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

Saint Joseph's Lineup
Stafford (DH), Brue (CF), Maul (SS), Kancylarz (3B), Jadacki (LF), Lau (C), Cuoci (1B), Boyd (2B), Shank (RF), Ponto (P)  

How it Happened
Saint Joseph's (10-15, 3-3) wasted no time getting on the board as Deon Stafford opened the game with a leadoff double and crossed the plate two batters later on a single by Matt Maul.

Rhody (11-12-1, 4-3) evened it up in the bottom of the frame when Mike Corin's sac-fly plated Tim Caputo, who had led off the inning with a single up the middle. Mike Sherburne then tripled to right center and came around to score on a Jordan Powell groundout in the bottom of the second, giving the Rams a 2-1 advantage.

Corin then doubled in the bottom of the third, again driving in Caputo while putting the Rams on top 3-1. Immediately after the RBI knock, the game was halted due to heavy fog limiting visibility at Bill Beck Field.

When play resumed 30 minutes later, Moyers sat the Hawks down in order in the fourth and allowed just one base runner in the top of the fifth before Rhody exploded for five runs in the bottom of the frame.

Ryan Olmo started the rally with a one-out triple and came around to score on a base hit by Chris Hess. Martin Taveras then blasted a three-run shot over the right-center wall to add to the Rams' lead before Sherburne tripled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Powell to make it an 8-1 game.

The Hawks added a run on a sac-fly in the sixth, and had runners on first and second with one away when a second fog delay halted play -- eventually for the night.

When play resumed on Saturday, St. Joe's scored a trio of unearned runs in the top of the sixth to cut into Rhody's lead at 8-5. However Connor Foreman scored in the bottom half of the inning and back-to-back eighth-inning doubles by Corin and Hess sealed URI's 11-8 win.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior Steve Moyers picked up his first victory of the season in the split-day affair. He finished his Friday afternoon outing with seven and zero walks.
• Redshirt senior Brendan Doonan handled the Saturday portion of the game, allowing just one hit and an unearned run over three and a third innings. He fanned five and walked none to earn his second save of the season.
• Offensively, the Rams outhit the Hawks 15-7. Each Rhode Island starter reached base at least once in the game.
• Senior Tim Caputo led the way with three hits and three runs scored. 
• Senior Mike Sherburne, junior Ryan Olmo, redshirt sophomores Mike Corin and Chris Hess and sophomore Martin Taveras all finished with a pair of hits while combining for seven runs and nine RBI.
• Both of Sherburne's hits were triples while Corin doubled twice. 
• Olmo also tripled, while Hess doubled and Taveras ripped the first home run of his career - a three-run shot in the fifth.
• Freshman Jordan Powell turned in his third multi-RBI game of the season, driving in a pair of runs on a 1-for-3 day at the plate.  

What's Next 
The Rams reman at The Beck for Game #2 of the series, Saturday at 1:20 p.m.