DAVENPORT, Fla. – Sebastian Lampert's first collegiate homer came in grand slam fashion to break a 1-all tie and send Suffolk baseball to a 5-3 game two victory over St. Scholastica at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational at Northeast Regional Park Friday.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | St. Scholastica 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-2) | St. Scholastica (1-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The scoring opened in the third. Cole Hilliard led off the inning with a double to left center. Hilliard took third on a productive ground out to short by Colin Flynn, which put Suffolk's first baseman in prime scoring position as Alex Sorenti-Burns sauntered to the plate. The left fielder struck the ball to right field, Hilliard tagged up and sprinted in to give the Rams a 1-0 edge.   

An extra-base hit helped the Saints two innings later. Luke Krull rocked a one-out double down the left field line and put on his running shoes for a single through the right side by Jake Schelon. Suffolk secured the second out of the stanza with a routine ground out to second. That out did move Schelon to second though. Harry Meehan found himself in a full-count jam with Damian Tamay at the dish. The south paw's composure came through as he fanned Tamay swinging to keep things even at one. 

Things got interesting in the sixth.  With the bases full and two outs, Lampert faced a 1-1 count. The sophomore took the third pitch he saw yard to empty the bags and push Suffolk in front, 5-1. 

The Saints responded to the Rams four runs with two of their own in the home half of the inning to trim the margin down to two, 5-3. 

Schelon walked to get the bottom of the seventh underway and bring the game-tying run to the plate. The Rams defense backed up reliever Jack Raimo was Sam Armbruster gloved a pop up at short and turned a 643 double play to seal the doubleheader sweep.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Harry Meehan picked up the win with a three-run, four-hit, four-walk, three-strikeout effort in 5.1 innings of work. 
• Raimo earned the save with 1.2 frame of scoreless hitless relief. He let up one walk and struck out one batter. 
• Matt Forrest took the loss with a four-run (one-earned), four-hit, five-strikeout stat line in 5.1 innings. 
• Jacob Worley allowed one run, unearned, on one hit and one walk and a pair of punchouts in 1.2 innings out of the pen.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Lampert finished with one hit, a grand slam, four RBI and one run scored. 
• Hilliard had two hits, both doubles, and scored one run. 
• Max Martin chipped in one hit, a double, and one run. 
• Flynn recorded one hit. 
• Sorenti-Burns supplied one RBI behind ones sac fly, one run and one walk. 
• Iorio scored one run.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk on its second consecutive contest against St. Scholastica. 
• The Rams are now 2-1 versus the Saints all-time.
• Suffolk produced grand slams in back-to-back games for the first time in the game-by-game record books, which date back through the 2011 season. 
• Lampert produced his first collegiate home run and recorded a personal-best four RBI. 
• Hilliard matched a career-high two hits and barreled a personal-best two doubles. 
• Meehan earend his first win as a Ram. 
• Raimo registered his first collegiate save.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
A doubleheader with Drew is in store for Suffolk tomorrow, Saturday, March 8 at Lake Myrtle Park. Game one is set for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch.