East Boston – Suffolk got out to an early 2-0 lead, but Salve Regina's five-run seventh catapulted the Seahawks over the Ram's in the second game of a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) doubleheader at East Boston Memorial Park Saturday afternoon.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Salve Regina 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (20-16, 10-6 CCC) | Salve Regina (16-19, 8-8 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk opened the scoring in the bottom of the first behind a pair of doubles. Jolie Quintana led off with a two-bagger to right and three batters later Ally Cifaratta knocked a double of her own to left to bring Quintana in.

The host pushed the advantage in the second inning thanks to a leadoff single from Jenny Jacob that put her in position to score all the way from first on a throwing error by the Seahawks third baseman NAME to make the score 2-0 through two innings. 

That's the only offense the blue-and-gold managed to put together as Alex Kelly twirled a shutout the rest of the way to secure the win for the visitors.

All of Salve Regina's scoring came over the sixth and seventh. 

The Seahawks opened the sixth with a single from Drew Cepetelli followed by a double to right center courtesy of Lauren Packer that put the pair in scoring position. Christina Braid brought the two runners' home with a single down the right field line to even the score at 2-2.

The offense for the Seahawks saw the first three batters of the seventh get on to load the bases to set up an RBI single to left field for Cepetelli to break the tie.

A fielder's choice brought in another before Maddie Capetti broke the game open with the bases loaded after a three RBI double to the left center wall made the score 7-2.

Suffolk went down in order in the seventh to end the game giving Kelly a complete game and a win.

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Kennedy Reyes took the loss after giving up seven runs on eight hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work. 
• Kelly tossed a complete game, allowing two runs on six hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Quintana went 2-for-4 at the dish with one double and one run scored. 
• Ciffarata tallied a 1-for-3 effort with a double and one RBI. 
• Jacob added one hit and one run. 
• Caitlin Murphy and Rebecca Zellin chipped in one hit. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk closes out its regular-season slate with a CCC doubleheader at Roger Williams tomorrow, Sunday, May 1 at 12 p.m.