Baseball Secures Split, Defeats RWU in Game Two, 7-5

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball overcame an extra-inning, game one loss, with a 7-5 nightcap victory over Roger Williams to split the Conference of New England (CNE) double feature with the Hawks Saturday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Roger Williams 5
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-22, 3-9 CNE) | Roger Williams (13-14, 6-6 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Noah Hester reached on a fielder's choice, stole second and scored behind Braden Ventu's single to left center. 
• A two-run homer by Sam Armbruster flipped the script in the blue-and-gold's favor in the bottom of the fourth. The senior sent a ball over the left center fence and brought in Cole Hilliard along with him to give Suffolk a 2-1 margin. 
• The teams swapped four runs in the fifth. The Hawks rallied around two hits, one walk, one hit by pitch and a sac fly. The Rams, meanwhile, capitalized on four hits and one Roger Williams error to remain in front, 6-5, through five. 
• Insurance came for the blue-and-gold in the bottom of the seventh. Jack Mihalchik doubled and two batters later used Hilliard's single to right field to turn it into a two-run game, 7-5. 
• History did not repeat itself from game one as the Hawks went down in order in the top of the ninth to lock up the win for Suffolk.

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Ian Maude picked up the win behind a one-hit, two-walk, three-strikeout performance over 4.2 innings of relief. 
• Start John McDevitt allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 4.1 innings.
• Matthew Donovan suffered the setback as he gave up six runs, five earned, on nine hits and two walks with a pair of punchouts in 4.1 innings. 
• Tyler DiCeccco let up one run on three hits and one walk with four strikeouts over 3.2 innings of relief. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Armbruster went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one homer and one run. 
• Mihalchik produced a 3-for-4 effort as well with a pair of doubles, two runs and one RBI.
• Colin Flynn added two hits, including one triple, one RBI and one run. 
• Luke Thornton tallied one hit and two stolen bases. 
• Shayne King notched two hits, one run and two stolen bases.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk defeated Roger Williams for the first time since April 22, 2025, a 6-4 decision. 
• The Rams and Hawks have split the last two twin bills against one another. 
• Mihalchik matched a career-high in hits (3) and doubles (2). 
• Armbruster tied a personal-best three hits. 
• Thornton stole a career-high two bases and extended his hit streak to eight games. Over that stretch the freshman has a dozen hits. 
• King registered a career-high in hits (2) and stolen bases (2). 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk travels to Western New England Tuesday, April 21 for a 3:30 p.m. contest.