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

Quinnipiac Lineup 
Batten (SS), Palladino (CF), Guglietti (1B), Iannotti (DH), Donaghue (3B), Long (2B), Ruditys (LF), Cruz (C) Payero (RF), Murray (P)

How it Happened
Five Rhode Island pitchers combined for a shutout as the Rams edged Quinnipiac 1-0 on a frigid day in Kingston, R.I. The victory was the fourth in five games for the Rams (4-6), who have now won three in a row.

With offense hard to come by as "feels like" temperatures dipped into the teens, Rhody got outstanding work from its staff as Blaise Whitman, Brad Applin, Dom Grillo, Dan Jacobson and Taso Stathopoulos combined on the team's second shutout of the year.

Rhody got on the board first when Mike Corin drove in Tim Caputo with a single to left field. Caputo led the inning off with a walk and moved to third base when Derek Gardella singled through the right side on a hit-and-run play. Corin followed with his RBI single, and a bunt single by Mike Sherburne loaded the bases with one out. However, a strikeout and pop out ended the threat.

Both teams threatened but came up empty in the fourth inning. In the top half, Quinnipiac (2-12) managed to load the bases with two outs, but Brad Applin battled back to strike out Anthony Cruz. After falling behind in the count 3-0, Applin got Cruz to swing and miss to end the inning. 

In the home half, Nick DeRegis led off with a walk and advanced to second on a passed ball and then stole third. Chase Livingston lifted a fly ball to left field, but DeRegis was thrown out trying to tag and score on the play.

Despite the low-scoring affair, both teams had their chances. Rhode Island left 11 runners on base, while Quinnipiac stranded seven and was 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt sophomore Blaise Whitman (1-1) made his second start of the season, throwing three scoreless innings and earning his first career win. Whitman was efficient, throwing 39 pitches, 28 of which were strikes. In addition to a pair of strikeouts, Whitman helped his own cause with several defensive plays, snaring a line drive off the bat of Quinnipiac's Batten for one out out and recording four assists.
• Junior Brad Applin delivered two scoreless innings of work, striking out three. In his last three appearances, Applin has six strikeouts and no runs allowed in 4.0 innings of work.
• Freshman Dom Grillo pitched a scoreless sixth, getting three groundouts. It was the third straight scoreless outing for the lefty.
• Freshman Dan Jacobson provided two scoreless innings, needing just 16 pitches to get six outs, which included a pair of strikeouts. Of his 16 pitches, 15 went for strikes.
• Sophomore Taso Stathopoulos picked up his first career save with a 1-2-3 ninth. He ended the game with a strikeout, his eighth in 6.1 innings of work this year. 
• Senior Tim Caputo led off the first inning with a walk, reaching base safely for the ninth straight game. Caputo has now drawn six walks in 10 games. He added a bunt single to lead off the fifth inning.
• Senior Nick DeRegis had two hits. He extended his hitting streak to five games with a double in the sixth inning, and added a one-out single in the ninth. DeRegis also stole his fourth and fifth bases of the year.
• Mike Corin's run-scoring single was his team-leading seventh RBI.
• Redshirt junior Derek Gardella had a two-hit day, singling twice.
• Redshirt freshman Chris Hess singled and walked once.
• Senior Mike Sherburne reached base twice, laying down a bunt single in the first and getting hit by a pitch in the third. He has been hit by a pitch a team-high three times this year.
• Sherburne also had his eighth stolen base in 10 attempts this season. It was his third straight game with a steal, as he has six total over that span. Sherburne has been successful on his last seven attempts.
• The Rams entered the game leading the nation with 3.11 stolen bases per game. With three more Wednesday, Rhode Island has 25 stolen bases over its last five games.
• The temperature at Bill Beck Field was 32 degrees at the start of the game, with a feels like temperature of 19 degrees. By the end of the game, winds were gusting at 35-40 mph and the feels like temp had dropped to 15.

What's Next
Rhode Island opens conference play this weekend when it travels to Saint Louis for a three-game series against the Billikens.