Baseball Claws Back in Game 1 at Curry, 6-3

MILTON, Mass. – A two-run, go-ahead jack off Sebastian Lampert's bat gave Suffolk baseball the lead in the eighth and a three-run ninth sealed the 6-3 game one victory over Curry for the Rams Saturday at Jack Valley Diamond.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 6 | Curry 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-17, 2-5 CNE) | Curry (8-16, 4-7 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Colonels took a one-run lead in the bottom of the first and doubled the distance behind a one-run fourth frame.  

Suffolk sliced the gap in half in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded, an error by Curry's second baseman Bobby Marshall allowed the Rams first run of the day come in to make it a 2-1 game.  

The score held there until the top of the eighth when Lampert slugged a homer over the right field fence and brought Chris Cimino, who reached on a fielder's choice, in with him to send the blue-and-gold in front, 3-2. 

The Rams lengthened the lead in their next turn at the dish. Once again, all the ducks were in the pond in time for Sam Armbruster to lace double down the left field line. Two runs came in on the extra base hit. Lampert collected his third RBI of the day on a sac fly to left to extend the margin to 6-2.  

Curry managed to muster one run in the home half of the ninth on a productive ground out by Reegan Thomas for the 6-3 final. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Pierce Salbego took the win behind a two-run, three-hit, one-walk, six-strikeout performance over 8.0 innings. 
• Jack Raimo closed the contest for Suffolk's staff. He let up one run one hit and one walk. 
• Tommy Marshall allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and two walks and sat down 11 batters in 8.0 frames of action. 
• Mike Riordan let up three runs on two hits and one walk in 1.0 inning of relief.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Lampert registered three RBI, on a 2-for-4 effort that featured one homer, to go along with one run and one sac fly. 
• Mike Mullaney contributed two hits, one run and one stolen base.
• Armbruster logged two RBI and one hit, a double. 
• Cimino scored twice, had one hit and walked once.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Since 1968, Suffolk is 34-6-1 all-time against Curry. 
• The Rams won their sixth straight game against the Colonels. 
• Under Anthony Del Prete, the blue-and-gold sports a 11-2 mark versus Curry. 
• Lampert had his second homer of the season and of his collegiate career. 
• The Rams have hit a homer in back-to-back games for the second time this season.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk aims to sweep the Colonels this afternoon.