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

Arizona Lineup
Williams (CF), Wells (C), Dyer (2B), Boissiere (1B), Blas (SS), Holgate (RF), Bullard (3B), Dooney (DH), Bingham (LF), Murphy (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island finished its West Coast weekend with a wild 15-11 victory at #25 Arizona. Overall at the Arizona tournament, the Rams split a pair of games with the 25th-ranked Wildcats and went 2-0 against #27 Central Michigan. 

In the weekend finale, Rhody took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Greg Cavaliere scored on a sacrifice fly by Mark Coley. The Rams stretched it to 3-0 an inning later thanks to an RBI double by Tino Salgado and a run-scoring single by Cavaliere.

Arizona put one run on the board in the bottom of the second, and added four more in the third to pull ahead 5-3.

URI knotted things up at 5-5 in the top of the fourth. Josh Brodeur and Cavaliere strung together back-to-back one-out singles before both runners advanced on a passed ball. Jackson Coutts then grounded out to score Brodeur and Xavier Vargas doubled to bring in Cavaliere. A single run in the home half of the inning put Arizona back on top though, 6-5.

A two-run triple by Vargas pushed Rhody ahead 7-6 in the top of the sixth, but the Wildcats scored two runs of their own in their next trip to the plate to reclaim the lead at 8-7.

After stranding a pair of runners in the seventh, the Rams used a two-out rally in the eighth to climb back on top 9-8. Jordan Laske first singled with two away to drive in Coutts and Joe Fortin later drew a bases-loaded walk to push across Austin White.

Arizona came back again though, tacking on two more runs in the bottom of the eighth for the 10-9 advantage.

Down to their last three outs, the Rams continued to battle in the top of the ninth. There, Coutts doubled with one away to get things started. Vargas was then walked on four straight pitches and Mark Coley reached via hit-by-pitch to load the bases. White then drew a four-pitch walk to tie the game at 10-10 before all three runners advanced on a wild pitch that sent Vargas across the plate as the go-ahead run. 

Coley scored the 12th run of the game for Rhode Island on an RBI ground-out by Laske, and Alex Ramirez kept the rally going with a single that drove in White to make it 13-10 Rams. After another Fortin walk, Brodeur drilled a two-run single through the right side, giving Rhode Island the 15-10 advantage.

The Wildcats got a run back in the bottom of the ninth, but URI's late outburst was too much to overcome as the Rams won 15-11. 

Inside the Box Score

• Offensively, the Rams combined for 14 hits and 14 walks on the afternoon.
• Each of the 10 players to make a plate appearance reached base at least once.
• Each of those same 10 players had at least one RBI.
• A total of 11 offensive players entered the game, with each one of them scoring at least one run.
• Redshirt junior Josh Brodeur singled three times, drove in two runs and scored twice.
• Junior Xavier Vargas doubled, tripled, walked twice, drove in three runs and scored one of his own.
• Senior Greg Cavaliere went 2-for-5 with two walks, three runs scored and one RBI.
• Junior Jackson Coutts singled, doubled, walked twice, scored once, stole a base and drove in a run.
• Sophomore Mark Coley walked, was hit by a pitch, had one RBI and scored one run.
• Junior Austin White walked twice, singled, scored a pair of runs and had one RBI.
• Redshirt sophomore Jordan Laske went 2-for-5 with a walk, two RBI and one run scored.
• Freshmen Alex Ramirez and Tino Salgado each scored once and drove in a run. Salgado also doubled while Ramirez singled and drew a pair of walks.
• Redshirt sophomore Joe Fortin walked twice, scored once and had one RBI.
• Redshirt junior Max Mircovich scored once as a pinch-runner.
• Freshman Sean Sposato made his first career start for the Rams, allowing five runs on six hits through three innings.
• Freshman Domenic Picone tossed an inning and two thirds of scoreless relief, keeping his ERA at a perfect 0.00 through five appearances. Over a combined 5.0 innings of work, Picone has allowed just three hits.
• Redshirt senior Tyler Brosius earned the win, improving to 1-0 with three saves on the season. 

Up Next
The Rams are back in action next weekend when they travel to Delaware State for three games against the Hornets.