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University of Rhode Island

sean sposato
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Winner St. Bonaventure SBU 2-18, 1-3 A-10
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Rhode Island URI 5-23, 2-2 A-10
Winner
St. Bonaventure SBU
2-18, 1-3 A-10
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Final
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Rhode Island URI
5-23, 2-2 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12 2
Rhode Island URI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 16 1

W: BHAT, Rushil (1-1) L: Sposato, Sean (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Drop Opener to Bonnies in 11 innings

Rhode Island Lineup
Cucinotta (CF), Ramirez (2B), Kopack (SS), Genther (LF), DePino (3B), Fortin (1B), Laske (C), Cherry (DH), McCall (RF), Twitchell (P)
 
St. Bonaventure Lineup
Berger (CF), Myers (SS), Williams (1B), Grilli (2B), Boldt (RF), DeJohn (C), Manion (DH), Putney (LF), Nucci (3B), Hediger (P)
 
How it Happened
A frustrating offensive day for Rhode Island resulted in a 6-4 extra-inning loss to St. Bonaventure in the opener of a three-game A-10 series Friday afternoon.

After being held scoreless by URI relief pitcher Sean Sposato for six innings, St. Bonaventure (2-18, 1-3 Atlantic 10) broke through with a pair of runs in the top of the 11th. Matthew Williams led the inning off with a single and moved to third on a double by Garrett Boldt. Both came in when Jackson DeJohn got a single up the middle past a drawn in Rhode Island infield.

In the bottom of the 11th, Rhode Island (5-22, 2-1 A-10) got its first three batters on base, but a pair of base running mistakes killed the inning. Alex Ramirez led off with a double, but was thrown out trying to steal third on an Addison Kopack walk. That play was exacerbated when Eric Genther followed with a single up the middle that would have made it a one-run game.

The base running woes continued as Kopack was picked off second base by DeJohn, the St. Bonaventure catcher, following a pitch to Anthony DePino. DePino then popped up to second to end the game.

Inside the Box Score
  • Rhode Island left 22 runners on base, including 12 over the final five innings.
  • The Rams had 16 hits, drew nine walks and had four batters hit by a pitch, but they were just 5-19 as a team with runners in scoring position.
  • Redshirt sophomore Sean Sposato (0-2) was superb in relief, despite getting the loss. He pitched 7.0 innings, not allowing any runs until the two in the 11th.
  • Sposato was sharp throughout, allowing just five hits while striking out four. Of his 91 pitches, 68 went for strikes.
  • Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack factored into all four Rhode Island runs. He finished the day 5-for-6 with a triple, three RBI and one run scored.
  • Junior Alex Ramirez was 4-for-6 and was hit by a pitch. He scored twice.
  • Freshman Eric Genther singled three times, walked and had one RBI.
  • Graduate student Jordan Laske doubled, singled and drew a walk.
  • Junior Calvin McCall singled once.
Up Next
The Rams and Bonnies are back in action Saturday at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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