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

Bryant Lineup
Palladno (CF), Donaghue (2B), Batten (SS), Guglietti (1B), Iannotti (DH), Bodenhamer (RF), Oestreicher (C), Gibson (3B), Saporito (LF), Scaglione (P)  

How it Happened
Rhode Island (10-12-1) sent 11 hitters to the plate in the top of the fourth and scored six runs on six hits to take a 6-0 lead over the Bulldogs. Mike Corin got things started with a leadoff walk before advancing to second on a bunt single by Chris Hess. Mike Sherburne then doubled down the third base line to score Corin. Matt O'Neil followed with a single to right that drove in Hess. Chase Livingston laid down the Rams' second bunt single of the inning to push across Sherburne and set up Jordan Powell's RBI single to right. Martin Taveras drove in the final two Rhody runs of the frame, sending the first pitch he saw back up the middle, allowing Powell and Livingston to score and give URI a 6-0 advantage.

Blaise Whitman then fired a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth before Ryan Olmo scored on a two-out balk in the top of the fifth, increasing the URI lead to 7-0.

Bryant (8-13) got its first run of the game in the bottom of the frame but Taveras scored in the sixth and followed with a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it a 9-1 game.

The Bulldogs added another run in the bottom of the seventh, but Rhody responded once again, this time hanging two on the board in the top of the eight. Olmo scored first, on a double by O'Neil, before Mike Foley picked up his first career hit and RBI on a single through the left side that plated Sherburne.

Bryant tacked on four runs in the bottom of the eighth, but that was as close as the game would get as Rhode Island held on for the 11-6 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• The win marked Rhody's first over Bryant since 2012, and the Rams' first in Smithfield since 2011. 
• Four different players turned in multi-hit performances for the Rams, who finished with 14 hits overall.
• Redshirt sophomore Matt O'Neil recorded the first three-hit game of his career, going 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI. 
• Senior Mike Sherburne, freshman Jordan Powell and junior Chase Livingston each finished with two hits and one RBI. Sherburne also crossed the plate twice while Powell and Livingston scored once each.
• Junior Mike Corin extended his reached-base streak to a team-high 16 games as he was put on by way of walk three times.
• Sophomore Martin Taveras led all players with three RBI. He also scored once and stole a pair of bags.
• Junior Ryan Olmo reached twice - on a single and a walk - and scored both times.
• Freshmen Mike Foley and Jimmy Palmer each recorded their first career hits. Foley also drove in the first run of his career.
• Redshirt sophomore Blaise Whitman picked up the win to improve to 3-1 on the season. He set new career-highs in both strikeouts (7) and innings pitched (6.0) while allowing just three hits and one walk. 
• Redshirt sophomore Matt Ferraiolo tossed a scoreless eighth and ninth for the Rams, allowing just one hit over two complete innings.

What's Next 
The Rams return to action this weekend when they welcome Saint Joseph's to Kingston for a three-game Atlantic 10 set. Rhody and St. Joe's will play at 3 p.m. on Friday, 1 p.m. on Saturday and Noon on Sunday.