Perron, Hopko Homer To Lead URI Baseball Past Dayton Saturday

Nick Coit,

University of Rhode Island Press Release

Rhode Island Starters (24-15, 12-5 A-10)
DePino (3B), Genther (RF), Moroney (SS), Hopko (DH), Perron (1B), Penney (2B), Notarangelo (LF), Toro (C), McKenzie (CF), Levesque (P)

Dayton Starters (21-20, 10-7 A-10)
DiMartini (CF), Lujo (3B), MacDougall (DH), Stang (LF), Zorn (RF), Dobie (1B), Howell (C), Sardinas (SS), Mainolfi (2B),  Samuels (P)

How it Happened
Trystan Levesque delivered another superb start on the mound and Rhode Island defeated Dayton 8-4 to clinch the series win Saturday afternoon.

Levesque (5-0) won for his fourth straight Atlantic 10 start, holding the Flyers to two runs on six hits. Staked to seven runs over the first two innings by the Ram offense, Levesque was in control throughout the outing, striking out five batters while walking just one.

Rhody scored all the runs it needed in the bottom of the first inning. Anthony DePino doubled to lead things off. Eric Genther followed with a swinging bunt and beat the play to first. The Dayton defense fell asleep at first base, and DePino came all the way around for the first run. Reece Moroney singled, and then after one out, DJ Perron drilled a three-run home run to center.

The Rams added three more an inning later. Jack Hopko keyed the rally with a two-run homer to left, putting URI firmly in control, 7-1.

Dayton scored a single run in the sixth and added two more in the eighth inning, but the Flyers never truly threatened to come back.

Inside the Box Score

  • Rhode Island has won five of its six conference series thus far.
  • Junior Jack Hopko and graduate student DJ Perron each had a home run and three runs batted in.
  • Sophomore Reece Moroney had three hits, providing two doubles, a single and a sacrifice fly.
  • He extended his hitting streak to seven games.
  • Sophomore Scott Penney singled three times.
  • Senior Eric Genther doubled, singled and scored two runs.
  • Senior Anthony DePino doubled and scored two runs.
  • DePino (58) and Genther (57) have combined for 115 runs scored through 39 games.
  • Closer Joe Sabbath pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to end the game.

Up Next
Rhode Island and Dayton will close out the series with a game Sunday at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.

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