Baseball Bounces Back with 13-7 Win at MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Suffolk baseball snapped a six-game skid with a 13-7 win at MIT thanks to a staff-day on the bump, and a pair of multi-run homers to take down Thursday afternoon at Fran O'Brien Field.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 13 | MIT 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-17) | MIT (11-13) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Colin Flynn opened the game with a single up the middle, moved to second when Max Iorio and took third on a passed ball. Alex Sorenti-Burns' single to right scored Flynn, pushed Iorio to third to set-up a first and third play. An error by the Engineer's catcher Havin Lee on the double steal allowed Iorio to come in and give the blue-and-gold a 2-0 edge in the top of the first. 

MIT responded in the bottom of the second with a lead-off, solo shot by Reed Tubbs to trim the Rams' lead to 2-1.  

Suffolk restored the multi-run gap in the top of the fourth. Sebastian Lampert worked a walk to get the inning underway and moved over to second behind a wild pitch. He stayed there as the next two batters went down, but Noah Greco kept the inning going as he singled to center to bring Lampert in. After Cole Hilliard barreled a base to third, the Engineers brought Jonathan Freedman in to deal for Eric Mangelsdo. The fresh arm was no match for Flynn, however, has he smashed a dinger over left field to give the blue-and-gold a 6-1 cushion.  

The Engineers got one run back in the home half of the thing behind a one-run single by Phillip Hood, that sored Tubbs, who led off the frame with a double to left center.  

The back-and-forth affair carried into the top of the fifth as the Rams put up three more runs to build a 9-2 advantage. This scoring outburst was behind two hits and an Engineers' error. Sam Armbruster, Hilliard and Flynn brought in one run apiece in the rally.  

MIT continued to chip down the distance with one run in the sixth to slice the gap to six. 

Once again, the Rams responded in their next turn at the dish as Max Martin blasted a grand slam to give Suffolk 13-3 lead.

The Engineers stayed in it as they scored one in the seventh and two more in the eighth to make it a seven-run game. 

Suffolk managed to limit the host's offensive output in the ninth to just one run though to preserve the victory.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Cam Martin earned the win behind 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief. 
• Colin McNeal started and walked one batter in 1.0 inning of work. 
• Will Talbert (1 R, 2 H, 2 K), Anthony Ferreira (1 R, 2 H, 1 K), Dylan Santoro, Nolan Drew (2 R, 1 ER, 2 H) and Ian Maude (1 R, 3 H) all threw 1.0 inning of relief. 
• James Hogan (1 R, 3 BB, 1 K) and Nick Rubin (1 R, 2 H, 1 BB) came out of the pen for Suffolk's staff as well. 
• Mangelsdorf took the loss as he gave up five runs, four earned, on four hits and two walks with one strikeout in 3.2 innings.
• After Mangelsdorf, the Engineers used six different relievers in Freedman (0.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K), Jimmy Moore (1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 4 K), Ajinkya Gundaria (0.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 1 K), Owen Malone (0.2 IP), Hood (1.0 IP, 1 H) and Tubbs (1.0 IP, 1 K).  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Flynn went 3-for-6 with one homer to go along with four RBI, three runs scored and one stolen base. 
• Hilliard had a 2-for-4 effort with a pair of stolen bases, two runs scored and one RBI. 
• Martin's lone hit was a grand slam. He registered four RBI and one run scored. 
• Iorio scored twice and had one hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 26-36-1 all-time against MIT. 
• Suffolk renewed a rivalry with MIT as the teams met for the first time since March 8, 2022. 
• The Rams have won back-to-back games against the Engineers. It is the first time Suffolk has taken down MIT in two consecutive meetings since winning two in a row May 5, 2008-May 3, 2009.
• Suffolk is now 2-4-1 all-time against MIT under Anthony Del Prete.
• Both Flynn and Max Martin hit their first homers of the season, second of their Suffolk careers.
• Max Martin is the third Ram to produce a grand slam this season, first since Armbruster and Lampert knocked one apiece versus St. Scholastica March 7.
• Flynn tied a career-high four RBI.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to Conference of New England (CNE) competition this weekend at Curry Saturday, April 19. Game one is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m.