AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Harry Painter went 4-for-4 at the dish with five RBI and was one triple shy of the cycle to anchor Suffolk baseball to a 14-3, seven-inning victory over North Central Thursday night at Lake Mrytle Park as part of the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 14 | North Central 3
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-1) | North Central (1-7)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk hit around the order in the first two innings to hold a comfortable 8-2 cushion with two frames in the book. Painter contributed to the offensive output in the first two innings as the first baseman picked up his first RBI of the day on a double in his first plate appearance and brought in his second run with a base hit in the second.  

Painter was responsible for plating Suffolk's lone run in the third with his second base knock of the day. North Central responded with one run of its own to keep the six-run distance intact.  

After a scoreless fourth, Painter sent the ball over the left field and brought Garret Roberts, who walked, in with him to extend the blue-and-gold's advantage to 11-3. 

North Central made numerous field changes to start the seventh including a change on the hill, its fourth pitching change of the outing. With two outs, Sebastian Lampert walked in his first collegiate bat and Alex Sorenti-Burns followed suit with a walk of his own to put a pair of ducks on the pond for Max Iorio. The junior barreled a deep ball to the center field fence that cleared the bags. Iorio took advantage of a wild pitch to cross the palte and extend the margin to 14-3.  

Patrick Desmond shut down North Central in the seventh to seal-up Suffolk's second straight victory.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• TJ Dimitriou earned the victory. He allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts to his credit. 
• Desmond put together 2.0 innings of scoreless relief. He let up just one hit and one walk and sat down four of the nine batters he faced. 
• North Central's starter Christian Rodriguez took the loss after giving up eight runs, seven earned, on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts. 
• Ashton Stansfield (4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K)  threw 3.0 innings out of the pen, while Andres Gonzalez (1 H, 1 B, 1 K) and Cameron Pittman (3H, 3R, 3 BB, 1 K) tossed 1.0 inning of relief each. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Painter's 4-for-4 effort featured two singles, one double and one jack. The three-hole hitter brought in five runs and scored three himself. 
• Iorio recorded three RBI on one hit, a double, one walk and scored twice. 
• Jonny Gilbride put together a 2-for-4 effort with one walk and one run. 
• Max Martin logged two hits of his own, one of which was a double. He added one RBI and one run. 
• Roberts scored three runs and had one hit. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and North Central competed for the first time. 
• The Rams have scored 29 runs in the last two games. 
• Suffolk has outscored its foes 29-3 in the last two outings. 
• Dimitriou made his Suffolk debut. 
• Desmond saw a career-high 2.0 innings and sat down a personal-best four batters. 
• Painter, who tied a career-high four hits, knocked two extra-base hits for the second straight game. 
• Painter was the first Suffolk Ram to push the ball over the fence this season. The homer was the 21st of his Suffolk career. 
• Lampert made his collegiate debut. 
• Sorenti-Burns produced his first hit as a Ram. He scored a career-high two runs and stole one base for the first time in a blue-and-gold jersey. 
• Martin produced a career-high two hits. He has tallied a double in back-to-back games. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is back in action tomorrow night, Friday, Feb. 8 when it faces St. Scholastica at NorthEast Regional Park at 6:45 p.m.