Rhode Island Lineup
Caputo (SS), Foreman (2B), Taveras (3B), Gardella (DH), Corin (1B), Sherburne (RF), DeRegis (LF), Powell (CF), Livingston (C), Moyers (P) 

Florida Lineup
Guthrie (2B), Reed (CF), Martin (SS), Bader (LF), Schwartz (DH), Puk (1B), Rivera (C), Tobias (3B), Larson (RF), Shore (P) 

How it Happened
Rhode Island (0-1) got off to a shaky start, committing five errors over the first four innings while allowing the No. 2 Gators to build up a 5-0 lead. URI's Steve Moyers, did not allow an earned run until the bottom of the fifth.

The Gators (1-0) managed to keep Rhody off the board until the top of the eighth, when Mike Sherburne launched the first pitch he saw from reliever Alex Faedo over the left field wall to make it a 9-1 game.

Inside the Box Score

• Defending SEC Regular Season Champion Florida entered opening night ranked sixth or better in each of the six national polls (#2-D1Baseball.com, #4 Perfect Game, #5 USA Today, #5 NCBWA, #6 Collegiate Baseball, #6 Baseball America).
• Rhody managed just five hits on the night, compared to Florida's 10. 
• The Rams' 1-4 hitters combined to go 0-for-15 while the Gators had nine different players record at least one hit.
• In the field, URI committed five errors -- all of which came in the first four innings. UF had just one miscue on the night, with two away in the top of the ninth.
• Six different Florida pitchers combined for nine strikeouts with no walks. Starter Logan Shore -- last year's National Freshman of the Year -- earned the win for the Gators.
• Rhode Island turned the game's only double play -- a 4-6-3 sequence in the bottom of the seventh. 
• Freshman Jordan Powell was the lone first-year player to earn the start in the season opener. Classmate Dan Jacobson and redshirt sophomore transfer Matt O'Neil also made their first career appearances for the Rams.
• Senior Mike Sherburne and redshirt sophomore Mike Corin each went 2-for-3 on the night. The duo accounted for Rhody's only extra-base hits of the game as Corin doubled in the fifth and Sherburne homered in the eighth.
• The Rams' other hit came from Powell, who singled to left in his first career at-bat. He also recorded URI's lone stolen base.
• Junior Steve Moyers was charged with the loss, giving up seven runs (five unearned) over a four-plus inning start. He fanned four and allowed five hits.
• Redshirt sophomore Ben Wessel tossed two innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits with a pair of strikeouts before being relieved by Jacobson, who gave up one run in the seventh. 
• Redshirt senior Brendan Doonan tossed a scoreless eighth.

What's Next
The Rams and Gators return to McKethan Stadium on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.