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Fernandez celebrates beating QU
Connor Caldon
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Quinnipiac QUI 9-17
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Winner Rhode Island URI 9-20
Quinnipiac QUI
9-17
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Final
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Rhode Island URI
9-20
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Quinnipiac QUI 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 13 11 3
Rhode Island URI 0 3 0 1 5 2 3 0 X 14 10 1

W: Grotyohann, Connor (1-5) L: Skyler Manelski (0-1) S: Fernandez, Zach (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Escape Quinnipiac, 14-13

Rhode Island Starters
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Anderson (1B), Perron (2B), Penney (SS), Hindle (LF), Hopko (DH), Borrelli (C), McKenzie (CF), Hsu (P)

Quinnipiac Starters
Zimbardo (LF), O'Connor (CF), Smith (C), Willis (1B), Wright (RF), DeRosa (2B), Garbowski (3B), Proctor (SS), Martino (DH), McNaught (P) 

How it Happened
Rhode Island Baseball held off Quinnipiac, 14-13, for a midweek win on Wednesday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. 

There were six lead changes, 22 total hits and four combined errors in the second meeting between Rhody (9-20) and the Bobcats this season. 

Quinnipiac (9-17) first struck in the top of the second with an RBI groundout but Anthony DePino answered right away with a three-run blast out to left field. 

A Michael Borrelli bomb in the fourth pushed the lead to 4-1 before a six-spot in the fifth awarded Quinnipiac a 7-4 edge. The Rams threw three different pitchers in the inning, two of whom were charged with runs. Rhode Island got five back in its half of the frame, thanks to a two-RBI single from DJ Perron, an error and a sac fly off the bat of Borrelli. 

The score continued to climb in the sixth, which Quinnipiac began by plating four runs. A sac fly, a pair of RBI singles and a bases-loaded walk flipped the advantage back in favor of the visitors at 11-9 before Perron and Scott Penney tied things back up at 11-apiece with a double and a single, respectively. 

After putting up 10 runs in two innings, the Bobcats were held scoreless in the seventh by Connor Grotyohann. The Rams took advantage of the zero and went ahead again at 14-11 with an RBI single from DePino and a two-run double by Eric Genther. 

Quinnipiac threatened to flip the score once again in the eighth by leading off the frame with three straight walks but Zach Fernandez was called from the bullpen and limited the damage to just one run. He then worked around a baserunner in the ninth and ended the game with a swinging strikeout to preserve the win. 

Inside the Box Score
  • Rhode Island turned in its fourth game of the year with 10 or more hits. 
  • Junior Eric Genther led the Rams at the plate with a 3-for-5 performance. He registered a pair of RBI and scored one run. 
  • Junior Anthony DePino (2-for-5) and graduate student DJ Perron (2-for-5) also turned in multi-hit games, combining for seven total RBI.
  • With his eighth home run of the year, DePino has regained the lead among the Rams' roster. 
  • Graduate student Michael Borrelli's home run was his first at URI. The Saint Anselm transfer scored a game-high three runs.
  • Both he and redshirt freshman Will Hindle finished with a stolen base. 
  • Rhody's 14 runs scored are its second-most this season. The team put up 19 in a midweek win over Stonehill (March 20). 
  • Sophomore Connor Grotyohann was credited with the win, improving his season record to 1-5. He struck out three batters and issued four walks in 1.2 innings.
  • Graduate student Zach Fernandez picked up his first save of the season after throwing 2.0 scoreless, one-hit innings. 
  • Of the eight pitchers that appeared, only freshman Joe Sabbath, Grotyohann and Fernandez avoided giving up runs.  
  • The Rams avenged the 4-0 loss they suffered at Quinnipiac on March 26.

Up Next
Baseball will continue its homestay with a three-game conference set against Saint Joseph's, April 5-7. First pitch against the Hawks is set for 3 p.m. at Bill Beck Field on Friday. 

 
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