Wheaton Beats Baseball, 6-4

NORTON, Mass. – In a back-and-forth battle Suffolk baseball came out on the wrong side of a 6-4 decision to Wheaton Friday afternoon at James V. Sidell Stadium. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Wheaton 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-16) | Wheaton (12-5) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A Rams infield error in the first inning allowed the Lyons grab a 2-0 early edge. 
• Suffolk sliced the gap in half in the top of the third. Colin Flynn singled through the left side and stole second to get into scoring position in time for Jack Mihalchik's base hit to right center that trimmed the distance to 2-1. 
• Wheaton restored the multi-run margin in the home half of the fourth behind a two-run triple by Alex Vosburgh, who then scored courtesy of Evan Jones' bunt base hit.
• The back-and-forth carried into the top of the fifth. Singles by Shayne King and Flynn put two ducks in the pond for Mihalchik, who plated the first on a base hit to center. Three batters later, Sam Armbruster collected two RBI on a single through the left side to pull the blue-and-gold within one, 5-4. 
• Once again, the multi-run gap was reinstated in the home half of the fifth as Wheaton tacked on one run on Jeremy Aylward's one-run single to turn it into a 6-4 game. 
• The Rams had chances in the seventh and ninth to make up more ground, but stranded four base runners the rest of the way to suffer the setback. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Ian Maude started and took the loss as he allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits and one walk with two strikeouts over 5.0 innings
• Ben Cassavoy shoved 3.0 scoreless innings of relief with one hit and one walk allowed with three punchouts. 
• Chris Carbonara earned the decision thanks to 2.2 innings of scoreless action out of the pen. He walked two batters and fanned one. 
• Jack Ritchie started for the Lyons and compiled a one-run, five-hit, two-strikeout performance over 4.0 innings. 
• Braden Young picked up the save with 1.0 inning of work that saw one hit and one walk allowed. 
• Tyler Ballard (3 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 K, 0.1 IP) and Jack Feltovic (1.0 IP, 1 K) came in in relief for Wheaton as well. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Armbruster went 3-for-4 with two RBI, one walk and one stolen base.
• Mihalchik brought in two runs on two hits and scored once himself and swiped one bag. 
• Flynn added a 3-for-5 plate performance with two runs scored and one stolen base. 
• Shayne King tallied one hit and one run. 
• Cole Hilliard added one hit. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Flynn (5 hits) and Armbruster (7 hits) have stretched their hit streak to three games. The duo also tied a personal-best three hits apiece.
• Mihalchik (3 hits) and Hilliard (3 hits) have recorded a hit in back-to-back games.
• Cassavoy threw a career-best 3.0 innings and matched a personal-best three punchouts. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to its Conference of New England (CNE) calendar tomorrow, Saturday, April 4 when it entertains Curry in a double feature at East Boston Memorial Park.