EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball fell behind early and never found its way out of the hole to drop a 7-1 Conference of New England (CNE) decision to Nichols in game two of a doubleheader Sunday after at East Boston Memorial Park.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Nichols 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-14, 1-4 CNE) | Nichols (11-10, 3-4 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED
A two-run inside the park bomb by Karl Miller in the top of the first helped Nichols jump out to a 2-0 lead.
A sac fly by Adam Pivacek in the top of the third pushed the gap to 3-0 in the Bison's favor.
Suffolk made up one run in the bottom of the third. Colin Flynn wore a pitch and put on his running shoes when Chris Cimino slugged a stand-up double to left field to make it a 3-1 game.
The Bison figured out Rams' reliever Jack Raimo early to extended the edge to five, 6-1, behind a three-run top of the sixth.
The score stood still until the ninth when Nichols added one more to lengthen its lead to six, 7-1.
The Rams were unable to capitalize on a lead-off single to center by Sam Armbruster in the bottom of the ninth to suffer the setback.
PITCHERS PICTURE
- Harry Meehan took the loss as he gave up three runs on three hits and four walks with two Ks through 5.0 innings.
- Jack Raimo (3 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K), John McDevitt (2 H, 1 BB), Anthony Ferreira (1 K) and Nick Rubin (1 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K) all threw 1.0 inning of relief for the Rams.
- Allen Hickley put together a one-run, four-hit, three-walk, four four-strike effort over 7.2 innings en route to the win.
- Salvatore D'Anna came in to close for the Bison. He let up one hit in 1.1 innings out of the pen.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Cimino went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and one RBI. One of the third basemen's hits was a double.
- Flynn added one hit and one run.
- Armbruster finished with a 2-for-3 effort and one walk.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to host Gordon Tuesday, April 8 at 3:30 p.m.
