Rhode Island Lineup
Hess (2B), Figueroa (3B), Powell (CF), Olmo (LF), Livingston (C), Gardella (DH), Corin (1B), Hill (SS), Foley (RF), Wilson (P)   

Fordham Lineup
Runco (2B), Bardwell (C), McNally (LF), Stampfl (1B), Donadio (RF), Lundy (CF), Edmiston (3B), Mahoney (DH), DeVito (SS), Haynes (P)

How it Happened
Scoreless after five innings, Martin Figueroa broke the deadlock with a two-out solo shot that put Rhody ahead 1-0 in the top of the sixth. In his next at-bat, Figueroa used an eighth-inning groundout to drive in Laurence Hill and give URI a 2-0 advantage. Jordan Powell then roped a two-out double down the left field line to plate Chris Hess and put the visiting Rams up 3-0.

Fordham got its only run of the game in the bottom of the frame when Ian Edmiston scored on a passed ball. After that, Tyler Wilson retired the next five Fordham hitters he faced to finish off his first complete game of the season.

With the win, Rhody improves to 5-2 in the Atlantic 10 and 13-15 overall. Fordham, meanwhile, drops to 17-18 (4-3).

Inside the Box Score

• Sophomore Tyler Wilson turned in another masterful performance on the hill, needing only 100 pitches to record 27 outs. He allowed just four hits on the night while striking out 10 and issuing zero walks.
• Wilson opened the game with eight straight outs, and got back-to-back strikeouts to end it in the ninth. Of his 10 strikeouts on the night, nine were swinging and one was looking. He currently leads the A-10 with 61 Ks on the season.
• Junior Martin Figueroa recorded his fourth home run of the season in the top of the sixth, an opposite-field shot that gave the Rams a 1-0 lead. He then drove in his team-leading 22nd run two innings later. 
• In addition to Figueroa, redshirt sophomore Chris Hess and redshirt freshman Laurence Hill also scored runs for the Rams.
• Sophomore Jordan Powell continued his hot streak, going 3-for-4 on the night. He has now recorded multiple hits in each of Rhody's last three games and has five 3-hit games on the year.
• Powell also extended his reached-base streak to 16 consecutive games, while senior Ryan Olmo stretched his to 13 on an eighth-inning infield single.
• Powell, Olmo and Hill all recorded stolen bases on the night. The Rams have now swiped six bags in their last two games.
• Fordham starter Kirk Haynes, Jr. struck out six over seven innings of work, but was charged with the loss as he allowed two runs on four hits and a walk.

Up Next
Rhody and Fordham return to Houlihan Park for Game Two of the Atlantic 10 series on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.