Spring Break
Baseball wins two, ties one in Richmond
Kayla Panu
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Sports
Sophomore right-hander Eric Smith started for the Rams still looking for his first win. He only went two and a third innings and gave up seven runs.
By the seventh inning, the score was 11-10 in Richmond's favor. O'Malley hit a two-run shot over the left field fence to take the 12-11 lead in the eighth, but the score was tied at 12 in the bottom of the inning.
"Mike's been doing really well, especially in the conference," Foster said about O'Malley. "He started slow but is coming around."
The ninth, 10th and 11th innings were scoreless and set the Rams up for some more heroics in the top of the 12th.
Senior catcher Zach Zaneski knocked in three runs with his double off of the wall in right center, and O'Malley had his fourth hit of the game to plate Zaneski and take the 16-12 lead and finally win.
"The mood was upbeat," Foster said about the 12th inning. "They were swinging the bats and it was a huge inning."
URI sophomore reliever Tim Boyce pitched four and a third innings and retired the Spiders in order in the bottom of the 12th to earn the win.
As Foster said, the Rams came out a little flat in the second game of the day, the finale in the series. "The best thing to do is to jump out right away," he said. "Nick [Greenwood] was uncharacteristically wild in the second and we had a costly two-run error."
Greenwood pitched seven innings and gave up five runs. Junior right-hander Luke Demko relieved Greenwood for the rest of the game.
After a 12-inning first game, the Spiders took a five-run lead through three innings. O'Malley hit a solo homerun in the top of the fourth and sophomore left fielder Zoey Angulo hit one in the sixth to lessen the deficit to 5-2.
The score was 8-4 Richmond after eight innings. The Rams had another four-run rally in the top of the inning to tie the score 8-8. Laude came in as a pinch hitter and drove in two runs on his double to right field. He moved to third after a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly from Coulombe. Freshman pinch-hitter Jeff Cammans hit a first pitch homerun over the right field fence to tie the game.
After the bottom of the ninth, the game was called because of darkness and was officially called a tie.
The Rams went to Sacred Heart University yesterday to play one game. Today they will host the University of Connecticut at 3:30 p.m.
"We just want to keep playing and keep getting better," Foster said.
By the seventh inning, the score was 11-10 in Richmond's favor. O'Malley hit a two-run shot over the left field fence to take the 12-11 lead in the eighth, but the score was tied at 12 in the bottom of the inning.
"Mike's been doing really well, especially in the conference," Foster said about O'Malley. "He started slow but is coming around."
The ninth, 10th and 11th innings were scoreless and set the Rams up for some more heroics in the top of the 12th.
Senior catcher Zach Zaneski knocked in three runs with his double off of the wall in right center, and O'Malley had his fourth hit of the game to plate Zaneski and take the 16-12 lead and finally win.
"The mood was upbeat," Foster said about the 12th inning. "They were swinging the bats and it was a huge inning."
URI sophomore reliever Tim Boyce pitched four and a third innings and retired the Spiders in order in the bottom of the 12th to earn the win.
As Foster said, the Rams came out a little flat in the second game of the day, the finale in the series. "The best thing to do is to jump out right away," he said. "Nick [Greenwood] was uncharacteristically wild in the second and we had a costly two-run error."
Greenwood pitched seven innings and gave up five runs. Junior right-hander Luke Demko relieved Greenwood for the rest of the game.
After a 12-inning first game, the Spiders took a five-run lead through three innings. O'Malley hit a solo homerun in the top of the fourth and sophomore left fielder Zoey Angulo hit one in the sixth to lessen the deficit to 5-2.
The score was 8-4 Richmond after eight innings. The Rams had another four-run rally in the top of the inning to tie the score 8-8. Laude came in as a pinch hitter and drove in two runs on his double to right field. He moved to third after a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly from Coulombe. Freshman pinch-hitter Jeff Cammans hit a first pitch homerun over the right field fence to tie the game.
After the bottom of the ninth, the game was called because of darkness and was officially called a tie.
The Rams went to Sacred Heart University yesterday to play one game. Today they will host the University of Connecticut at 3:30 p.m.
"We just want to keep playing and keep getting better," Foster said.
