Spring Break
Baseball team wins two out of three, drops one during weekend conference matchups
Brandon Gearing
Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: Sports
03/31/09 -The University of Rhode Island baseball team rolled to two straight wins over Atlantic 10 conference foe Xavier University last weekend by scores of 11-3 and 8-7.
The 8-7 victory was a 12-inning thriller that ended on a pick-off move by Rhode Island sophomore Chris Pickering.
The Rams fell in the series finale 6-1, moving them to a 14-8 overall record and 4-2 in the A-10.
Junior Oliver Palmer scored three home runs in the series, while fellow junior Rob DeVeney cleared the wall twice. Freshman Mike LeBel and Palmer were able to advance their hit streaks to 10 and nine games respectively.
In the opener, Palmer, who left the yard twice in the contest, led Rhody.
Palmer's two round-trippers, coupled with homerun contributions from LeBel and sophomore Jeff Cammans made four on the day for the Rams, the most in a single game this season.
Junior Tim Boyce got the start for URI and lasted 6.2 innings en route to retiring 13-straight batters in the win.
The Musketeers broke out first in the contest, moving ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first on two hits and a botched pick-off play.
LeBel struck back for the Rams with a two-out solo-shot to even things up, after two innings of play.
Rhody took a 2-1 lead into the fourth and, again, worked some two-out magic when sophomore Tom Coulombe reached base on a two-out single and came around to score on a base hit by LeBel.
The Rams padded their lead in the top of the fifth as sophomore Kenny Burns opened things up with a booming double to center field over the head of Xavier's Adam Pasono.
He advanced to third on a bunt base hit by junior Zoey Angulo.
A single by senior Dan Rhault would score Burns and send the speedy Angulo to third base, setting things up for Cammans, who would then send one over the left field wall to give Rhody the 6-1 advantage.
URI resumed the onslaught after a three-up and three-down bottom of the fifth on a single by Burns, scoring LeBel, and a two-run blast by Palmer to put the Rams ahead 9-1.
The 8-7 victory was a 12-inning thriller that ended on a pick-off move by Rhode Island sophomore Chris Pickering.
The Rams fell in the series finale 6-1, moving them to a 14-8 overall record and 4-2 in the A-10.
Junior Oliver Palmer scored three home runs in the series, while fellow junior Rob DeVeney cleared the wall twice. Freshman Mike LeBel and Palmer were able to advance their hit streaks to 10 and nine games respectively.
In the opener, Palmer, who left the yard twice in the contest, led Rhody.
Palmer's two round-trippers, coupled with homerun contributions from LeBel and sophomore Jeff Cammans made four on the day for the Rams, the most in a single game this season.
Junior Tim Boyce got the start for URI and lasted 6.2 innings en route to retiring 13-straight batters in the win.
The Musketeers broke out first in the contest, moving ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first on two hits and a botched pick-off play.
LeBel struck back for the Rams with a two-out solo-shot to even things up, after two innings of play.
Rhody took a 2-1 lead into the fourth and, again, worked some two-out magic when sophomore Tom Coulombe reached base on a two-out single and came around to score on a base hit by LeBel.
The Rams padded their lead in the top of the fifth as sophomore Kenny Burns opened things up with a booming double to center field over the head of Xavier's Adam Pasono.
He advanced to third on a bunt base hit by junior Zoey Angulo.
A single by senior Dan Rhault would score Burns and send the speedy Angulo to third base, setting things up for Cammans, who would then send one over the left field wall to give Rhody the 6-1 advantage.
URI resumed the onslaught after a three-up and three-down bottom of the fifth on a single by Burns, scoring LeBel, and a two-run blast by Palmer to put the Rams ahead 9-1.
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