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Baseball Travels to Take on First-Place Davidson

GM1: Friday, April 22 – 6:00 p.m.
     Pitching Matchup: RHP Sean Sposato (URI) vs. RHP Nolan DeVos (DAV)
     Coverage: Live Stats | Watch
 
GM2: Saturday, April 23 – 2:00 p.m.
     Pitching Matchup: Domenic Picone (URI) vs. RHP Blake Hely (DAV)
     Coverage: Live Stats 
 
GM3: Sunday, April 24 – 1:00 p.m.
     Pitching Matchup: LHP Trystan Levesque (URI) vs. LHP Ryan Feczko (DAV)
     Coverage: Live Stats | Watch
 
Rhode Island vs. Davidson
  • Rhode Island is 10-8 all time against Davidson.
  • The teams first met in 1985 and most recently played one another during the 2019 season.
  • That year, URI dropped two of three at Wilson Field, and was later eliminated from the A-10 Championship by the Wildcats.
Rhode Island (11-25, 6-3 Atlantic 10)
  • Rhode Island enters the weekend in a three-way tie – with UMass and Saint Joseph's – for second place in the Atlantic 10 standings with a 6-3 conference record.
  • The Rams have won each of their first three league series, taking two-of-three from Dayton, St. Bonaventure and UMass.
  • Rhody travels to Davidson having won four of its last five games. During that stretch, the Rams have outscored their opponents 52-17.
  • Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack leads the team with a .320 batting average, 21 walks, six stolen bases, 30 runs scored and a .431 on-base percentage.
  • Kopack also is tied – with freshman Eric Genther – for the team lead in total hits (39) and runs batted in (33).
  • Kopack and Genther were named this week's A-10 Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. Genther also claimed Rookie of the Week honors last week.
  • Freshman Anthony DePino has recorded a team-best 11 homers and leads the team with a .654 slugging percentage.
  • After going just 5-for-46 (.109) with three RBI and one run scored over his first 15 games played, grad student Jordan Laske has combined to go 25-for-65 (.385) with nine RBI and nine runs scored over his last 16 games played.
  • Fifth-year senior Xavier Vargas was hitting .357 through eight games played before being sidelined by an injury.
  • Similarly, senior Billy Butler homered in his first at-bat of the season – in the top of the first inning in the season-opener at William & Mary – and then became injured in the bottom of the inning. He has not played since.
  • Junior Domenic Picone (2-0) and sophomore Trystan Levesque (3-0) are undefeated through six A-10 starts.
  • Levesque has allowed just two runs on 10 hits through 20.0 innings pitched against conference opponents while Picone is averaging eight strikeouts per start in league play.
  • Junior Zach Fernandez combined for five shutout innings over two relief appearances last week, striking out seven without allowing a hit.
 Davidson (29-6, 8-1 Atlantic 10)
  • Davidson enters the weekend in sole possession of first place in the A-10 standings.
  • The Wildcats' lone loss in A-10 play was a 7-6 defeat at VCU. Davidson swept both Richmond and St. Bonaventure.
  • The Wildcats are on a seven-game winning streak and have won 12 of their last 13 games at Wilson Field.
  • Michael Carico (.424) and Ryan Wilson (.412) both are hitting above .400 for Davidson.
  • Carico leads the team in total hits (53), doubles (15), homers (11), RBI (36) slugging (.824) and on-base percentage (.576).
  • Wilson paces the Wildcats in runs scored (43), walks (35) and stolen bases (15).
  • As a team, Davidson owns a 3.15 earned run average.
  • Friday starter Nolan DeVos is 5-1 with a team-best 75 strikeouts.
  • Saturday starter Blake Hely is 5-0 while Sunday starter Ryan Feczko is 8-0.
  • Gabe Levy has recorded a team-leading seven saves.
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Players Mentioned

Billy Butler

#34 Billy Butler

OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Addison Kopack

#27 Addison Kopack

UTL/RHP
6' 2"
Freshman
Domenic Picone

#6 Domenic Picone

RHP
5' 10"
Freshman
Xavier Vargas

#22 Xavier Vargas

1B
6' 3"
Junior
Zach Fernandez

#10 Zach Fernandez

RHP
6' 0"
Junior
Jordan Laske

#26 Jordan Laske

C
6' 0"
Graduate Student
Trystan Levesque

#4 Trystan Levesque

LHP/UT
5' 10"
Sophomore
Domenic Picone

#6 Domenic Picone

RHP
5' 9"
Junior
Sean Sposato

#21 Sean Sposato

RHP
6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Anthony  DePino

#28 Anthony DePino

INF
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Billy Butler

#34 Billy Butler

6' 2"
Sophomore
OF
Addison Kopack

#27 Addison Kopack

6' 2"
Freshman
UTL/RHP
Domenic Picone

#6 Domenic Picone

5' 10"
Freshman
RHP
Xavier Vargas

#22 Xavier Vargas

6' 3"
Junior
1B
Zach Fernandez

#10 Zach Fernandez

6' 0"
Junior
RHP
Jordan Laske

#26 Jordan Laske

6' 0"
Graduate Student
C
Trystan Levesque

#4 Trystan Levesque

5' 10"
Sophomore
LHP/UT
Domenic Picone

#6 Domenic Picone

5' 9"
Junior
RHP
Sean Sposato

#21 Sean Sposato

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
RHP
Anthony  DePino

#28 Anthony DePino

5' 10"
Freshman
INF