Rhode Island Lineup
Kopack (SS), Cucinotta (CF), Genther (DH), DePino (1B), Ramirez (2B), Fortin (3B), Laske (C), Raimo (LF), McCall (RF), Andrade (P)
 
Bryant Lineup
Allen (SS), M. Smith (RF), Tuccillo (C), D. Smith (LF), Woods (CF), Stellato (DH), Petosa (1B), Ditullio (3B), Gustin (2B), Lowe (P)
 
How it Happened
Rhode Island erased Bryant's lead on three separate occasions, but could not rally back from the Bulldogs' five-run 10th inning, falling 10-8 in what was slated to be a seven-inning game.
 
Bryant took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, but Rhody got the run back in the bottom of the third when Jack Cucinotta singled to left to drive in Addison Kopack.
 
The Bulldogs used an unearned run to pull ahead 2-1 in the top of the fourth, and held onto the lead until the bottom of the seventh. There, Anthony DePino blasted a homer into the trees behind center field, tying what would have been a seven-inning game at 2-2.
 
Bryant went back on top by a run in the top of the eighth, but once again Rhody responded with a game-tying home run – this time off the bat of Kopack. The two-out shot tied the game at 3-3.
 
After a scoreless ninth, Bryant put five runs on the board in the tenth, thanks in part to a grand slam by Alex Lane. URI got three runs back in the home half of the inning – on an RBI double by Tino Salgado and a two-run double by Jordan Laske – but the comeback eventually fell short as Bryant held on for the 8-6 win.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack doubled, homered, walked, scored a run and had one RBI.
• Redshirt senior Jordan Laske went 2-for-4 with a double. He also reached once via hit-by-pitch and drove in a pair of runs.
• Freshman Anthony DePino homered, walked twice and was hit by a pitch. He also scored twice.
• Freshman Eric Genther and grad student Jack Cucinotta both singled and walked. Cucinotta had a stolen base and one RBI while Genther scored one run.
• Junior Tino Salgado doubled, drove in a run and scored one of his own. 
• Freshman Ryan Andrade struck out seven and allowed just one earned run on three hits over a 5.0-inning start.
• Fifth-year senior Ryan Twitchell tossed four innings out of the bullpen, giving up one run on three hits with three strikeouts.
• Junior Zach Fernandez was charged with the loss as he was responsible for all five Bryant runs in the top of the 10th.
• Matt Woods went 5-for-5 for Bryant, and was a homer short of the cycle. He accounted for more than half of Bryant's hits (5-of-9).

Up Next
Rhody and Bryant remain at The Beck for Game #2 of today's doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.