SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Suffolk baseball had five Rams with multiple hits to take care of Western New England, 16-7, in game one of a Commonwealth Coast Conference doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Trelease Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 16 | Western New England 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (13-12, 3-4 CCC) | Western New England (10-11, 1-3 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk burst out to the 6-0 lead with two runs in the first and four in the second. Harry Painter's triple to right center in the opening inning brought in Jonny Gilbride, who walked, before Painter scored on a wild pitch. In the second, back-to-back wild pitches allowed two more Ram runs to come in to double the distance. Alex Sorenti-Burns and Max Iorio collected on RBI each on a base hit for the six-run advantage.  

The Golden Bears got five runs back in the home half of the inning. A Rams error let the first WNE run of the day come in before Ryan Montini  three-run shot trimmed the gap down to two and Paul Villecco's one-run double made it a one run game, 6-5.  

In the third, WNE leveled the playing field. Once again Montini's bat came up big as he doubled to right field to plate S Jamieson, who led off the frame with a walk, to make it 6-6.  

Iorio responded for the Rams in the fourth with a grand slam to send Suffolk in front, 10-6.  

The teams traded runs in the fifth to keep the four-run margin. Suffolk's run came behind Gilbride's double to left that scored Joe Norris, who singled.  

The Rams lengthened their lead back to six with one run in the sixth and seventh, respectively, before bursting out to a three-run eighth for the 16-7 advantage.  

In the sixth, Max Martin singled and scored on a throwing error by WNE's centerfielder. An inning later, Painter provided an RBI on a double to right field. In the eighth, a balk, sac fly from Collin Flynn and a base hit by Garret Roberts gave the blue-and-gold a nine-run lead, which remain through the remainder of the contest.   

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Brett Bucklin earned the win behind a 5.2 innings of relief work with one run allowed on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts. 
• Roberts started on the dubber and gave up six runs, five earned, on four hits and six walks with two punchouts in 2.1 innings of work. 
• Jack Raimo served 1.0 inning of scoreless relief with one hit and one walk allowed to go along with one K. 
• Jared Kuryan gave up 11 runs, all earned, on 11 hits and four walks in 5.0 frames for WNE. He sat down one batter. 
• Aidan Gowaski (5 R, 4 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K) and Eddie Murray (3 H) came out of the pen for 2.0 innings each for the Golden Bears.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Gilbride went 3-for-3 with one RBI and three runs scored and two walks. One of his hits was a double. 
• Painter put together a 4-for-5 plate performance. The first baseman was a homer shy of the cycle with two singles, one double and a triple. He was responsible for two RBI, three runs and one walk. 
• Iorio logged two hits, including a grand slam, to finish with five RBI and one run scored. 
• Max Martin added two hits and two runs. 
• Flynn added one hit, two runs, one RBI, one sac fly, one sac and one stolen base. 
• Norris compield 
• Roberts registered one hit, one RBI and one sac.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk snapped a four-game skid. 
• The Rams improved to 21-22 all-time against Western New England. 
• The Rams snapped a six-game skid against the Golden Bears. 
• The win over WNE is Suffolk's first since a 16-2, seven-inning decision in game two of the 2022 regular-season, April 23, 2022. 
• Suffolk moved to 3-10 against WNE in the Anthony Del Prete era. 
• Iorio slugged a grand slam for the second time in his collegiate career, first since April 15, 2023, in a 7-6 loss at Rhode Island College. He is the last Suffolk player to strike grand slam. 
• Iorio matched a career-high five RBI. 
• Painter tied a personal-best four hits. 
• Norris notched a career-high two hits and three runs scored. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams go for the sweep of the Golden Bears this afternoon.