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

UMass Starters
Skagerlind (CF), Burgess (1B), Travisano (SS), Beverly (3B), Hanson (RF), Gervasi (DH), Tichy (LF), Sullivan (2B), Toth (C), Belliveau (P) 

How it Happened
Behind a dominant performance from starting pitcher Evan Maloney, the Rhode Island Baseball team beat Massachusetts 6-1 on Friday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. 

Maloney stretched his stay out to a career-long 8.0 innings and faced just five batters over the minimum, retiring seven-straight at one point.

With the right-hander giving the Rams (6-16, 1-3 Atlantic 10) a quality start, the offense got to work and scored a trio of runs in the third inning. A bunt from Reece Moroney got the movement started before a pair of sac flies off the bats of Jack Hopko and Michael Anderson increased the crooked number with URI ahead 3-0. 

Hopko later added his first home run of the season when he went deep to right field in the fifth, collecting Moroney along the way to push the score to 5-0. In the following frame, Scott Penney drove in the Rams' final run of the afternoon when he plated Anthony DePino with a single. 

A leadoff double that eventually set up an RBI groundout put the Minutemen (8-16, 1-3 A-10) on the board in Maloney's final inning. The Rams went to Jeremy Urena in the ninth who, after plunking the leadoff batter, retired the next two to preserve the victory. 

Inside the Box Score

• Redshirt freshman Evan Maloney pitched his third-consecutive quality start. He scattered three hits throughout the day and was not charged with the run. 
• Maloney struck out three batters and issued as many walks. 
• Rhode Island's seven hits came from seven different batters.
• Sophomore Jack Hopko recorded a team-best three RBI, while freshman Reece Moroney scored a team-high two runs. 
• URI has failed to draw any walks in each of its last three games. 
• Junior Anthony DePino (1-for-4) extended his streak of reaching base safely to 10 games. 
• Redshirt freshman Will Hindle (1-for-4) has now recorded a hit in each of his last five outings. 
• Sophomore Jeremy Urena took a batter down swinging to end the game. 
• The victory was URI's first in conference play. Rhode Island was swept at Saint Louis in its first weekend of league play. 

Up Next
The series will continue with a 12 p.m. game on Saturday, April 6 at Bill Beck Field.