EAST BOSTON – Suffolk baseball capped off its regular season scheduled with a 7-3 game two triumph over Curry Saturday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Curry 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-20, 6-10 CCC) | Curry (10-27, 4-12 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Down 1-0 after three innings, back-to-back triples gave Suffolk a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Jonny Gilbride led off with a single up the middle and scored the tying-run thanks to Harry Painter's triple to right center. Joe Ward traded places with the Rams' third baseman with a triple of his own to the same spot to give the host the advantage. Timothy McCarthy and Michael Cole brought in one run apiece on a base hit and sac fly, respectively, to pad Suffolk's cushion to 4-1.  

The Colonels threatened in the fifth as they put all the ducks in the pond. With one out, Marc Birbiglia dove to make a catch for the second out, which kept Curry's runners put. Ryan Goonan put the ball into play that Jonny Gilbride scooped up for an assisted play with McCarthy at second. The runner was called safe cut Suffolk's lead to two, 4-2.  

A solo shot by Curry's Conor Hankon in the sixth trimmed the margin down to one, 4-3.  

Insurance came for Suffolk in the bottom of the sixth. It was déjà vu from the third as McCarthy and Cole collected an RBI each on singles. Two batters later, Garret Roberts racked up an RBI of his own on a sac fly that pushed the Rams ahead, 7-3.  

After Luke Harder retired the side in the seventh, Pierce Salbego came in to shove the eighth and ninth. The sophomore allowed just one base runner in each to preserve the victory and series sweep for Suffolk. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Harder put together a three-run, six-hit, two-walk, seven-strikeout effort over 7.0 innings. 
• Salbego tossed 2.0 innings of scoreless relief with one hit and three punchouts. 
• Colman Dyer took the loss after giving up four runs on six hits and one walk over 4.0 innings. 
• Cameron Herndon (3 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K) and Donovan Potemri (1 BB, 1 K) each came out of the pen for 2.0 frames of relief. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Ward went 2-for-3 with one triple to go along with one RBI and one run scored. 
• McCarthy compiled a 2-for-4 effort with two RBI and one run scored. 
• Cole contributed a 2-for-3 performance with a pair of RBI. 
• Painter produced one hit, a triple, one RBI and one run.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk strung two wins in a row against Curry. 
• The Rams moved to 31-6-1 all-time versus the Colonels. 
• Under Anthony Del Prete, the blue-and-gold is 8-2 against Curry.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk awaits the seeding of the 2023 CCC Baseball Tournament.