NEWPORT, R.I. – A pair of Seahawks pitchers proved to be too much for the Rams as the sixth-seed Suffolk baseball team was kept off the scoreboard by top-ranked Salve Regina, 7-0, in game one of the double elimination bracket of the 2022 CCC Tournament Wednesday after Reynolds Field. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Salve Regina 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (23-19) | Salve Regina (27-9-2)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The storyline was told from the mound as Steven Rossi let up seven runs on five hits and six walks over the first four frames, while Patrick Maybach had a no-hitter going through the first four innings. 

Harry Painter broke up the no-no in the fifth with a single to right center. The Rams could not rally behind the lead-off base hit as Maybach retired the side from there to keep Suffolk scoreless.  

Caleb Piwnicki took over for Rossi in the fifth. He kept the Seahawks scoreless and limited them to four hits and two walks to keep the distance at seven.  

In the ninth, Christian Seariac managed to poked a two-out a single to left field looking to spark some kind of offense, however, Salve's reliever Nicolas Santo did his job and used help from his outfield to push Suffolk into the loser's bracket.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Rossi registered the setback after giving up seven runs on five hits and six walks over 4.0 innings with one strikeout. 
• Piwnicki compiled 4.0 innings of scoreless relief with four hits and two walks allowed to go along with one punchout. 
• Maybech picked up the win with a one-hit, one-walk, eight-strikeout performance over 5.0 frames. 
• In 4.0 innings of relief, Santo gave up just one hit and one walk with two Ks.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Painter and Seariac were responsible for the Rams two hits. 
• Shane Lake and Garret Roberts each reached on a walk.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk played in the double-elimination part of the CCC tournament for the first time in program history. 
• The Rams competed against the Seahawks in the CCC postseason for the first time. 
• The outing marked the first-ever shutout between Suffolk and Salve Regina in the all-time series, that dates back to 1993.
• Seariac (four games) and Painter (six games) both extended their hit streaks.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk will now play in win-or-go-home action tomorrow, Thursday, May 12 against fifth-seed Western New England, who fell at second-seed Endicott, 10-7.