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University of Rhode Island

Sean Sposato on the Road
Connor Caldon
2
Richmond RICH 23-28, 12-9 A-10
5
Winner Rhode Island URI 17-27, 9-12 A-10
Richmond RICH
23-28, 12-9 A-10
2
Final
5
Rhode Island URI
17-27, 9-12 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Richmond RICH 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0
Rhode Island URI 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 X 5 7 0

W: Sposato, Sean (2-4) L: Jackson Hinchliffe (1-1) S: Hughes, Tommy (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rhode Island Finishes Richmond Series With a Win

Rhode Island Starters
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Anderson (DH), Hopko (1B), Perron (2B), Grotyohann (LF), Moroney (SS), Borrelli (C), Henschel (CF), Sposato (P)

Richmond Starters
Whitley (CF), Bernstein (RF), Jaffe (3B), Pacheco (LF), Arcamone (DH), Lass (C), Topolski (2B), Wilga (1B), Larson (SS), Hinchliffe (P) 

How it Happened
Rhode Island Baseball saved itself from being swept at home by Richmond with a XXX win on Sunday afternoon. 

The victory closed out the Rams' (17-27, 9-12 A-10) home portion of the 2024 slate, with the team finishing 10-8. 

URI took its first lead of the weekend early in the contest when Jack Hopko belted a solo shot out to right field to start the second. Two frames later, he came in on a DJ Perron double to put the team up 2-0. 

Runs continued to come in for Rhody in the following inning, as Ryan Henschel drove in Michael Borrelli with a long single. Later, Eric Genther got a sacrifice squeeze down to bring Henschel in and improve the lead to 4-0. 

In his final game at Bill Beck Field, right-handed pitcher Sean Sposato threw five scoreless innings while the Rams built their advantage. An RBI single in the sixth got the Spiders (23-28, 12-9 A-10) on the board and ended Sposato's day, as URI opted to bring Kenny Heon in from the bullpen. 

Heon was dinged with one run in the seventh before handing the ball off to AJ Jones who faced faced the tying run at the plate but ultimately got out of the jam with Rhode Island still ahead at 4-2. 

Tommy Hughes closed the game out for Rhody with two shutout innings, striking out four batters. DJ Perron added an insurance run in the eighth with a home run that punctuated the victory. 

Inside the Box Score
  • Prior to the start of the game, the Rams celebrated Mother's Day with an honorary first pitch. Sixteen baseball moms in attendance participated. 
  • Sophomore Jack Hopko was 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Both of his hits were for extra bases, as he had the home run and a double. 
  • Graduate student DJ Perron had the hitting performance as Hopko but scored one run and added two RBI. 
  • Junior Anthony DePino, sophomore Connor Grotyohann and redshirt freshman Ryan Henschel added one single apiece. 
  • Redshirt senior Sean Sposato struck out six batters in 5.1 innings. He issued two walks while scattering three hits and was charged with one run while improving to 2-4.
  • Graduate student Tommy Hughes earned his thid save of the season. He threw 2.0 no-hit frames.
Up Next
Rhode Island will close out the regular season with a series at Dayton, May 16-18. First pitch on Friday is set for 3 p.m. 

 
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