Softball Splits Doubleheader with Curry
Suffolk softball split its twinbill with Curry Friday afternoon. The Rams shutout the Colonels in game one, 1-0, and fell in the nightcap, 4-1, at D. Forbes Will Field.
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 4 | 0 |
MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk softball split its twinbill with Curry Friday afternoon. The Rams shutout the Colonels in game one, 1-0, and fell in the nightcap, 4-1, at D. Forbes Will Field.
GAME 1: Suffolk 1 | Curry 0
Ava Brandow shoved a four-hit, three-walk, two-strikeout, complete-game shutout to keep Curry (17-20, 5-11 CCC) off the scoreboard.
The only scoring Suffolk (10-20, 7-9 CCC) needed came in the first inning. Caitlin Murphy drew a lead-off walk and stole second to get into scoring position. With one out, Lily O'Neil barreled a double to left center to trade places with Murphy and put the blue-and-gold on the board, 1-0.
GAME 2: Suffokl 1 | Curry 4
Curry capitalized on four Rams errors in the second stanza to grab a 2-0 edge.
The Rams sliced the gap in half in the home half of the fifth. Ira Boci hit a one-out single to third and moved over on a productive ground out from O'Neil. Boci used Savannah Scripter's single to right center to put Suffolk on the board.
After a scoreless sixth, Curry tacked on two more runs in the top of the seventh.
Down three, Jillian Rogers came in to twirler for the Colonels and retired the Rams in order to setback Suffolk.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- O'Neil went 2-for-3 in game one with a double and was responsible for the only RBI of the outing.
- Brandow and Lily Gustafson added on hit apiece in the series opening, while Murphy scored Suffolk's lone run.
- Boci put together a 2-for-4 effort in the nightcap.
- Ally Cifaratta chipped in a 2-for-2 performance at the plate in game 2.
- Scripter brought in Suffolk's lone run in the second game of the twinbill on her lone hit of the day.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes its regular season scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, May 6 at Western New England.
