Rhode Island Lineup
Brodeur (LB), White (CF), Coutts (DH), Vargas (1B), Coley (RF), Ramirez (SS), Salgado (3B), Fortin (2B), Laske (C), Robinson (P)

Maryland Lineup
Alleyne (CF), Flint (DH), Bednar (RF), Costes (1B), Shahidi (C), Schreffler (LH), Cowles (SS), Orlando (3B), Chavis (2B), Dean (P)

How it Happened
Jackson Coutts put Rhody up 1-0 in the first inning - sending his second home run of the season over the left-center wall - but Maryland quickly evened things up in the bottom of the frame. The Terps pushed across another run in the second to pull ahead 2-1.

The Rams reclaimed the lead in the top of the third, where they put five runs on the board. Coutts first delivered a bases-loaded double and Xavier Vargas followed with a three-run homer that put Rhody on top 6-2.

Two Maryland runs in the fourth, and three more in the fifth, erased Rhody's advantage once again however as the Terrapins led 7-6 after five complete.

Rhody (2-3) tied the score at 7-7 in the top of the sixth, when Mark Coley scored on a double by Joe Fortin, but a solo shot by Austin Chavis put the Terps back in front 8-7 in the bottom of the inning.

A costly Maryland error with two away in the top of the seventh then allowed both Coutts and Josh Brodeur to score on a ball driven to left by Coley. That play put the Rams up 9-8.

Vargas then went yard again in the top of the eighth, this time using a two-run shot to push Rhody's lead to 11-8.

The Terps (4-1)  threatened in the bottom ninth - advancing runners to second and third with just one out - but Tyler Brosius needed just three more pitches to end the game back with back-to-back groundouts.

Inside the Box Score

• Junior Xavier Vargas finished the day with five RBI and two runs scored on a pair of home runs.
• Junior Jackson Coutts went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double, three RBI and three runs scored. He also reached once via walk.
• Sophomore Mark Coley also had a multi-hit afternoon, going 2-for-5 with one run scored.
• Freshman Tino Salgado and redshirt sophomore Joe Fortin each doubled for the Rams. Fortin also drove in a run.
• Redshirt junior Josh Brodeur walked, reached on an error and scored twice.
• Sophomore Mark Coley went 2-for-5 with one run scored.
• Senior starter Nick Robinson struck out four and allowed just three hits through four innings of work.
• Freshman Zach Fernandez relieved Robinson in the fifth and earned his first career win.
• Redshirt senior Tyler Brosius picked up his second save of the season, ending the game with just one hit allowed over three scoreless innings.

Up Next
The Rams and Terrapins return to Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium to close out the series at 1 p.m. on Sunday.