid's bat. Pinch hitter Jack Mihalchik put the bunt down to push the runners 90 feet and Colin Flynn sauntered to the plate with Rams on second and third. The freshman barreled a bases clear double to right center to pad the margin to three. Flynn would go on to score himself thanks to Roberts' single to right center to stretch the gap to four, 7-3. 
The Leopards managed to muster two base hits in the top of the ninth, but Brett Bucklin kept them there to preserve the nightcap victory and CCC sweep for Suffolk.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Pierce Salbego earned the win with a three-run, six-hit, three-walk, two-strikeout performance in 6.0 innings of work. 
• Bucklin picked up the save with 3.0 innings of scoreless work. He allowed three hits and fanned four batters. 
• Brodi Farinas took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits and one walk with four Ks over 3.0 innings of work. 
• Jon Campbell let up three runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 4.1 innings of action. 
• Brandon Farinasn shoved 0.2 innings of scoreless relief with one hit allowed.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Painter shined at the plate with a 3-for-5 effort with one double. He brought in one run and scored two. 
• Flynn registered two RBI on one hit, a double, and scored once. 
• Roberts registered two hits, including one triple, one RBI and one run. 
• Gilbride supplied one hit, a double, one RBI, and one run. 
• Armbruster added one hit, one RBII and one run. 
• Sorenti-Burns notched one hit, one RBI and one walk.
• Braid logged one hit and one run. 
• Christopher White added one hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk has taken down Wentworth in three straight meetings. 
• The Rams are now 19-14 all-time against Wentworth. 
• The blue-and-gold is 5-1 versus the Leopards under Anthony Del Prete's leadership. 
• As the home team, Suffolk is 11-2 against WIT. 
• The Rams are unbeaten, 4-0, in Eastie versus the Leopards. 
• In CCC contests, Suffolk sports a 5-1 record against Wentworth. 
• Painter has produced multiple hits in six straight games. In that span he has 17 hits, seven for extra bases including five doubles and two triples. 
• Gilbride stretched his hit streak to 13 games. In that span he has 22 hits including seven doubles, and three homers. 
• Salbego moved to 4-1 on the year. 
• Bucklin picked up his second save on the mount.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams venture up to Standish, Maine tomorrow, Sunday, April 21 for a non-conference, nine-inning battle at Saint Joseph's (Maine). First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.