Rhode Island Lineup
Cucinotta (CF), Ramirez (2B), Kopack (SS), Genther (LF), DePino (3B), Fortin (1B), Laske (C), Cherry (DH), McCall (RF), Brutti (P)
 
Richmond Lineup
Beal (RF), Mathes (CF), Toso (3B), Elbeery (1B), Neff (C), Sprague-Lott (SS), Lass (LF), Gersky (DH), Pacheco (2B), Weirather (P)
 
How it Happened
Rhode Island jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the Spiders recorded their first out of the game, thanks to a three-run homer from Addison Kopack. Eric Genther then doubled and was later driven in by Joe Fortin to give the Rams a 4-0 advantage after half an inning of play.
 
Richmond got two runs back in the bottom of the first, but URI extended its lead to 5-3 in the top of the third. There, a Anthony DePino collected a two-out walk, moved to second on a base hit by Fortin and then came around to score in a single by Jordan Laske.
 
The Spiders pushed a run across in the home half of the third, and then tied things up at five apiece in the bottom of the fourth. Richmond went on to take its first lead of the day in the bottom of the fifth, thanks to a two-run single by Alden Mathes. The Spiders threatened again in the seventh, but Todd Moxey got an inning-ending strike out to leave three runners on base and prevent any additional damage.
 
Kopack struck again in the top of the seventh, this time using a two-run shot to tie the game at 7-7. Alex Ramirez also scored on the play after singling up the middle to lead off the inning. A two-out single by Justin Cherry later pushed across Eric Genther to put the Rams back on top 8-7.
 
Rhode Island scored its final run of the game in the top of the eighth when Kopack doubled with two away and then scored on a base hit by Genther.
 
Broc French and Bryan Kraus then combined for a scoreless frame before Kraus finished things off in the bottom of the ninth.

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt sophomore Addison Kopack went 3-for-5 with two home runs and one double. He also drove in five runs and scored three of his own.
• Kopack is now tied with freshman Anthony DePino for the team lead with 16 homers – three shy of URI's single season record (19) set by Mike Corin in 2017.
• Additionally, with 59 runs batted in, Kopack is now one RBI shy of the program's single-season record of 60, which was set by Dan Rhault in 2009.
• Kopack also now has 31 extra-base hits for the season, tying him with Martin Figueroa (2016) for the fifth-best single-season total at URI.
• Freshman Eric Genther doubled, singled, was hit by a pitch, scored two runs and had one RBI.
• Grad students Jordan Laske, Jack Cucinotta and Joe Fortin each singled for the Rams. Fortin and Laske both drove in a run while Cucinotta crossed the plate once.
• Laske and Cucinotta also both reached once via walk, while Fortin reached once via hit-by-pitch.
• Junior Alex Ramirez singled and scored a pair of runs.
• Redshirt senior Justin Cherry singled, walked and drove in a run.
• Junior Calvin McCall also singled once.
• Freshman Anthony DePino was the only player in the Rhody lineup without a hit as he was walked three times.
• Redshirt senior Todd Moxey earned his first win of the season by tossing a scoreless sixth inning.
• Junior Broc French fired a 1-2-3 seventh inning and recorded another out in the eighth before handing the ball to freshman Bryan Kraus.
• Kraus retired the first two hitters he faced to collect his third save of the season.

Up Next
Rhody and Richmond will return to Pitt Field for Game 2 of the series, Friday at 11 a.m.