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Connor Caldon
6
Rhode Island URI 27-18
16
Winner UConn UCONN 27-18
Rhode Island URI
27-18
6
Final
16
UConn UCONN
27-18
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rhode Island URI 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 1
UConn UCONN 2 0 2 5 2 2 3 16 8 2

W: Cooke, Ian (2-4) L: Jones, AJ (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rhody Stumbles at Connecticut

Rhode Island Starters (27-18)
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Hopko (DH), Perron (1B), Notarangelo (LF), Penney (2B), Toro (C), McKenzie (CF), Johnston (P)

UConn Starters (27-18)
Rispoli (SS), Shpur (CF), Daniels (2B), Minick (DH), Biller (LF), Lane (C), Root (RF), MacArthur (1B), Padilla (3B), Abbadessa (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island Baseball was run-ruled by UConn, 16-6, on Wednesday night at Elliot Ballpark. A three-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh delivered the final blow against the visiting Rams. 

Connecticut scored in all but one inning, putting up the 16 runs on half as many hits. The Huskies took advantage of freebies issued by the URI pitching staff, which dealt 11 walks and plunked five batters.

A grand slam off the bat of DJ Perron got the game started in Rhody's favor, as he picked up Eric Genther, Reece Moroney and Jack Hopko to put URI ahead 4-0. All three of the runners had reached via consecutive singles. 

A pair of runs in the bottom of the first and the third knotted the score up for the Huskies before a five-run fourth awarded them their first lead. Connecticut continued to drive runs in from there.

A two-RBI single from Scott Penney broke up a five-frame scoreless streak for URI in the top of the seventh before UConn's Connor Lane belted out the game-winner. 

Inside the Box Score
  • Graduate student DJ Perron was 2-for-3 at the plate with four RBI. He was the only Ram with multiple hits.
  • Graduate student Nic Notarangelo doubled and scored a run. 
  • Sophomore Scott Penney registered two RBI on a 1-for-4 clip. He added a team-high three assists from second base.
  • Perron and senior Brody McKenzie worked the only two walks issued by the Connecticut pitching staff. Senior Anthony DePino and sophomore Reece Moroney were each hit by a pitch. 
  • Rhody threw six different arms, all of whom were tagged with at least one earned run. 
  • Sophomore AJ Jones (1-3) was the pitcher of record for URI. He fanned a team-best three batters but was charged with four earned runs in 1.1 innings of work. 
Up Next
Rhode Island will continue its road swing with an Atlantic 10 series at Fordham, May 2-4. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on Friday. 


 
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