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

St. Bonaventure Lineup
Terashima (CF), MacCarrick (LF), Peterson (SS), Vaccaro (RF), Baker (DH), Baldinelli (2B), Phillips (1B), Hollins (3B), LaCongo (C), Vincent (P)

How it Happened
Errors were the difference in the rubber game of the series between St. Bonaventure (13-11, 7-5 A-10) and Rhode Island (15-13, 6-2 A-10) as the Bonnies won 7-2 with each of their seven runs being unearned. 

With two away in the bottom of the fourth, St. Bonaventure's Aaron Phillips hit a low liner to shortstop, which Laurence Hill appeared to have caught. However, the umpire ruled the ball to have hit the ground first, forcing Hill to rush the throw to first base. Brett McManus was unable to make the pick on the errant throw, allowing David Vaccaro to cross the plate for the first run of the game. Back-to-back singles then made it 2-0 SBU before a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases to set up Ryan MacCarrick's grand slam that gave the Bonnies a 6-0 advantage.

The Rams got a pair back in the top of the fifth as Laurence Hill and Chris Hess both crossed the plate on a two-out single by Jordan Powell, but St. Bonaventure capitalized on another Rhode Island error in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 7-2 ballgame.

Rhody rallied in the top of the ninth with runs by Justin Jewell, Brett McManus and Mike Foley, but a bases-loaded fly out by Mike Corin ended URI's chance to complete the comeback.

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt junior Chris Hess, junior Jordan Powell and sophomore Brett McManus all finished with two hits on the afternoon. Powell also drove in three of Rhody's five runs while McManus scored once and Hess had one run and one RBI.
• Senior Martin Figueroa doubled and drove in a run, extending his reached-base streak to a team-best 15 consecutive games.
• Mike Foley and Laurence Hill each scored a run despite combining to go 0-for-6. Both Rams were hit by a pitch - Hill in the fifth and Foley in the ninth - before crossing the plate.
• Redshirt freshman Justin Jewell hit a leadoff single in his ninth-inning, pinch-hit at-bat. He also came around to score a run for the Rams.
• Freshman Vitaly Jangols was charged with the loss, allowing six runs (all unearned) in a 4.1-inning start. 
• Redshirt senior Blaise Whitman relieved Jangols in the fifth and gave up one (unearned) run on two hits over two innings. 
• Redshirt junior Tyler Barss tossed the final 1.2 innings for the Rams, retiring five of the six hitters he faced.

Up Next
The Rams return home to host a pair of midweek games against Brown (Tuesday) and Holy Cross (Wednesday). First pitch on both days will be at 3:30 p.m.