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University of Rhode Island

042025 baseball recap
Connor Caldon
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Dayton UD 21-21, 10-8 A-10
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Winner Rhode Island URI 25-15, 13-5 A-10
Dayton UD
21-21, 10-8 A-10
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Final
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Rhode Island URI
25-15, 13-5 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dayton UD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Rhode Island URI 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 8 8 1

W: Cullen, Jake (3-2) L: Ben Dean (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Complete Sweep, Beat Dayton 8-1

Rhode Island Starters (25-15, 13-5 A-10)
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Hopko (DH), Perron (1B), Penney (2B), Notarangelo (LF), Butler (C), McKenzie (CF), Cullen (P)
 
Dayton Starters (21-21, 10-8 A-10)
Lujo (3B), Mainolfi (2B), MacDougall (C), Stang (LF), Zorn (RF), Dobie (1B), Howell (DH), Sardinas (SS), Heberlie (CF), Heller (P)
 
How it Happened
A five-run rally in which the ball never left the infield paved the way for Rhode Island to beat Dayton 8-1 Sunday afternoon, completing a three-game sweep in Atlantic 10 action.

With two on and two out, Anthony DePino drew URI's third walk of the inning to load the bases in the bottom of the second. Eric Genther was hit by a pitch to force Nic Notarangelo in with the first run of the game. Reece Moroney followed with the fourth walk of the inning, bringing Rob Butler in for a 2-0 lead.

Jack Hopko hit a hard grounder that was knocked down by a diving Ty Mainolfi at second base. The ball went off his glove for a base hit that allowed DePino and Genther to score. Mainolfi's throw to try and get Genther was late and off target, getting away from catcher Ryan MacDougall, allowing Moroney to score an unearned run and cap the five-run rally.

Rhody stayed in control the rest of the way as freshman Jake Cullen (3-2) was outstanding on the bump. He went 7.0 innings, allowing just one run on four hits. Only one of the four hits was for extra bases, as Cullen made the early lead count for the Rams.

Inside the Box Score
  • Rhode Island has won four straight games.
  • This was URI's second Atlantic 10 sweep of the season. URI also went 3-0 at VCU at the start of conference play.
  • Senior Anthony DePino doubled, walked twice, scored two times and drove in one run. His eighth-inning RBI double was the 200th hit of his career.
  • Junior Jack Hopko singled twice, walked once, had a sacrifice fly and drove in four runs.
  • Sunday was his fourth straight multi-hit game, and his fifth in the last six games. Hopko is batting .522 (12-for-23) with six runs and 17 RBI over the last six games.
  • Graduate transfer Nic Notarangelo doubled, singled, walked and scored once.
  • Freshman Jake Cullen (2-2) gave the Rams a strong start, throwing 7.0 innings while allowing just one run on four hits. He limited the Flyers to one extra-base hit.
  • Senior Eric Genther singled, was hit by a pitch and scored two runs.
  • Sophomore Josh Kopetski pitched 2.0 innings of perfect relief, retiring all six batters he faced.
Up Next
Rhode Island hosts in-state rival Brown for a non-league game Wednesday, April 23 at 3 p.m. The game is scheduled to stream on for ESPN+.
 
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