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Rhode Island URI 4-10
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Winner Washington WASH 13-4
Rhode Island URI
4-10
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Final
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Washington WASH
13-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rhode Island URI 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 7 1
Washington WASH 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 2 X 12 14 0

W: Flesland III (3-0) L: Levesque, Trystan (2-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Huskies Power Past URI to Even Series

How it Happened
A five-run fourth-inning by Washington broke the game open as the Huskies knocked off Rhode Island 12-6 Saturday afternoon.

Rhode Island (4-10) got a home run from Mark Coley to lead of the game. However, Washington scored single runs in each of the first three innings to build a 3-1 lead.

The Rams got a second home run when Addison Kopack began the top of the fourth with a solo shot. After Michael Anderson reached on an error and advanced on a groundout, Billy Butler drove him in with a single through the right side, knotting the score at 3-3. From there, it was all Washington (13-4). Michael Snyder drilled a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put the Huskies back in front. Cam Clayton added an RBI double and Will Simpson followed with a two-run double to make the score 8-3 before the inning ended.
 
Two runs each in the sixth and eighth innings for Washington served to put the game out of reach. Rhode Island had just two hits from the fifth through eighth innings. The Rams put up three runs in the top of the ninth after loading the bases with no outs. Ryan King was hit by a pitch and Connor Grotyohann and Nicholas Toro drew back-to-back walks. A fielder's choice grounder by Calvin McCall brought King in. Ryan Marchetti lined a double to the corner in left to plate Grotyohann and moved McCall around to third. Michael Anderson just missed a home run, launching a long fly ball to the warning track in center that was caught to end the game.

Inside the Box Score
  • Redshirt senior Mark Coley homered for the second straight game and now has a team-high six for the season.
  • Redshirt junior Addison Kopack was 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs batted in.
  • Kopack's blast was the 20th of his career, which tied him for fifth in program history. He is tied with Matt Sullivan (2002-05), Jason Chamsarian (1998-2000), Ryan Cunningham (2004-07) and Xavier Vargas (2018-2022) on URI's all-time list.
  • Redshirt senior Billy Butler doubled, singled and drove in one.
  • Sophomore Ryan Marchetti doubled and had one RBI.
  • Freshmen Connor Grotyohann and Nicholas Toro both appeared as a pinch hitter. Both walked and eventually scored a run.
What's Next
Rhode Island and Washington play the middle game of the series Saturday at 4 p.m. EST. The game will be streamed on the Washington Live Stream-2 channel.
 
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