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Connor Caldon
11
Winner Rhode Island URI 34-19, 21-7 A-10
4
Saint Joseph's SJU 23-25, 16-12 A-10
Winner
Rhode Island URI
34-19, 21-7 A-10
11
Final
4
Saint Joseph's SJU
23-25, 16-12 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rhode Island URI 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 2 11 13 0
Saint Joseph's SJU 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 3

W: Aikens, Parker (2-2) L: BOWEN, Ethan (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Down Hawks in Game One

Rhode Island Starters (33-19, 20-7 A-10)
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Hopko (DH), Perron (1B), Notarangelo (LF), Penney (2B), Butler (C), McKenzie (CF), Urena (P)

Saint Joseph's Starters (23-24, 16-11 A-10) 
Kelsey (CF), Applegate (SS), Pagano (LF), Petrich (3B), Primrose (DH), Dickinson (2B), Duda (C), Pierson (1B), Gale (RF), Ciccone (P) 

How it Happened
Rhode Island Baseball pulled away from Saint Joseph's over the final three innings to claim an 11-4 victory in the teams' series opener on Thursday afternoon at Smithson Field. 

After finishing the sixth inning with the score tied at 4-4, Rhody put up seven unanswered runs down the stretch to put the game out of reach for the Hawks. 

It was Scott Penney who broke the tie for the Rams in the seventh inning, as his single plated DJ Perron to lift URI, 5-4. In the following frame, a Jack Hopko double and a two-run homer off the bat of DJ Perron added to the lead before an Eric Genther two-RBI single in the ninth delivered the final blow.

While the offense got to work, reliever Parker Aikens kept Saint Joseph's quiet. He retired seven consecutive batters between the sixth and eighth innings before handing the ball off to Nate Fletcher, who retired the side in the ninth. 

Inside the Box Score
  • With the result, head coach Raphael Cerrato has tied former URI skipper Jim Foster (2006-14) for the most coaching wins in program history at 268.
  • Now in his 11th year as the team's leader, Cerrato has a 268-272-2 record with the Rams.  
  • Senior Eric Genther led the team at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three RBI. 
  • Graduate student DJ Perron (2-for-5) and senior Anthony DePino (2-for-3) also had multi-hit games.
  • DePino scored a game-high three runs.
  • Both Perron and redshirt senior Rob Butler homered, finishing with two RBI apiece.
  • Butler's was a two-run shot in the fourth that boosted URI to a 3-2 lead.
  • Junior Jeremy Urena gave the Rams a 5.0-inning start, scattering three hits while allowing two runs. He issued one walk and recorded one strikeout. 
  • Freshman Parker Aikens pitched 3.0 innings out of the bullpen, allowing two runs on three hits. He was credited with the win, improving his season record to 2-2.
  • Freshman Nate Fletcher sat down all three batters he faced in the ninth. 
Up Next
The teams will continue the series at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 16.
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