Rhode Island Lineup
Hess (2B), Powell (CF), Figueroa (DH), O'Neil (SS), Corin (3B), McManus (1B), Lee (RF), Wessel (LF), Beaulieu (C), Robinson (P)

Holy Cross Lineup 
Schlich (LF), Russo (3B), Masel (CF), O'Neill (1B), Hassell (RF), Vucovich (C), Gionis (2B), Livingston (DH), Rinaldi (SS), Fox (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island (16-14) and Holy Cross (12-18) matched one another with two runs in both the top and bottom of the first inning, but the Crusaders pulled ahead for good in the top of the third. There, they used five hits and a walk to push across four runs and take a 6-2 lead.

Rhody cut it to 6-3 in the bottom of the fourth when Chris Hess was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, but Holy Cross pushed its lead back to four in the top of the sixth.

The Rhody bullpen limited Holy Cross to just one single the rest of the way - a base-hit bunt in the top of the eighth - but the Rams were unable to push any additional runs across.

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt senior Jesse Lee went 2-for-3 with a walk and one run scored. 
• Junior Jordan Powell also walked and had a pair of hits with one run scored and two stolen bases.
• Redshirt junior Chris Hess singled, drove in a run and scored once.
• Senior Martin Figueroa also singled once, drove in a run and stole a base.
• Freshman Kyle Beaulieu was walked in three of his four plate appearances.
• Freshman Nick Robinson was charged with the loss, giving up six runs (all earned) on nine hits over 2.2 innings. He also recorded three strikeouts and issued one walk.
• Five Rhody relievers - freshman Jake Walker, redshirt freshman Ben Herbster, redshirt senior Blaise Whitman, redshirt freshman Tyler Brosius and redshirt sophomore Cam LaFleur - combined to allow just two hits through 6.1 innings of work.
• Walker was effective through 2.1 frames, allowing just one hit and getting an inning-ending strikeout to get the Rams out of a third-inning jam.
• Whitman worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the top of the seventh, getting a strikeout, foul out and line out to end the frame.
• Brosius and LaFleur also tossed one inning of scoreless relief each - Brosius in the eighth and LaFleur in the ninth. 
• For Brosius - who red-shirtted last season - the appearance was the first of his career.

Up Next
The Rams return to action on Friday afternoon, when they travel to Richmond for the first of three Atlantic 10 games against the Spiders.