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University of Rhode Island

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Grace Steensma
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Winner Rhode Island URI 14-12
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Massachusetts UMASS 9-11-1
Winner
Rhode Island URI
14-12
13
Final
1
Massachusetts UMASS
9-11-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rhode Island URI 0 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 2 13 14 0
Massachusetts UMASS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 2

W: Trystan Levesque (2-0) L: Sliwkowski (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rhody Dominates Massachusetts, 13-1

Rhode Island Starters (14-12, 5-3 A-10)
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Hopko (DH), Thompson (1B), Perron (2B), Toro (C), Medina (LF), McKenzie (CF), Levesque (P)

Massachusetts Starters (9-11-1, 3-5 A-10)
Tirado (CF), Travisano (SS), Sullivan (2B), Beverly (3B), Schroeder (DH), Hanson (RF), Kolben (C), Willi (1B), O'Brien (LF), Sliwkowski (P) 

How it Happened
Rhode Island Baseball responded to its loss from the first game of a doubleheader against UMass with a decisive, 13-1 win on Friday evening.

After getting in the hole early in their prior 6-3 loss, the Rams put up 11 unanswered runs between the second and fifth innings to distance themselves from the Minutemen. DJ Perron kicked off the scoring when he crossed home on a wild pitch, one of three players to do so in the spurt. Ryan Thompson (double) and Jack Hopko (home run) churned out extra base hits while Eric Genther and Reece Moroney delivered additional runs via singles. 

Southpaw Trystan Levesque pitched a quality start for URI, keeping Massachusetts quiet while his team built its lead. He scattered four hits and worked around three walks in his scoreless, 6.0 inning start. Eventually, the Rams went to their bullpen and an RBI double put UMass on the board in the seventh but it was the only run that the team was able to manufacture. 

Though the contest was already out of reach, a sac fly off the bat of Hopko and another score on a wild pitch allowed two more Rhody runs to come in during the top of the ninth before Dorsy Asencio retired all three batters he faced in the bottom half, sealing the margin.

Inside the Box Score
  • Rhody's victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the team.
  • Graduate student Trystan Levesque was credited with the win, improving his season record to 2-0. He fanned five batters and three 93 total pitches.
  • Junior Jack Hopko registered four RBI on a 1-for-4 day at the plate. He scored twice and drew one walk.
  • Sophomore Reece Moroney and freshman Ryan Thompson led the team with three hits apiece. Moroney was 3-for-5 with one RBI while Thompson was 3-for-6 with an RBI.
  • Three other Rams had multi-hit games in junior Nicholas Toro (2-for-6), senior Anthony DePino (2-for-5) and senior Eric Genther (2-for-4). 
  • Genther scored a team-high three runs.
  • DePino and senior Brody McKenzie combined for four stolen bases.
  • Freshman Nate Fletcher gave up one run on one hit in his lone inning of work. 
  • Redshirt junior Brandon Hsu and junior Dorsy Asencio combined for two scoreless innings to close out the game. Hsu fanned two batters, while Asencio avoided putting anyone on base.
Up Next
The teams will wrap up the series with a 12 p.m. game on Saturday, March 29. 

 
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