Rhode Island Lineup
Sherburne (RF), Caputo (SS), Taveras (DH), Corin (1B), Gardella (C), O'Neil (3B), DeRegis (LF), Hess (2B), Powell (CF), Wilson (P) 

North Carolina Lineup
Lassiter (LF), Myers (SS), Bolt (CF), Ramirez (RF), Chacon (1B), Raburn (2B), Warmoth (3B), Pate (DH), Dunbar (C), Bukaukas (P) 

How it Happened
After four scoreless innings, Mike Sherburne put Rhode Island on the board with a two-out, two-run homer that also scored Jordan Powell. No. 11 North Carolina responded quickly, however, matching URI with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame.

Rhody (0-5) put its first three men on in the top of the sixth, but only managed to push one run across - on a sac-fly by Nick DeRegis that scored Martin Taveras. Carolina answered again in the bottom half of the inning, plating an unearned run before an inning-ending strikeout by Derek Kawlewski.

The Tar Heels (6-2) did not pull ahead until the bottom of the seventh, when they got an RBI single to second and a run-scoring fielder's choice ball to shortstop.

URI put a runner on in both the eighth and ninth, but was unable to do any further damage.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island finished the game with six hits while North Carolina managed five. The 11 combined hits came from 11 different players.
• Senior Mike Sherburne drove in two runs on his second homer of the season. Classmate Nick DeRegis accounted for Rhody's other RBI, despite an 0-for-3 day at the plate.
• Redshirt junior Derek Gardella got on base in each of his four plate appearances, doubling with a pair of walks and reaching on an error.
• Overall, Rhody was 0-7 with runners in scoring position and 0-2 with bases loaded.
• Freshman Tyler Wilson allowed just two hits in a four-plus inning start - the first of his young career. He tossed 3.2 no-hit innings before allowing his first hit of the game with two away in the fourth. Wilson finished with four strikeouts and two runs against in the no-decision start.
• Sophomore Taso Stathopoulos tossed 1.2 innings of relief, allowing just one hit and one run (unearned) while striking out two.
• Junior Derek Kawlewski was charged with the loss in his first career appearance for the Rams. He allowed two runs (both earned) on two hits with a pair of strikeouts over the game's final 2.1 innings.
• Hansen Butler and Trent Thornton combined to close out the game with 3.1 innings of no-hit ball to earn the win and the save, respectively.
• As a staff, six different Tar Heels combined for 12 strikeouts with just four walks.
• North Carolina entered the weekend ranked 11th or better in each of the six national polls (#11 D1Baseball.com, #14 NCBWA, #15 Perfect Game, #15 USA Today, #19 Baseball America, #21 Collegiate Baseball).

What's Next
The Rams and Tar Heels return to Sparrow Stadium to close out the series, Saturday night at 7 p.m.