Rhode Island Lineup
Powell (CF), Lee (LF), Hess (C), Figueroa (DH), Corin (1B), Foley (RF), McManus (2B), Heiss (SS), Stathopoulos (P)

George Washington Lineup
Bartosic (CF), Selby (RF), Bryant (DH), Campbell (1B), Fassnacht (SS), Metz (2B), Chapman (C), Osis (LF), Kashi (3B), Renner (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island (19-16, 8-4 A-10) found itself down big early as George Washington (20-19, 5-5 A-10) put a four spot on the board in both the second and third innings and added two more in the fifth to lead the Rams, 10-0.

Rhody used a two-out rally to cut it in half in the top of the sixth however. Matt O'Neil scored Rhody's first run of the game on a sac-fly by Mike Corin before Mike Foley was hit by a pitch and and Brett McManus singled. Kyle Beaulieu then sent an an RBI single up the middle to drive in Foley and Jordan Powell followed with a three-run shot down the left field line to make it a 10-5 game.

The Colonials eventually pushed their lead back to 10 though, scoring once in the sixth and once in the seventh before tacking on three more in the eighth for the 15-5 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior Jordan Powell went 2-for-5 with his first home run of the season - a three run shot in the top of the sixth. He has now reached base in each of Rhody's last 19 games.
• Redshirt senior Matt O'Neil singled, doubled, walked and scored a run.
• Sophomore Brett McManus also had a multi-hit afternoon, going 2-for-3 with one run scored.
• Redshirt freshman Justin Jewell (single) and redshirt sophomore Sam Ilario (walk) both got on base in their respective ninth-inning pinch-hit at-bats.
• Redshirt junior starter Taso Stathopoulos was charged with the loss, allowing four runs on five hits over an inning and a third.
• Each of URI's five pitchers used gave up multiple runs as junior Nick Johnson (1.1 IP) allowed four, freshman Jake Walker (2.1 IP) and redshirt freshman Jake Rockefeller (2.0 IP) each allowed two and redshirt freshman Tyler Brosius (1.0 IP) gave up three. 
• Brady Renner earned the win for the Colonials while Eddie Muhl picked up the three-inning save.

Up Next
The Rams and Colonials return to Tucker Park for Game Two of the series, Saturday at 1 p.m.