Baseball Walks Off Game Two Against Gordon in Extra Innings, 4-3

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball ended a marathon, 21-inning doubleheader in thrilling fashion as it walked-off against Gordon in the 10th inning, 4-3, in game two of the Conference of New England (CNE) twin bill Saturday at East Boston Memorial Park 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Gordon 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-14, 1-2 CNE) | Gordon (5-12, 1-2 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gordon grabbed a 2-0 lead in the third behind three hits, one walk and a Rams' error. 
• The Rams put together a two-out rally in the home half of the inning to slice the gap in half as Sam Armbrusterdoubled to right and coasted in on a Fighting Scots fielding mishap when Sebastian Lampert put the ball in play. 
• Gordon got that run back in the top of the fourth to restore the two-run margin. Back-to-back singles put Fighting Scots in the corners to set up a ground out RBI for Cael Smith. 
• The back-and-forth carried into the bottom of the fourth as Suffolk put one more run on the board to pull back within one, 3-2. With two outs, Vasili Scangas made his way in from first, after reaching on a fielder's choice, behind Noah Greco's double to center.  
• The score did not move, and all eyes would be on the bottom of the ninth with Suffolk down one. Mike Mullaney singled to right center to bring the winning run to the plate in pinch hitter Stephen Nardelli. Nardelli wore a pitch but was out on a fielder's choice when Scangas put the ball in play to put Rams in the corners. Greco came up clutch for the second straight game as worked a full count and brought in the tying run on ground out to second. Colin Flynn wore a pitch and that would end Matt Pancurak's day on the bump. Jacob Bettencourt came in to take over the hill and Jack Mihalchik barreled a hard hit ball down the third base line, that Smith managed to stop and tag the bag to send the game into extras. 
• Armbruster drew a full-count bases loaded walk to get the lead-off runner on first. Lampert looked to move him over when he placed a bunt down, however, the Fighting Scots went to get Armbruster at second, instead, Bettencourt overthrew, which allowed Armbruster and Lampert to land on third and second, respectively. Luke Thornton, who's had a hot bat as of late as he entered the outing on a 12-game hit streak, was hitless up until this point. The freshman changed that as he kknocked a single down the left field line to bring in the game-winning run and send Suffolk to victory. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Harry Meehan allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits and four walks with eight strikeouts, two looking, through 6.2 innings. 
• Ian Maude registered a two-hit, one-strikeout effort over 2.1 innings en route to the win. 
• Bettencourt took the loss as he allowed one run, unearned, on one hit and one walk in just 1/3 of an inning. 
• Pancurak gave up two earned runs on two hits and a pair of hit be pitches in 2.2 innings of work. 
• Gabe Fales started for Gordon and let up two runs, one earned on six hits and two walk with 5 Ks in 4.2 innings. 
• Caleb Stuart threw 1.1 innings of hitless, scoreless relief with one strikeout. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Thornton's lone hit of the day was the most important as it brought in the game-wining RBI. 
• Armbruster was responsible for nearly half of Suffolk's hits as the senior shortstop went 3-for-4 with one double, two runs scored, including the game-winner, and one crucial walk. 
• Greco logged one hit, a double, and two RBI, including the game-tying run for the second time in as many games.
• Colin Flynn and Ross Treubig added one hit each. 
• Sebastian Lampert and Scangas both walked once. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk recorded an extra-inning win for the first time since May 3, 2025 when it walked-off against Hartford, 5-4, in 10 innings. 
• The Rams and Fighting Scots needed extra innings to determine a winner for the fifth time, second straight meeting. 
• Meehan registered a career-high eight strikeouts. 
• Armbruster matched a personal-best three hits. 
• Thornton extended his hit streak to a bakers' dozen games. In that span he has 14 hits. 
• Greco has had hits in back-to-back games and produced a personal-best two RBI.             

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Wentworth Tuesday, March 31 for a 6:30 p.m. CNE clash.