WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 // 3 PM & 5:30 PM NORTH FIELD // BEVERLY, MASS. GAME 1 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO GAME 2 // LIVE STATS // VIDEO
EYES ON THE GAME SERIES RECORD // SUFFOLK TRAILS, 11-17 LAST MEETING // APRIL 3, 2019, L, 12-11 LAST SUFFOLK WIN // APRIL 11, 2018, W, 3-2 STREAK // L2

BOSTON – After a week away, Suffolk baseball returns to play this week with a trip to Endicott on the books Wednesday, April 7. The midweek Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader is set for a 3 p.m. seven-inning outing directly followed by a nine-inning game two.

SPECTATOR SECTION
With a strict no spectator policy set for the 2020-21 athletic season, here's how fans can follow Suffolk game-day action.

SOCIAL SAYINGS
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LAST TIME OUT
Suffolk baseball could not bounce back from a game one setback and slipped in the closer of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) twinbill to Gordon, 5-2, March 27, at J. Tec White Field.

MORE READING: Baseball Falls at Gordon in Nightcap, 5-2

RAMS RUNDOWN
Suffolk heads to Beverly, Massachusetts, 3-3 on the year and in search of its first CCC contest (0-2). 

Tim Brigham and Marc Birbiglia are the top hitters for the Rams. Brigham has eight hits including five doubles and one triple for three RBI. Birbiglia, meanwhile, has a team-best five RBI on seven hits to go along with six runs scored, which is also atop the team. 

The blue-and-gold has cycled through different arms this season. EJ Birch (3.00 ERA, 7 Ks, 6.0 IP), Steven Rossi (3.75 ERA, 10 Ks, 12.0 IP), Parker Browne (4.91 ERA, 11 Ks, 11.0 IP) and Michael Muscarella (6.75 ERA, 12 Ks, 8.0 IP) have each earned the nod at least once.

GET TO KNOW THE GULLS
Endicott heads into Wednesday 4-2 overall and 2-0 in CCC action. 

Caleb Shpur has been the hot hitter for the Gulls with a team-best nine hits with one third good for two bases and two balls going over the fence. He ties Kyle Brennan for a team-high in RBI with seven and Shpur has matched that number with runs scored. Brennan, meanwhile, shares second on the squad in hits with Matthew McKinely with six and the pair has each scored four times. 

Four different hurlers have started for Endicott. Michael Kozlowski has proved to be the Gulls ace with a 0.96 ERA through 9.1 innings and a staff-best 11 strikeouts. Cooper Anibal (2.57 ERA, 6 Ks, 7.0 IP), Ian Parent (10.80 ERA, 4 Ks, 3.1 IP) and Rian Scwede (8.10 ERA, 9 Ks, 6.0 IP) have also started on the hill this season. Joran Gottesman (1.69 ERA, 6 Ks) and Max Tarlin (1.50 ERA, 9 Ks) have proven themselves out of the pen for Endicott.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Suffolk and Endicott have been active non-conference competition since 1999, meeting every year except 2007.  
• The Rams fell in the last outing with the Gulls, 12-11, April 3, 2019, to dip to 11-17 all-time against Endicott.
• All, but five games in the series have happened in Beverly, Massachusetts. Suffolk is 9-14 when playing on the Gulls field.
• Suffolk is winless as the home team, 0-3, and is unbeaten against Endicott on neutral turf, 2-0.
• The Rams and Gulls will battle in a doubleheader for the first time since 2019 and fifth time overall. Suffolk has never swept a twinbill versus Endicott and has split the series just twice (2018 & 2019).
• Under Anthony Del Prete's leadership, Suffolk boasts a 4-8 record versus the Gulls.

EYES ON THE GAME

SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
The Rams remain in conference contests this weekend as it readies for a home-and-home series with Wentworth. Suffolk will first host the Leopards Saturday, April 10 at East Boston Memorial Park, before heading to Libby Field in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the following day, Sunday, April 11. Both battles has a game one start of 12 p.m.