DAVENPORT, Fla. – Jack Tiemann's solo shot in the eighth inning broke open a tied game to send St. Scholastica by Suffolk baseball, 4-3, Friday night at NorthEast Regional Park at the RussMatt Central Florieda Invitational.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | St. Scholastica 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-2) | St. Scholastica (2-1) 

HOW IT HAPPANED
Both starting arms commanded the mound through the first three innings. The Rams started to figure out Jake Schelonka in the fourth. Alex Sorenti-Burns worked a walk to get the inning going and Max Iorio lobbed a double to right field to put a pair of runners in scoring position. Adam Braid's first hit as a Ram, a base hit to left center, was responsible for bringing both runs in that it 2-0 Suffolk.  

Levi Stubbles sac fly in the home half of the inning sliced the Rams advantage in half and two innings later Cody Horon brought the game-tying run in on a single to left. 

The equal playing field was short lived as the Rams restored their lead. Jonny Gilbride knocked a ground rule double to left and took third on a balk. Harry Painter put the ball in play, which allowed Gilbride to score to send Suffolk in front, 3-2.  

A response by CSS came in the bottom of the seventh to lock the score once again.  

In the eighth the Rams stranded a pair of runners to keep things even at 3-all before Tiemann sent a two-out, no doubter over the right field fence to give St. Schoalstica its first edge of the outing.  

Wes Kemming came in and struckout the side to save the victory for the Saints.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Brett Bucklin made the most of his first Suffolk start. He put together a two-run, five-hit, two-walk, one-strikeout effort over 6.0 innings. 
• John McDevitt (1 R, 1 BB) and Gregory Kaufmann (1 R, 2 H, 1 K) came out of the pen for 1.0 inning of relief apiece.  
• Matt Juza earned the win for the Saints with 1.0 inning of scoreless relief. He allowed just one hit and one walk in the eighth and struck out three. 
• Kemming recorded the save after fanning the three batters he faced in the ninth. 
• Jake Schelonka started on the hill and allowed two runs on two hits and four walks with six strikeouts over the first 4.0f rames. 
• Grant Taival let up one hit and two walks to go along with two Ks in 2.0 innings of relief. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• The Rams five hits were scattered across five bats. 
• Gilbride's and Iorio's hit were both dobules. 
• Braid brought in two runs on his lone hit. 
• Painter had one RBI, one hit and one walk. 
• Sam Armbruster rounded out the Rams with hits with one to his credit. 
• Gilbride, Sorenti-Burns and Iorio scored one run apiece for Suffolk.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk played St. Scholastica for the first time. 
• Braid started behind the dish for the first time as a Ram and produced his first hit in a blue-and-gold jersey. 
• Bucklin started on the mound for the first time in his Suffolk career. 
• Kaufmann made his Suffolk debut. 
• Gilbride, Iorio and Painter have both successfully had one hit in all four of Suffolk's game this year.
• Painter is now on a six-game hit streak that dates to May 10, 2024. In that span he has a dozen hits broken down to six singles, four doubles, one triple and one homer.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to take on Lakeland tomorrow, Saturday, March 9 at 3:30 p.m. at Pat Thomas Stadium in Leesburg, Florida.