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University of Rhode Island

anthony depino
Connor Caldon
2
Connecticut UCONN 16-5
6
Winner Rhode Island URI 3-18
Connecticut UCONN
16-5
2
Final
6
Rhode Island URI
3-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Connecticut UCONN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1
Rhode Island URI 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 X 6 11 0

W: Picone, Domenic (1-3) L: Gallagher, Pat (4-2) S: Sposato, Sean (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

DePino, Picone Lead Rhody Past #18 UConn 6-2

Rhode Island Lineup
Cucinotta (CF), Genther (LF), Kopack (SS), DePino (1B), Laske (C), Fortin (3B), Raimo (DH), McKenzie (RF), Ramirez (2B), Picone (P)
 
Connecticut Lineup
Bushling (3B), Stock (CF), Huber (1B), Dana (RF), Simmons (LF), Donlan (DH), Padilla (SS), Garbowski (C), Smith (2B), Gallagher (P)
 
How it Happened
Freshman Anthony DePino homered twice and junior Domenic Picone recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts as Rhode Island upset 18th-ranked UConn 6-2 Saturday afternoon at the Beck.
 
The Huskies struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth, after recording their first hit of the game with two away. The advantage was short-lived however as Rhody stormed back with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Jack Cucinotta first tied the game on a single by Addison Kopack and DePino followed with a three-run homer that also plated Kopack and Genther for the 4-1 lead.
 
A solo shot by UConn's Erik Stock made it a 4-2 game in the top of the sixth before DePino homered again in the bottom of the seventh. Alex Ramirez later singled to center with two away in the eighth, driving in Brody McKenzie and stretching URI's lead to 6-2.
 
Connecticut threatened in the top of the ninth as back-to-back walks put a pair of runners on with just one out, however Ramirez snagged a Bryan Padilla liner and doubled up Matt Donlan at first for the game-ending double play.
 
The win marks Rhody's ninth victory over a nationally-ranked opponent in the last eight seasons under head coach Raphael Cerrato.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Junior Domenic Picone took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, recording 14 outs before allowing UConn its first hit of the game. He finished with a career-high 11 strikeouts and did not issue a walk throughout his 7.0-inning start.
  • Picone – whose performance gave him his first win of the season – allowed just two runs on four hits.
  • Redshirt sophomore Sean Sposato closed out the game with two innings of no-hit relief to earn his second save of the season.
  • Freshman Anthony DePino recorded his seventh and eighth homers of the year, going deep in back-to-back at-bats. The Rhody freshman – who now has seven home runs in URI's last nine games – finished the day 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.
  • Redshirt senior Jordan Laske and grad student Joe Fortin both had a pair of singles for the Rams.
  • Rhody's 1-2-3 hitters – grad student Jack Cucinotta, freshman Eric Genther and redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack – all singled and scored a run.
  • Cucinotta has now recorded at least one hit in each of Rhody's last eight games.
  • Freshman Brody McKenzie walked and scored a run.
  • Pat Gallagher took the loss for UConn, giving up four runs on eight hits over 6.0 innings. Entering the game, Gallagher had allowed just nine runs and two homers through his 27.2 innings of work this season.
Up Next
Rhody and UConn close out the three-game set Sunday afternoon at the Huskies' Elliot Ballpark
 
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