SANFORD, Fla. – Early scoring put Suffolk baseball in a hole it never climbed out of that saw Ursinus take the series opener over the Rams, 9-3, Friday afternoon at Boombah Complex.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Ursinus 9
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-6) | Ursinus (8-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk started the scoring in the top of the first as Blase Cormier's single up the middle brought in Tim Brigham. Brigham drew a base on balls after getting another life when Alex Mumme dropped the designated hitter's foul ball in right field and moved into scoring position on Rich Gilbride's single through the left side.  

The Bears responded and then some in the home half of the inning with three runs to take the lead they would never relinquish.  

Two innings later Ursinus padded the distance even more when it put a lopsided five runs on the board to make it an 8-1 game that turned into an eight-run margin at the end of the fifth.  

Down eight runs, the Rams looked to make moves in the top of the seventh. Zack Aresty's double to right center ignited the rally as the extra base knock plated pinch hitter Marc Birbiglia, who reached on an error. Aresty would then come in on Joe Rufo's ground out to second, but the scoring stopped there as Nik San Antonio flew out to right for the final out of the game.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Parker Browne slipped to 0-2 on the year after giving up nine runs on 12 hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 4.0 innings. 
• Robert Shaw and CJ Barrett each tossed 1.0 inning of scoreless relief. Shaw sat down three batters, while Barrett punched out one hitter and walked one. 
• Will Peiffer secured the win with a one-run, five-hit, one-walk, four-strikeout outing over 6.0 innings. 
• R.J. Grace came out of the pen for the Bears and let up two runs on three hits in the final frame.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cormier went 2-for-3 at the dish with one RBI. 
• Brigham recorded one hit and scored one run. 
• Aresty registered one RBI on one hit, a double, and scored one run. 
• Logan Heckman's lone hit was a triple. 
• Rufo brought in one run. 
• Birbiglia scored one run. 
• Rich Gilbride, Ben Isaak and San Antonio each had one hit.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk met Ursinus met for the first time. 
• Shaw sat down a career-high three batters. 
• Heckman produced the second triple of his career.  

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes the season with the nightcap against Ursinus.