WEYMOUTH, Mass. – An explosive fifth frame by Wentworth forced Suffolk baseball in a hole it could not climb out of as the Rams fell to the Leopards, 14-4, in seven innings in game one of Commonwealth Coast Conference double feature Saturday morning at Libbey Field.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 4 | Wentworth 14
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-16, 3-6 CCC) | Wentworth (3-23, 2-10 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
WIT grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Suffolk chipped the deficit down to one in the top of the second as Garret Roberts tripled to right field to score Marc Birbiglia, who led off with a walk.  

Two innings later, the Rams grabbed the lead, 3-2. Birbiglia and Roberts factored into the scoring once again. With a first and third situation, Roberts stole second and Birbiglia capitalized on an erratic throw down by WIT's catcher to even things up at 2-all. Roberts then came in on Luke Harder's single to center and push the blue-and-gold in front, 3-2.  

The host matched Suffolk's offensive output in the home half of the inning to flip the script in its favor, 4-3.  

In the top of the fifth the Rams evened things up for once again. Harry Painter doubled to left center, moved to third thanks to Birbiglia's infield single and scored when Joe Ward put the ball in play. 

Wentworth figured out George Breslin in the fifth as it scored five runs on five hits to take a 9-4 lead over Suffolk. 

The Rams bats stayed quiet the rest of the way, while the Leopards added two more runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to turn on the run-rule. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Breslin suffered the setback after giving up nine runs on 11 hits and three walks with one strikeout over 4.2 innings. 
• Michael James Jr. allowed five runs, three earned, on three hits and one walk in 1.2 frames of relief. 
• Jake Washock (0.0 IP 1 H) came out of the pen for the blue-and-gold as well. 
• Jon Campbell earned the win for the Leopards with a four-run, seven-hit, four-walk, six-strikeout performance in 6.0 innings. 
• Alec Peruzzi shoved 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief with one two punchouts. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Roberts registered a 2-for-3 effort with one triple, one RBI, one run scored and one stolen base. 
• Harder had a 2-for-3 performance as well with one RBI. 
• Birbiglia walked twice and scored two runs to go along with one hit. 
• Painter added one hit, a double, and one run scored. 
• Sam Armbruster tallied one hit. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes the CCC twinbill with Wentworth this afternoon.