Spring Break
Baseball takes one apiece from Sacred Heart, UConn; falls to Northeastern
Brandon Gearing
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: Sports
04/23/09 - The University of Rhode Island baseball team resumed a stint of non-conference play early this week falling 12-1 to Northeastern University, defeating Sacred Heart University, 7-4, and the University of Connecticut 3-1.
Wednesday's game made six in a row for the Rams who have played seven games in eight days.
"It wasn't a bad week," head coach Jim Foster said. "I'm proud of my guys. They gutted out this week and hopefully we can get some good weather this weekend."
Rhody fell to Northeastern 12-1 on Monday after a stellar pitching performance by the Huskies' JT Ross. Ross went the distance, allowing only one hit, a double by sophomore Jeff Cammans in the top of the second inning.
Cammans also provided the only run for Rhody after he stole third and scored on a groundout in the same inning.
Northeastern broke out 12 runs on 15 hits off of junior starter Dan Rossignol, redshirt freshman Ross Davis, freshman Anthony Pisani and sophomore Cam Fox.
The damage could have been worse had it not been for a highlight reel grab by sophomore centerfielder Kenny Burns in the bottom of the sixth. Burns leapt high above the wall, robbing Northeastern's Mike Tamsin of a solo homerun and hung on as the gate along the wall swung open. The grab was good enough for number two on Sports Center's top 10 plays on April 21.
"It wasn't a great day for us, but that catch was as good as it gets," Foster said.
After the loss, the Rams resumed action the following day and downed Sacred Heart in a rain-shortened, 7-4 victory.
Sophomore Chris Pickering got the start in front of the home crowd, fanning his season-high eight batters in five complete innings of play.
Burns led the offensive attack while registering two hits, but it was senior Dan Rhault who stole the show with his fourth career grand slam in the bottom of the second.
After Pickering retired the first four batters in a row, Sacred Heart got on the board first on a solo shot by Mike Olyzyk.
Wednesday's game made six in a row for the Rams who have played seven games in eight days.
"It wasn't a bad week," head coach Jim Foster said. "I'm proud of my guys. They gutted out this week and hopefully we can get some good weather this weekend."
Rhody fell to Northeastern 12-1 on Monday after a stellar pitching performance by the Huskies' JT Ross. Ross went the distance, allowing only one hit, a double by sophomore Jeff Cammans in the top of the second inning.
Cammans also provided the only run for Rhody after he stole third and scored on a groundout in the same inning.
Northeastern broke out 12 runs on 15 hits off of junior starter Dan Rossignol, redshirt freshman Ross Davis, freshman Anthony Pisani and sophomore Cam Fox.
The damage could have been worse had it not been for a highlight reel grab by sophomore centerfielder Kenny Burns in the bottom of the sixth. Burns leapt high above the wall, robbing Northeastern's Mike Tamsin of a solo homerun and hung on as the gate along the wall swung open. The grab was good enough for number two on Sports Center's top 10 plays on April 21.
"It wasn't a great day for us, but that catch was as good as it gets," Foster said.
After the loss, the Rams resumed action the following day and downed Sacred Heart in a rain-shortened, 7-4 victory.
Sophomore Chris Pickering got the start in front of the home crowd, fanning his season-high eight batters in five complete innings of play.
Burns led the offensive attack while registering two hits, but it was senior Dan Rhault who stole the show with his fourth career grand slam in the bottom of the second.
After Pickering retired the first four batters in a row, Sacred Heart got on the board first on a solo shot by Mike Olyzyk.
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