Bowdoin Bests Baseball in Nightcap, 11-7

DAVENPORT, Mass. – In a see-saw affair, Suffolk baseball came out on the wrong side of an 11-7 decision to Bowdoin in the nightcap of a double feature at Northeast Regional Park at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Bowdoin 11
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-6) | Bowdoin (4-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Bowdoin broke open the scoring in the top of the third with four runs on two hits and a Rams over throw.  

Suffolk responded on its next turn at the plate as it ran throw the order to take the lead 6-4. Jack Mihalchik and Colin Flynn placed singles on opposite sides of the outfield to put two ducks in the pond for Cole Hilliard.  Hilliard put down the bunt to push the runners over and the Polar Bears' backstop Finn Cahill's throw was off the mark that allowed the first Rams run to come in. Sam Armbruster walked before Max Iorio collected an RBI on a fielder's choice to short that sliced the deficit in half. 

The blue-and-gold's scoring did not stop there. Chris Cimino's single to left plated Hilliard to make it a one-run game. Back-to-back bases loaded walks from Max Martin and Sebastian Lampert sent Suffolk in front, 5-4. In his second plate appearance of the inning, Mihalchik's 43 ground out brought in Alex Sorenti-Burns, who walked, to pad the Rams' cushion at two.  

The Rams extended its edge further in the fourth thanks to another bases loaded walk, their third of the day, to make it 7-4.  

Back-and-forth action continued as the Polar Bears had another four-run inning in the top of the fifth to jump back in front, 8-7. 

A scoreless sixth was followed by insurance for Bowdoin in the seventh as it lengthened its lead to 11-7.  

In the bottom of the inning, Sorenti-Burns worked a base on balls to get the frame underway. With one out, the Polar Bears went to their pen and brought Huge Devine in to throw. The sidearm retired the next two batters to seal the loss for Suffolk.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Ian Maude took the loss for Suffolk. He let up four runs, three earned, on three hits and one walk through 0.1 inning of work. 
• Noah Drew started and assembled a four-run, three-earned, four-hit, two-walk, four-strikeout effort over 4.0 frames. 
• Jack Raimo threw the final 2.2 innings. He assembled a three-run, four-hit, two-walk, three-strikeout effort. 
• Jacob Warren earend the win for Bowon behind 1.1 inning of scoreless work with one hit and two walks allowed and one punchout. 
• Luca McKerley Coronado (2.1 IP, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 1 K), Alex Savedra (1.1 IP, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K), Aidan Aybar (1.1 IP, 1 H ,1 BB, 2 K) and Devin (0.2 IP) all came out of the ben for the Polar Bears.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cimino contributed a 2-for-3 effort with one run, one RBI and one walk. 
• Max Martin brought in two runs on a pair of walks. 
• Mihalchik registered one hit, one RBI and one run. 
• Iorio tallied tow runs scored, one hit, a triple, one RBI and one walk. 
• Hilliard had one hit, one run, one walk and one sac. 
• Sorenti-Burns scored one run and walked twice. 
• Lampert logged one RBI and one walk. 
• Flynn notched one hit and one run scored.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Drew made his collegiate debut on the mound. 
• Cimino recorded two hits, a personal-best in a Suffolk uniform.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes tomorrow, Tuesday, March 11 off before returning to play Wednesday, March 12 with a doubleheader against Ohio Northern at Lake Myrtle Park. Game one is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m.