Rhode Island Starters
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Perron (2B), Thompson (1B), Butler (DH), Hindle (LF), Leikus (C), McKenzie (CF), Kopetski (P)Â
Stonehill StartersÂ
Parks (CF), McGee (SS), Cohall (LF), Thorbahn (1B), Gaspar (RF), Grayson (DH), Sengenberger (C), LeClair (2B), Radar (3B), Lanzer (P)
How it Happened
Rhode Island won its eighth straight game, shutting down Stonehill 3-2 in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon.
Rhody (12-8) got two runs in the bottom of the second inning.
Ryan Thompson started things with a triple to right field, and
Rob Butler delivered him with a sacrifice fly to center.
Will Hindle reached on an infield single and advanced to second on the play due to an error. He moved to third on a groundout and came in when
Brody McKenzie delivered a two-out single.
In the fourth inning, McKenzie again drove in Hindle, this time executing a squeeze play to put the Rams ahead 3-0. Stonehill (4-12) later manufactured a single run in the top of the sixth. With two outs, Aidan Sengenberger singled. He moved around to third after back-to-back walks, and then he scored on a wild pitch.
The Skyhawks cut the deficit to one in the top of the eighth when Sam Parks lined a solo home run to right. Sean McGee walked to get the potential tying run on, but
Zach Morris induced a groundout to preserve the lead.
Inside the Box Score
- Rhode Island's pitchers have allowed just three runs over their last 18 innings of work.
- Wednesday was a staff day, as seven pitchers combined to allow just two runs on four hits.
- Josh Kopetski (2.0 innings), Braeden Perry (2.0) and Parker Aikens (1.0 ) combined to give up no runs on one hit while striking out nine batters over the first five innings.
- Sophomore Joe Sabbath set Stonehill down 1-2-3 in the ninth to record his fourth save of the season.
- Kopetski earned his first career win.
- Of Rhode Island's nine hits, eight were singles.
- Redshirt sophomore Will Hindle led the offense with two hits and two runs scored.
- He also stole a base.
- Senior Brody McKenzie singled, walked, had a sacrifice, stole one base and drove in two runs.
- Senior Anthony DePino was the third Ram to record a multi-hit game, delivering two singles.
Up Next
Rhode Island welcomes George Washington to Kingston for a three-game series that is scheduled to begin Friday, March 21 at 3 p.m. Any changes related to weather will be posted to GoRhody.com later in the week.
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