Rhode Island Lineup
Powell (CF), Foley (RF), Hess (2B), O'Neil (3B), Corin (LF), Figueroa (C), McManus (1B), Jewell (DH), Heiss (SS), Jangols (P)

Fordham Lineup
Kozuch (1B), Stampft (SS), Donadio (RF), Bardwell (C), Mahoney (DH), Tarabek (3B), Godrick (LF), Lundy (CF), Baker (2B), Knehr (P)

How it Happened
For the second time this season, Matt O'Neil used the long ball to lead Rhode Island to an extra-innings victory, this time sending a grand slam out of the park in the bottom of the 14th inning. The win improves Rhody to 9-1 at home this season while extending Fordham's losing streak to nine consecutive games.

Fordham (18-22, 7-10 A-10) took its first lead of the series with a two-run third inning, and pushed it to 3-0 in the top of the fifth.

Rhode Island (25-16, 13-4 A-10) ended Reiss Knehr's no-hit bid in the bottom of the fifth however as Jordan Powell homered to straightaway centerfield, also scoring Kevin Heiss, who had drawn a one-out walk. 

Mike Foley beat out a bases-loaded grounder the following inning, driving in Brett McManus and tying the game at three apiece. URI was unable to take the lead though, leaving the bases loaded in both the sixth and seventh as well as stranding a runner on third in the bottom of the eighth.

An outstanding six-inning relief outing from closer Tyler Barss allowed URI to keep the game close, before O'Neil's grand slam finally ended things in the bottom of the 14th.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island stranded 19 baserunners on the afternoon, including leaving the bases loaded on four occasions - in the first, the sixth, the seventh and the 11th.
• Redshirt senior Matt O'Neil's game-winning grand slam was his 10th home run of the season. He now leads the team with 44 runs batted in.
• Junior Jordan Powell hit his second home run of the season - a two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth. He was a triple shy of the cycle as he reached base for his team-leading 25th game in a row.
• Junior Mike Foley put together the first three-hit game of his career, going 3-for-7 with a walk, an RBI and one run scored.
• Redshirt junior Chris Hess reached base for the 22nd game in a row, drawing a pair of walks to go along with a base hit. He also scored his team-leading 34th run of the season.
• Sophomore Brett McManus walked twice, doubled and scored a run for the Rams.
• Freshman Sonny Ulliana hit a leadoff single in his 14th-inning pinch-hit at-bat. He was then pinch ran for by redshirt sophomore Sam Ilario, who later crossed the plate on O'Neil's grand slam.
• Sophomore Kevin Heiss walked three times and had a sacrifice bunt. He also scored on Powell's fifth-inning homer.
• Redshirt junior Tyler Barss recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts over 6.0 inning of relief. He walked only one and gave up just four hits without allowing a run.
• Freshman Vitaly Jangols allowed three runs (two earned) over five complete innings. He struck out two and walked one in the no-decision start.
• Redshirt senior Blaise Whitman struck out three over two innings of scoreless relief, lowering his ERA to 1.53.
• Redshirt freshman Jake Rockefeller earned the win, tossing a scoreless 14th for the Rams.

Up Next
The Rams are back in action on Friday afternoon when they return to The Beck to open a three-game Atlantic 10 series against Massachusetts.