Rhode Island Lineup 
Hess (2B), Powell (CF), O'Neil (3B), Corin (1B), Jewell (DH), Foley (RF), Cavaliere (LF), Beaulieu (C), Silvestri (P) 

Brown Lineup
Henry (CF), Grigo (RF), Sredojevic (1B), Huntley (C), Homza (3B), Ginsberg (2B), Deere (DH), Cifo (SS), Schroeder (LF), Delano (P)

How it Happened
Matt O'Neil's 10th-inning home run lifted the Rams to a 5-2 victory over visiting Brown, Tuesday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. The three-run, opposite-field shot - which was O'Neil's sixth of the season - improved the Rams to 16-13 overall and 5-0 when playing on their home field.

Rhode Island got the scoring started in the bottom of the third, taking a 1-0 lead after Kyle Beaulieu was hit by a pitch, stole second and then scored on a Chris Hess single into shallow centerfield.

Brown (9-14) evened it up in the top of the fifth, and pulled ahead 2-1 in the top of the sixth, but Rhody came back and knotted it up at two apiece in bottom of the seventh. There, Mike Corin worked an 0-2 count into a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a Justin Jewell single, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jesse Lee and crossed the plate on an RBI groundout by Greg Cavaliere.

Brown managed just one base-runner the rest of the way.

The Rams also had a chance to walk off with the win in the bottom of the ninth but Lee was stranded at third base after walking, stealing second and advancing to third on a wild pitch - all with two away.

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt senior Matt O'Neil hit his sixth home run of the season - a three run shot that won the game for Rhode Island in the bottom of the 10th inning.
• O'Neil now has six homers and 26 RBI through 25 games this season. In his previous two years with the Rams, he combined for just three home runs and 16 RBI in 58 games played.
• Redshirt junior Chris Hess went 2-for-4 and drove in a run.
• Freshman Greg Cavaliere also drove in a run, in addition to making a diving catch in shallow left field.
• Junior Jordan Powell, redshirt senior Mike Corin, freshman Kyle Beaulieu and redshirt sophomore Sam Ilario each scored a run for the Rams.
• Redshirt freshman Jake Rockefeller picked up the win in just his third appearance of the season. He stuck out two and issued just one walk with no hits over the final two innings. 
• Starting pitcher Mark Silvestri went five complete innings, allowing just two hits and one run. The 5.0-inning appearance marked a new career high for the Rhody sophomore.
• Junior Dom Grillo replaced Silvestri in top of the sixth and allowed one run on two hits with a pair strikeouts through three innings of relief.

Up Next
Rhode Island returns to action on Wednesday afternoon when it hosts Holy Cross at 3:30 p.m.