Rhode Island Lineup
Cucinotta (CF), Ramirez (2B), Kopack (SS), Genther (LF), DePino (3B), Cherry (DH), Laske (1B), Butler (C), McKenzie (RF), Brutti (P)
 
Holy Cross Lineup
Wang (DH, Scanlon (LF), Wolf (1B), Cooney (RF), Kirspatrick (SS), D'Acunto (C), Mudd (CF), Peek (2B), Jones (3B), Ambrosino (P)
 
How it Happened
Rhode Island put on a show Wednesday night at Holy Cross, scoring 27 times before the Crusaders put their lone run of the game on the board in the bottom of the eighth inning. Overall, URI combined for 24 hits while allowing Holy Cross just five on the night.
 
Addison Kopack got things started with a solo home run in the top of the first, before things quickly got out of hand in the top of the second. There, URI cashed in on three Crusaders' errors by batting around twice, sending 19 to the plate and recording 15 runs on nine hits. Kopack belted his second round-tripper of the game, and Anthony DePino recorded his first, as part of the 15-run barrage.
 
A three-run double from Calvin McCall upped URI's advantage to 19-0 in the third inning as Justin Cherry, Jordan Laske and Brody McKenzie all crossed the plate to pad the Rhody lead.
 
The Crusaders appeared to settle in, retiring the Rams in order in the fourth and working their way out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth. However, Rhode Island put seven additional runs on the board in the top of the sixth. DePino led off the inning with his second homer of the game, and McCall followed with an double that scored Rob Butler and Tommy Cartnick. Alex Ramirez then singled to score McKenzie, followed by an RBI groundout by Tino Salgado that pushed across McCall. Genther finished the inning off with a two-run shot over the right field wall.
 
Ramirez later scored on an eighth-inning RBI-single by DePino to give Rhode Island a commanding 27-0 advantage.
 
Holy Cross eventually got on the board in the bottom of the eighth, scoring one run on an RBI triple by Tyler Mudd, but the deficit was too much to overcome as Rhody left Worcester with the 27-1 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island finished the night with 24 hits, the most since also recording 24 against Temple on May 1, 2011.
• Half of Rhody's 24 hits were for extra bases as the Rams combined for six doubles, five home runs and one triple.
• Six different players each scored three runs and five different players recorded three-or-more RBI.
• Junior Calvin McCall set a new program record with nine RBI on the night. He had a three-run triple, a three-run double, a two-run double, reached once on a walk, and once on an error. He also scored three runs for the Rams.
• Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack went 4-for-5 with two homers, a double, five RBI and three runs scored. His 11 total bases tie for fourth-most in a single game in prorgram history, and are the most since Jon Scullin also had 11 on March 10, 2001.
• Freshman Anthony DePino also homered twice, in addition to singling twice and walking once. He also drove in four runs and score three of his own.
• Redshirt freshman Rob Butler had two singles, two doubles and a walk, as well as three runs scored and three RBI.
• Freshman Brody McKenzie scored four runs for the Rams. He singled once, was walked twice, and hit by a pitch.
• Junior Alex Ramirez singled, doubled, walked twice, scored three times and drove in a run.
• Grad student Jordan Laske had a pair of singles and three runs scored. He also reached once via hit-by-pitch.
• Freshman Eric Genther homered, drove in three runs, scored twice, walked once and was hit by a pitch.
• Freshman David Marchetti recorded his first career hit in a pinch-hit at-bat.
• Redshirt senior Justin Cherry singled, walked, scored twice and had one RBI.
• Sophomore Tommy Cartnick singled and scored a run.
• Senior starter Bo Brutti struck out three and allowed just one hit over three scoreless innings.
• Freshman Ryan Andrade was credited with the win, giving up just one hit through a scoreless fourth and fifth inning.
• Junior Quincy Clark struck out the side in the sixth, including back-to-back bases-loaded strikeouts to end the inning.
• Senior John Morrison tossed a scoreless seventh inning before giving up the Crusaders' lone run of the game in the eighth.
• Freshman Bryan Kraus wrapped things up with a scoreless ninth. 

Up Next
Rhode Island is back in action Friday, when it welcomes UMass to The Beck for the first of three Atlantic 10 games.