MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk softball secured the Commonwealth Coast Conference sweep of Curry with a 7-1 game two victory over the Colonels Tuesday afternoon at D. Forbes Will Field.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 7 | Curry 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-11, 3-1 CCC) | Curry (9-11, 0-4 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk put up three runs in the third thanks to extra base hits. Julia Mills' double to left field brought in Lily Gustafson, who reached on a fielder's choice. One out later, Becky Zellin barreled a home run to left field to make it 3-0 Rams.
The score stood still until the seventh when the blue-and-gold stretched its advantage to 7-0. Mills brought in the first run of the inning on a base hit to left center. The freshman plated Ava Brandow, who reached first on a throwing error by the Colonels' short Jordan Ferullo. With one out and the bases chucked, Lily Newhall collected a pair of RBI on a single through the left side and the last run of the frame came in on a wild pitch.
Curry eliminated the shutout in the home half of the inning. Hailey King knocked a two-out single to right field and put on her running shoes on Sam King's double to center to put the Colonels on the board. That would the only run the Colonels could muster as Bella Rocha-Medeiros converted an unassisted ground out at first for the final out of the day.
PITCHERS PICTURE
- Newhall notched the win behind a one-run, seven-hit, one-strike complete-game effort.
- Caitlyn Wood took the loss after giving up seven runs, two earned, on 11 hits and two walks with seven punchouts to her credit in 7.0 frames.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Mills logged a 3-for-4 effort with one double, two RBI and two runs scored.
- Zellin registered a 2-for-3 effort that featured one homer, two RBI and one runs scored.
- Newhall tallied two hits and two RBI.
- Maddie Southers supplied two hits, both doubles.
- Gustafson added one hit, two runs, two walks and two stolen bases.
NOTEWORTHY
- The Rams moved to 27-11 all-time against the Colonels.
- Suffolk is unbeaten, 2-0, versus Curry in the Megan Cook era.
- Suffolk defeated Curry in back-to-back battles for the first time since winning eight straight from April 9, 2014 through May 5, 2023.
- The six-run victory over the Colonels is the largest since shutting out Curry, 6-0, April 16, 2022.
- The Rams have hit a homer in four straight games, which is the most games in a row with a Rams' bomb since having six straight games with a Suffolk home run April 22-27, 2018.
- Southers had a career-high two doubles.
- Mills tied a career-high in hits (3) and runs scored (2).
- Zellin had her fourth dinger of the season.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes a break from CCC competition tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10 when it visits Emmanuel for a Beantown twinbill that has a 5:00 p.m. first pitch.
