The Suffolk University Baseball team swept a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader on Sunday afternoon sweeping the Albertus Magnus College Falcons 3-2 and 8-4.
Senior josh Desai (Shrewsbury, Mass.) punched out 10 hitters in a complete game four hit victory to lead Suffolk to the game one victory.
Suffolk scored three times in the home half of the third inning. Sophomore Sean Cameron (Milford, Conn.) knocked in the game's first run as his double down the left field line plated junior Rob Marks (Revere, Mass.) who drew a hit by pitch to start things off. Junior Julien Plana (Miami, Fla.) would then single back up the middle to plate Cameron. Suffolk would be issued four free passes in the inning, including three hit by pitches. Sophomore Luke Ronchi (Randolph, N.J.) would take a fastball off the middle of the back with the bases loaded to force home the third run of the inning as Suffolk built a 3-0 lead through three innings of play.
Albertus Magnus would score twice in the sixth. Senior Nick Sedia (Bronx, N.Y.) would lead the inning off and later steal second. Another hit by senior Tyler Robertson (Cheshire, Conn.) would give Albertus runners on the corners with no outs. Sophomore Tyler Graziano (Trumbull, Conn.) would knock in the Falcons' first run of the game with a base hit. Senior Anthony Pellegrino ( Branford, Conn.) would knock in another run later in the inning with a ground out. Desai would escape the jam with two punchouts later in the inning as Suffolk left the sixth with the one run lead.
In game two, Suffolk scored eight unanswered runs scoring three times in the fifth and four more times in the sixth.
Albertus Magnus opened the game up by scoring a run in the first. Robertson reached to lead things off after striking out and getting to first base on a passed ball. He would come around to score later in the inning on a ground out by junior Justin Poirier ( Meriden, Conn.).
Albertus would score three times in the third inning. Robertson would lead things off with a walk, before a single by Pellegrino put runners on the corners with one out. Junior Mike Saia (Bridgeport, Conn.) then brought in a run with a double scoring Robertson. Senior Ted Gravel (Morris, Conn.) would then bring home two runs home with a double to left center to make it 4-0 through two and a half innings.
Cameron would get Suffolk on the board to start things in the bottom of the third as his double scored sophomore BJ Neil (Lynnfield, Mass.) who reached earlier on a fielder's choice.
Suffolk would even the game at four runs scoring three times in the fifth. Plana would single home freshman Brady Chant (Warwick, R.I.) who would walk with one out in the inning. A double by junior Jon Lapolla (Providence, R.I.) would drive in another run, before senior JC Collette (Amesbury, Mass.) tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
Suffolk would score four times in the sixth with two outs to pull away for the victory. Chant's single back up the middle would bring in the go ahead run as freshman Seth Coiley (Arlington, Mass.) scored to put Suffolk ahead. Plana added his second RBI of the game and third of the day with another base hit, before Lapolla broke the game open tripling deep in the left center gap to bring home two more runs.
Junior Cal Carroll (Methuen, Mass.) pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn his first victory of the season.
Pellegrino and Gravel both had two hits in game two for the Falcons.
The top four hitters in the Suffolk lineup combined for eight of their nine hits in game two. Both Chant and Cameron were 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI each. Plana was 2-for-4 with two RBI while Lapolla drove in three runs with a 2-for-3 effort including a walk.
Albertus will now travel to Mitchell College on Wednesday for a non-league doubleheader at 3:30pm.
Suffolk will play Lasell College on Tuesday evening at 6:00pm to complete their doubleheader from last Wednesday.