Quincy, MA – The Lasell College baseball team fell in both ends of a doubleheader at Suffolk University, 12-2 in game one, and 2-1 in game two. The losses dropped Lasell to 4-11 overall and 1-3 in GNAC play, while Suffolk improved to 15-3 on the season and 4-0 the league contests.
Game One
Billy Uberti (Newton, Mass.) went 3 for 4 at the plate with a double and an RBI for Lasell, while Bobby Ellard added a pair of singles in three at-bats. Rob Madden (Hingham, Mass.) took the loss on the mound for Lasell, yielding nine runs on eight hits in 2 and 2/3 innings of work. Brendan Jordan (Rocky Hill, Conn.) tossed 2 and 1/3 innings of scoreless relief while allowing three hits for the Lasers.
Chris Stanley (Placentia, Calif.) finished 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles, three runs scored and one driven in and Devan Jones (Roslindale, Mass.) was 3 for 3 with a triple, two runs scored and two batted in to lead the Suffolk attack. The Rams JC Collette (Amesbury, Mass.) chipped in with a pair of singles in four at-bats and a run scored and driven in. Jonathan Richard (North Reading, Mass.) moved to 5-0 on the year for Suffolk and he pitched 5 1/3 innings striking out six hitters.
Suffolk scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the third to go on top 9-0 through three innings. Lasell got a run back in the fifth, Uberti knocked in Wes Hurty (Windsor, Conn.) with a two-out single, and another one back in the top of the sixth when Hurty drove in Matt Sammarco (New Canaan, Conn.).
Game Two
Dustin Brown (Falmouth, Mass.) and Jackson Gervais (Rehoboth, Mass.) both recorded doubles in the game for Lasell. Greg Sherman (Marshfield, Mass.) was the tough luck loser on the mound for the Lasers. He went six innings only allowing five hits and two runs while punching out five hitters in the game.
Junior Steve Chamberland (Bristol, Conn.) was strong on the mound for Suffolk as he picked up a no-decision. The junior southpaw struck out six hitters in 5 1/3 innings of work before giving way to the bullpen as he worked his way out of a couple jams in the middle of the game. Junior Frank Tierney (Hyde Park, Mass.) struck out a pair in 1 2/3 innings of relief as he earned the victory, his third of the season.
Devan Jones sent Suffolk to a 15-3 record in the nightcap as he hit a walk-off single off the left field fence with the bases loaded and outfield drawn in with no outs to clinch the doubleheader sweep.
With the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh junior Mike Muse (Milton, Mass.) led the inning off with a single. Junior Jack Sullivan (Hamilton, N.Y.) then laid down a sacrifice bunt to try to advance Muse to scoring position, but the Lasers' misplayed the bunt in the infield. After a passed ball, the Lasers would intentionally walk sophomore Justin Knight (Great Meadows, N.J.) to set up the force at any base bringing Jones to the plate.
Mac Jacobson would plate the game's first run in the bottom of the fifth with a sacrifice fly as Suffolk built a short 1-0 lead. Sullivan got the inning started for Suffolk with a single to leftfield before Knight followed him with a single. A walk to Jones would load the bases setting up Jacobson for the RBI opportunity.
The Lasers would answer in their next at-bat as sophomore Matt Sammarco (New Cannaan, Conn.) singled up the middle with two outs to plate Uberti, who led off the inning reaching on an infield error.
Lasell will be back in action on Friday afternoon with a single non-conference game against Newbury College at 7:00pm. Suffolk has will host Norwich University on Saturday afternoon at noon, before travelling to Rivier University for a 1:00pm start on Sunday.