EAST BOSTON – In its first game back in New England following its Spring Break trip, Suffolk baseball knocked off WPI, 7-3, Thursday afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park. It was a staff day for the Rams' pitchers and Alex Sorenti-Burns hit two bombs in the victory.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | WPI 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (5-9) | WPI (7-4)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
WPI grabbed a two-run lead in the first frame thanks to a two-run single by Andrew Cash to right center.  

The Rams answered in the bottom of the second. Max Martin walked, advanced to second on an infield single by Sam Armbruster and sprinted in on a fielding mishap by the Engineers' first baseman when Sebastian Lampert put the ball into play. With the bases loaded and one out, Armbruster scored the tying run behind a fielder's choice to make it 2-2.

A pair of sac flies sent Suffolk in front in the home half of the third. Max Martin and Armbruster, who scored the Rams' runs an inning before, brought the go-ahead runs in. 

A solo shot by Sorenti-Burns in the bottom of the fifth extended the blue-and-gold's advantage to three, 5-2. 

An inning later, Sorenti-Burns hit his second dinger of the day. This time he brought Chris Cimino, who singled, with him, to extend the margin to five, 7-2.  

The Engineers offense managed to get back onto the board in the top of the eighth when DiMichel doubled to left center to bring in Cash, who led off the inning with a walk. Nolan Drew managed to get out of the inning was just one run allowed to keep the blue-and-gold in front, 7-3.  

After a 3-up, 3-down inning for the Rams, Jack Raimo came in to shove the final frame. He let up two base hits and faced a runners in the corners situation with two outs. The sophomore's infield backed up the closure with a routine ground out to second to seal the victory.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Nick Rubin earned the victory behind a one-hit, two-strikeout effort in 1.0 inning of relief. 
• John McDevitt got the start. He let up two runs on three hits in the first inning of play. 
• Drew saw the most action on hill with 2.0 innings. He allowed one run on two hits and one walk with four punchouts, half of Suffolk's eight total. 
• Ian Maude (1 BB), Will Talbert (2 H, 1 K), Cam Martin (2 H), Dylan Santoro (1 H, 1 BB), and Raimo (2 H, 1 K) all tossed 1.0 inning out of the pen for Suffolk. 
• WPI's started Brian Riely suffered the setback after giving up four runs, two earned, on five hits and two walks.
• Ethan Smith yielded three runs, all earned, on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 4.0 innings. 
• Damon Chase put together 1.0 inning of scoreless, hitless relief for the Engineers.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Sorenti-Burns went 3-for-5 with tow dingers, three RBI and three runs scored. 
• Armbruster added a 2-for-3 effort with one RBI, one sac fly and one run. 
• Hilliard had one hit, one RBI, one sac fly and one stolen base. 
• Flynn walked twice and had one hit. 
• Lampert logged two hits.
• Iorio notched one hit, one run and one stolen base. 
• Max Martin supplied one hit, one RBI, one run scored, one walk and one swiped bag. 
• Cimino pitched in one hit and one run.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk defeated WPI for the second straight meeting to move to 14-15 all-time against the Engineers. 
• The Rams are now 2-1 versus WPI in the Anthony Del Prete era. 
• Sorenti-Burns slugged his first homer of the season. 
• Sorenti-Burns hit two balls out of the park for the third time in his Suffolk career, first since April 10 against UMass Boston. The first time he ever barreled two balls over the fence was at the Engineers' home diamond March 20, 2024. 
• Santoro made his collegiate debut.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes its talents to Bristol, Rhode Island, for its Conference of New England (CNE) opener at Roger Williams. Game one of the conference twinbill is scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m.