Rhode Island Lineup
Cavaliere (LF), Powell (CF), Hess (2B), Figueroa (C), Ulliana (DH), Corin (3B), Ilario (RF), McManus (1B), Hill (SS), Wilson (P)

Houston Baptist Lineup 
Halloran (CF), Brintz (RF), Zellweger (3B), Van Marter (LF), Pulcheon (1B), Thomas (C), Jones (DH), Fitzgerald (2B), Depreta-Johnson (SS), Thames (P)

How it Happened
Houston Baptist (3-2) jumped out to an early lead, plating three runs on two hits and a trio of walks in the bottom first inning.

The Rams (2-2) began chipping into the lead in the top of the second, making it a 3-1 game when Mike Corin crossed the plate on a sac-fly by Brett McManus.

A two-run double by Greg Cavaliere then scored McManus and Sam Ilario in the fifth, tying the game at 3-3 before Chris Hess' two-out RBI single plated Cavaliere and gave the Rams a 4-3 advantage.

Rhody remained on top until the bottom of the eighth, when the Huskies pushed across the tying run to knot things up at four apiece.

The Rams reclaimed the lead in the top of the ninth however, as McManus shot a two-out single up the middle to drive in Mike Foley, who had walked, stolen second and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

HBU threatened in the bottom half of the inning, but stranded the tying run on third base as URI escaped with the 5-4 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• As a team, Rhode Island outhit Houston Baptist 8-7. 
• Defensively, the Rams were flawless in the field while the Huskies committed a pair of errors.
• Freshman leadoff hitter Greg Cavaliere finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. He also picked up the first outfiled assist of his career, on a 7-4 play in the bottom of the first.
• Sophomore Brett McManus also drove in a pair of runs and scored one of his own. He finished 1-for-1 with a walk and a sac-fly.
• In his only plate appearance of the game, junior Mike Foley was walked with two away in the top of the ninth. He also stole second and later scored what proved to be the game-winning run on McManus' single.
• Redshirt junior Chris Hess (1-for-4, 1 RBI) and redshirt sophomore Sam Ilario (1-for-3, 1 run scored) also recorded stolen bases for the Rams. 
• Tyler Depreta-Johnson attempted HBU's lone steal of the game but was thrown out by senior catcher Martin Figueroa.
• Junior Tyler Wilson allowed three runs on four hits over a 6.0-inning start. He struggled with control early on, issuing three first-inning walks before allowing a bases-clearing, double. He eventually settled in and retired each of the last 10 hitters he faced from the third inning through the sixth.
• Wilson recorded three strikeouts on the afternoon, his first of which was the 200th of his career. He is now one of just eight Rhode Island baseball players to record 200 or more career strikeouts.
• Freshman Vitaly Jangols tossed two innings of relief to earn his first career win. He gave up three hits and allowed one run with one strikeout and no walks.
• Redshirt junior Tyler Barss closed things out with a scoreless ninth to collect his first save of the season. With 16 career saves, he is just one shy of tying URI's all-time record which was set by Mick Lefort in 2005.

Up Next
URI and HBU return to Husky Field for a Saturday afternoon doubleheader. First pitch for Game 1 will be at Noon (Eastern).