Softball Clips Curry in Game One, 6-4

MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk softball snapped a five-game skid with a 6-4 victory over Curry in the opener of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader at D. Forbes Will Field Saturday afternoon.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 6 | Curry 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (15-10, 6-3 CCC) | Curry (5-23, 1-8 CCC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk chased two after the first as the Colonels capitalized on two hits and small ball to grab a 2-0 lead.  

The Rams closed the gap and then some two innings later. Rebecca Zellin led off with a double to left field. An out later, Caitlin Murphy pushed a two-bagger through the left side to break the blue-and-gold on the board. Murphy scored the game-tying run on Jolie Quintana's single down the left field line. The rookie took second on the play thanks to an error by the Colonels second baseman. Savannah Scripter connected for a single down the left field line to plate Quintana and give Suffolk the go-ahead, 3-2.  

Curry locked things up in the home half of the inning, before restoring its advantage in the fourth.  

Things stayed 4-3 in the Colonels favor until the top of the sixth when Suffolk jumped ahead again. Back-to-back base hits from Ally Cifaratta and Lily Gustafson opened the stanza. One out and two wild pitches later let the tying-run score. Ella Turnbull, who pinch hit for Zellin, sliced a single down the right field line to bring in the go-ahead tally.  

The Colonels stranded two in the bottom of the sixth, which allowed the Rams to cling to the one-run edge. The blue-and-gold managed to add insurance in the seventh when Gustafson collected an RBI on a single down the left field line. The freshman scored Ava Brandow, who led off with a double to left field, to push the distance to 6-4.  

Brandow threw a shutdown, three-up, three-down, inning to help Suffolk lock up the win.     

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Brandow registered the win behind 4.0 innings of scoreless relief. She allowed just two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. 
• Kennedy Reyes started in the circle. She went 3.0 frames in which she allowed four runs on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts. 
• In a complete-game, Caitlyn Wood, gave up six runs, five earned, on 14 hits with three punchouts.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Quintana went 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored. 
• Cifaratta also went 3-for-4 with a double. She scored once. 
• Gustafson had two hits, one RBI and one run scored. 
• Murphy and Brandow each had one double and scored one run. The former also brought one run in. 
• Zellin added one hit and one run. 
• Turnbull brought in one run on her lone hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk stretched its win streak against Curry to six to move to 23-11 all-time against the Colonels. 
• Zellin produced her first collegiate double. 
• Quintana matched a career-high three hits.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

COMING UP
Suffolk and Curry conclude the conference double feature this afternoon.