EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball used a steady offensive surge to fuel a come-from-behind victory on home turf Thursday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park, defeating non-conference Salem State, 13-4.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 13 | Salem State 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-23) |Salem State (13-14)

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Vikings came out strong with four runs in the opening inning, but Suffolk answered in the bottom of the second with a rally of its own. A hit-by-pitch and two walks loaded the bases before Vasili Scangasdrew a four-pitch walk to force in the Rams' first run. Nick Antoniewicz followed with an RBI single through the left side to cut the deficit to 4-2. Noah Greco then brought in a run with an RBI groundout, and Jack Mihalchik lifted a sacrifice fly to right field to score Scangas and even the game at 4-4.
• Suffolk took its first lead in the bottom of the third when Sam Armbruster was hit by a pitch, stole second and third, and came home on Sebastian Lampert's RBI groundout to second to make it 5-4.
• The Rams broke things open in the fourth. Antonie was hit by a pitch and Greco drew a walk before a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position. Colin Flynn delivered a two-RBI single, and Armbruster followed with an RBI triple to right field for an 8-4 lead. After Luke Thornton was hit by a pitch and Lampert walked to load the bases, Scangas ripped a two-RBI double down the left field line to stretch the advantage to 10-4 after four innings.
• Suffolk added two more in the fifth as Greco was hit by a pitch and Mihalchik singled to put runners on the corners. Mike Mullaney was then hit by a pitch to load the bases before Armbruster brought home Greco with a sacrifice fly. Thornton followed with a ground-rule double to center that scored Flynn and pushed the lead to 12-4.
• Lampert scored the game's final run in the bottom of the eighth when Greco lifted a sacrifice fly to right field for the RBI, sealing Suffolk's 13-4 victory.

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Jonathan Marcotte started on the mound for the Rams and pitched 3.0 innings, allowing four runs, none earned, on four hits and four walks while striking out two.
• Ben Cassavoy picked up the win in relief, tossing 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just two hits and striking out six batters.
• Peter Moor took the loss for the Vikings after pitching 3.0 innings and allowing five earned runs on just one hit.
• Koi Samples (0.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 H), Jake Simpson (1.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H), and Devin Feugen (3.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 H) all appeared in relief for Salem State

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Scangas led the Suffolk offense, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run scored, and one walk.
• Armbruster scored three times and finished 1-for-2 with two RBI.
• Flynn also drove in two runs and scored twice.
• Thornton went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, one RBI, and two walks.
• Lampert scored twice, drove in one run, and drew three walks.
• Greco scored twice and added two RBI.
• Antoniewicz and Jack each recorded one RBI.
• Suffolk outhit Salem State, 8-6.

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk improved to 26-32 all-time against the Vikings.
• The Rams are now 3-3 versus SSU under Anthony Del Prete's guidance.
• Marcotte started his first collegiate game. 
• Cassavoy struck out a career-high six batters. 
• Antoniewicz produced his first collegiate hit. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk has back-to-back doubleheaders in store this weekend with a CNE clash at Nichols Saturday, April 25 and a non-league outing at Lasell Sunday, April 26.