BEVERLY, Mass. – Suffolk baseball was handed its first Commonwealth Coast Conference loss of the season as No. 1 Endicott stumped the Rams, 23-2, Tuesday afternoon at North Field.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | No. 1 Endicott 23
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-5, 2-1 CCC) | No. 1 Endicott (14-1, 3-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk stranded runners in scoring position – one in the first, two in the second and another in the third – to find itself in a 10-run hole after three complete frames. 

The Gulls got on the board in the home half of the second with a two-run single by Nick Notarange. Extra base hits, a Rams' throwing error and wild pitch in the third made it lopsided 10-0.  

Rams continued to be left on base in the fourth and fifth, while Endicott built a hefty 16-0 advantage.  

Endicott's scoring did not stop there as the host piled on seven more in the sixth for the 23-run distance. 

Suffolk broke onto the board in the top of the seventh. Jonny Gilbride led off with a single through the right side, advanced to second and took third on Eric Paradis' base hit to center.  Cole Hilliard brought the first Rams run of the day in on a sac fly to center. With the bases chucked, Alex Sorenti-Burns singled to third to plate Paradis to make it 23-2. 

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Garret Roberts took the loss after giving up two runs on one hit and four walks with one strikeout in 1.2 innings of work. 
• Pierce Salbego (0.2 IP, 7 R, 3 H, 2 BB), TJ Dimitriou (1.1 IP, 6 R, 2 H, 5 BB, 1 K), Will Talbert (0.2 IP, 7 R, 2 ER, , 4 BB, 1 K), Sebastian Lampert (1.1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 BB, 1 K) and Mike Donvito (0.1 IP, 1 K) all came out of the pen for the blue-and-gold. 
• Charlie Hale started for Endicott and went 4.0 scoreless innings with just one hit and five walks allowed and five punchouts, three looking. 
• Brandon McSorley (2 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K), Matt Pappalardo (1 H, 1 BB, 1 K) and J.P. Catellier all threw 1.0 inning of relief for the Gulls.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Sorenti-Burns went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. 
• Roberts registered a 1-for-2 effort with a double and one walk. 
• Gilbride supplied one hit and one run. 
• Paradis added one hit and one run. 
• Suffolk's lead off went 5-for-7.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk played the top team in the country for the first time since March 24, 2018 when it bested then No. 1/3 UMass Boston, 3-1. 
• Noah Greco, Talbert and Donvito made their collegiate debuts. 
• Paradis had his first collegiate at bat and produced his first collegiate hit. 
• Stephen Nardelli and Grego had their first collegiate at bats.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes a break from CCC competition tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27 when it heads to Babson for a 3:30 p.m. pitch.