Spring Break
Baseball wins two, ties one in Richmond
Kayla Panu
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Sports
04/23/08 - The University of Rhode Island baseball team won two games and tied one during the weekend against the University of Richmond.
"It was a great weekend," head coach Jim Foster said. "The guys did a really good job, especially offensively. They put some good numbers on the board. It was very encouraging."
Senior right-hander Brett Palanski won the game on Friday for the Rams. He pitched six innings with six hits, six strikeouts and gave up two runs. URI was victorious at Richmond on Friday, 8-3.
Senior first baseman Mike O'Malley started the scoring for the Rams in the top of the second. He started the inning with a base hit to center, stole second, then scored on a two-out triple by freshman designated hitter Evan Laude. Laude was then plated by freshman right fielder Tom Coulombe's bunt to take the 2-0 lead.
URI added four more runs in the top of the fourth to lead 6-0. O'Malley started the inning with a double and scored on sophomore centerfielder Rob Deveney's double. Three more runs crossed the plate to give the Rams a nice lead.
URI allowed two runs score in the bottom of the fifth (6-2), but took them back in the top of the seventh to keep the 8-2 lead. Junior shortstop Dan Rhault and Coulombe each scored.
The Richmond Spiders scored one more time in the eighth but the Rams shut them down in the ninth to win 8-3.
The Rams and Spiders played two games on Saturday because of inclimate weather predicted for Sunday.
URI defeated Richmond in game one, 16-12, in 12 innings. The second game was called after nine innings because of darkness with the score tied 8-8. Both of these games were comeback performances by the Rams.
"The first game on Saturday was a marathon game, and we came out a little flat in the third game [of the series]," Foster said.
The Rams took a four-run lead in the first inning but lost the lead in the bottom of the third when the Spiders scored eight runs to lead 8-5.
"It was a great weekend," head coach Jim Foster said. "The guys did a really good job, especially offensively. They put some good numbers on the board. It was very encouraging."
Senior right-hander Brett Palanski won the game on Friday for the Rams. He pitched six innings with six hits, six strikeouts and gave up two runs. URI was victorious at Richmond on Friday, 8-3.
Senior first baseman Mike O'Malley started the scoring for the Rams in the top of the second. He started the inning with a base hit to center, stole second, then scored on a two-out triple by freshman designated hitter Evan Laude. Laude was then plated by freshman right fielder Tom Coulombe's bunt to take the 2-0 lead.
URI added four more runs in the top of the fourth to lead 6-0. O'Malley started the inning with a double and scored on sophomore centerfielder Rob Deveney's double. Three more runs crossed the plate to give the Rams a nice lead.
URI allowed two runs score in the bottom of the fifth (6-2), but took them back in the top of the seventh to keep the 8-2 lead. Junior shortstop Dan Rhault and Coulombe each scored.
The Richmond Spiders scored one more time in the eighth but the Rams shut them down in the ninth to win 8-3.
The Rams and Spiders played two games on Saturday because of inclimate weather predicted for Sunday.
URI defeated Richmond in game one, 16-12, in 12 innings. The second game was called after nine innings because of darkness with the score tied 8-8. Both of these games were comeback performances by the Rams.
"The first game on Saturday was a marathon game, and we came out a little flat in the third game [of the series]," Foster said.
The Rams took a four-run lead in the first inning but lost the lead in the bottom of the third when the Spiders scored eight runs to lead 8-5.
