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Rhode Island URI 15-23, 9-9 A-10
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Winner St. Bonaventure SBU 12-24, 6-12 A-10
Rhode Island URI
15-23, 9-9 A-10
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Final
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St. Bonaventure SBU
12-24, 6-12 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rhode Island URI 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 10 3
St. Bonaventure SBU 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 9 2

W: Derek Duval (1-1) L: Jones, AJ (0-3) S: Joey Calabretti (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Rams Fall in Series Finale at St. Bonaventure

Rhode Island Starters (15-23, 9-9 Atlantic 10)
Penney (2B), Moroney (SS), Thompson (1B), Hopko (RF), King (3B), Toro (C), Botti (LF), Leikus (DH), Henschel (CF), Maloney (P)

St. Bonaventure Starters (12-24, 6-12 Atlantic 10)
Fernandez (CF), Hoalcraft (SS), Castro (3B), Lamothe (1B), Calabretti (LF), Cordeiro (C), Hebenstreit (DH), Vercollone (RF), Bruno (2B), Ciampa (P)

How it Happened
Rhode Island fell in the series finale at St. Bonaventure 5-4 on Saturday afternoon in New York. The Rams had bases loaded with one out in the top of the ninth but couldn't push the tying run home. 

A Ryan Thompson single, followed by a Rhode Island out and two consecutive walks to Ryan King and Nicholas Toro gave the Rams a chance to tie the game up in the ninth. After Toro's walk, the next two Rams were retired stranding the tying run 90 feet away. 

The Rams were trailing 4-2 heading into the fifth inning. Aidan Botti doubled to plate Toro in the fifth to make it 4-3. Then in the seventh, Botti doubled and jack Hopko scored to tie the game at four. 

St. Bonaventure's Anthony Fernandez singled home the eventual winning run in the bottom half of the seventh to help secure the Bonnies first regular season, three-game series sweep of the Rams since 2000.

Inside the Box Score
  • Aidan Botti was the only Ram to record an extra base hit. Botti's fifth-inning double was Rhode Island's only hit that went for extra bases.
  • Botti finished the game 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI.
  • Ryan Thompson went 2-for-5 with an RBI.
  • Jack Hopko went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored.
  • Scott Penney and Reece Moroney each scored once in the game.
  • Connor Grotyohann hurled a 1-2-3 fifth inning with one strikeout. 
  • AJ Jones pitched in the sixth inning and faced four batters, allowing one hit and striking out a pair.
  • Manny Santos impressed in the final two innings of the game. He entered the game in the seventh with no outs and runners on second and third. 
  • Santos retired the next six batters in order including four consecutive strikeouts to start his outing.
Up Next
Rhode Island heads to Hartford, Conn. for a midweek meeting with UConn at Dunkin' Park on Tuesday, April 21. The game begins at 6 p.m.
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