Wentworth Rolls Baseball

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball dropped a 16-5 Conference of New England (CNE) decision to Wentworth Tuesday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Wentworth 16
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-21, 2-8 CNE) | Wentworth (16-11, 6-4 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A one-out solo shot by Christian Romncal gave the Leopards a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. 
• Colin Flynn barreled a double to center to put the tying run on second in the home half of the first, but the Ram was stranded there to keep the one-run margin in favor of WIT. 
• Harry Meehan and the blue-and-gold found itself in a bases loaded, one-out jam in the second behind two walks and one base hit. Wentworth managed to get three runs out of to turn the gap into 4-0 through 1.5 frames. 
• Suffolk made up some ground in the bottom of the second. Mike Mullaney's single to left started the two-out rally. Nick Antoniewicz walked to push Mullaney into scoring position in time for Vasili Scangas' RBI double to left field that trimmed the distance to three. 
• The ground that the Rams made up was erased in in the top of the third as Wentworth used a wild pitch to restore its four-run advantage. The Leopards got into scoring position behind Matt Robinson base hit and a Josh Turcotte double down the right field line. The visitors did not step there as they capitalized on a fresh arm in reliever Nick Arnett to extend the edge to 8-1. 
• Following a scoreless fourth, Wentworth used three hits and a sac fly to lengthen its lead to 9-1. 
• A pair of one-run singles up the middle off Sam Armbruster's and Luke Thornton's bats pulled the host within six, 9-3, in the bottom of the fifth. 
• The mercy-rule was turned on by Wentworth behind a four-run seventh that made it 13-3 Leopards. 
• A two-run, ground-rule double by Mullaney in the bottom of the seventh chipped the deficit down to eight. The junior plated Cole Hilliard and Sebastian Lampert, who both walked. 
• A scoreless eighth was followed by a three-run ninth by Wentworth that put the Rams in a 16-5 hole. 
• Armburster was able to work a one-out walk, but Lampert grounded into a double play in the next at bat to keep it an 11-run setback. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Harry Meehan took the loss as he gave up seven runs on six hits and four walks with one strikeout in 2.1 innings. 
• Nick Arnett (6 R, 8 H, 3 BB, 2 K), John McDevitt (1.0 IP, 2 K) and Jack Raimo (1.0 IP, 3 H ,3 R, 1 BB) came out of the Rams' pen. 
• Aaron Masson picked up the decision with a two-run, four-hit, three-strikeout performance over 2.2 innings of relief. 
• Cooper Smith started for WIT and put together a one-run, three-hit, one-walk and one-strikeout effort in 2.0 innings. 
• Ethan (1.1 IP, 1 K), Chase Carder (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 BB), Nigel Cross (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K) and Jace Rogers (1.0 IP, 1 BB) all threw relief for the Leopards.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Mullenay went 2-for-3 with one double, one RBI and one run. 
• Thornton tallied two hits and one RBI. 
• Scangas added two hits, both for extra bases, a double and triple, and one RBI. 
• Lampert logged one hit, one RBI, one run and one walk. 
• Armbruster scored two runs and walked once. 
• Mihalchik notched one hit and one run. 
• Flynn registered one hit, a double. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Thornton stretched his hit streak to six games. In that span he has recorded 10 hits. 
• Mullaney lengthened his hit streak to three games. In that time he has five hits including back-to-back games with two hits. 
• Scangas matched a career-high two hits. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk steps away from CNE competition Thursday, April 16 when it takes on MIT at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.