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

UMass Lowell Lineup
Sanchez (3B), DeGroot (CF), Mendick (SS), Ricoy (1B), Strom (RF), Reynolds (LF), Mottola (DH), Erickson (C), Prada (2B), Kuzia (P) 

How it Happened
Rhody (18-18-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second when Jordan Powell singled to right center to score Nick DeRegis and Mike Corin.

UMass Lowell (12-22) cut it in half in the bottom of the frame but Rhody pushed it to 5-2 in the top of the fourth as Chase Livingston drove in DeRegis and Tim Caputo followed with a two-run single that plated Livingston and Powell.

The Rams hung another three spot in the top of the fifth with Powell doubling to score DeRegis and Martin Taveras and Connor Foreman scoring on a groundout by Livingston.

The Riverhawks pushed one across in the bottom of the frame but Rhody responded with a two-run sixth that made it a 10-2 game on just one play. With one away and Ryan Olmo on second base, Taveras singled to centerfield and advanced to second when the Riverhawks attempted to throw Olmo out at the plate. UML first baseman Jimmy Ricoy cut the throw in from center and tried to get Taveras at second, but his errant throw went out into center, allowing Taveras to take third before beating center fielder Geoff DeGroot's throw to the plate.

Foreman scored again in the top of the seventh, on a sac-fly by Olmo, and Chris Hess followed with a single through the right side that plated Livingston for the 12-2 Rhody lead.

Taveras then iced the 14-2 win with a two-run shot over the right field wall in the top of the ninth.

Inside the Box Score

• Eleven different players got on base in the win, eight scored at least one run and six recorded RBIs.
• As a team, the Rams finished with 11 hits and 11 walks while allowing just six hits and six walks.
• Sophomore Martin Taveras went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, two RBI, two walks, a stolen base and his team-leading fifth home run of the season.
• Senior Nick DeRegis also had two hits and three runs scored, as well as two stolen bases.
• Freshman Jordan Powell drove in four runs on a 2-for-3 day at the plate. He also scored a run and stole a base.
• Redshirt freshman Chris Hess had two hits, was walked twice, scored once and drove in a run.
• Senior Tim Caputo finished with two RBI, both of which came on a fourth-inning single.
• Junior Connor Foreman scored twice, going 1-for2 with a walk.
• Junior Chase Livingston scored twice, drove in a pair of runs and recorded his first stolen base of the season.
• Junior Ryan Olmo reached twice - on a walk and a single. He also scored once and drove n a run on a sac-fly.
• Redshirt sophomore starter Blaise Whitman went four-plus innings, allowing two runs on six hits. He finished with six strikeouts, including back-to-back Ks to end the fourth with bases loaded.
• Freshman Dan Jacobson earned the win - the first of his career - as he struck out three and did not allow a hit over two innings of relief.
• Sophomore Taso Stathopoulos then tossed a scoreless seventh and freshman Nick Johnson followed with a scoreless eighth before junior Brad Applin came in and shut things down with a 1-2-3 ninth.

What's Next 
The Rams are back in action this weekend when they host George Washington in a three-game Atlantic 10 series at Bill Beck Field.