University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
9-12-1, 0
Rhode Island
15-12, 0
Massachusetts Baseball Drops Series Finale To Rhode Island
March 29, 2025 | Baseball
Gavin O’Brien registered his first career home run on the day.
UMass moved to 9-12-1 overall on the season and 3-6 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while Rhode Island improved at 15-12 overall with a 6-3 league record.
Jack Beverly led the team with two hits, which included a double. Six Minutemen tallied one hit each, as Gavin O'Brien recorded his first collegiate home run, while Carter Hanson added his fifth double of the year. Anthony Tirado totaled a team-best two runs with five players batting in a run.
Rhode Island scored first in the top of the first with a home run, before UMass tied up the game in the bottom half of the inning. Tirado led off with a walk, followed by Braden Sullivan taking first after being hit by a pitch. Hanson walked to load up the bases, before Matt Travisano hit a sacrifice fly to aid Tirado across the plate, making it a 1-1 game.
URI reclaimed the lead at 3-1 with a two-run single up the middle in the second. The Minutemen plated two runs in the fifth to knot the game up at three apiece. After Hanson reached on a fielder's choice, he advanced to second on a passed ball. Travisano sat at first after being hit by a pitch, with Marc Willi following with a single to right field to score Hanson. Jared Muñoz had a singled of his own through the right side, allowing Travisano to touch the plate.
UMass took a 5-3 lead in the sixth frame, as O'Brien led off with a solo long ball over the right field hedges to put Massachusetts up, 4-3. Tirado hit a single to the shortstop and advanced to second on a balk. With one out, Beverly singled through the left side, as Tirado ran to third. A fielder's choice for Hanson scored Tirado to give UMass the two run lead.
The Rams pushed across a run on a solo homer in the seventh, before a two-RBI double put Rhode Island ahead, 6-5, in the top of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Massachusetts tied up the game at 6-6. Beverly double to left field, before Hanson hit a double to right center field to drive in Beverly.
Rhode Island plated 11 runs in the final frame to pick up the 17-6 win on the afternoon.
Sam Belliveau (0-2) had the loss for Massachusetts tossing three innings with five runs on four hits, two walks and four strikeouts. Braeden Perry (2-1) earned the win for Rhode Island, allowing one run on two hits, walking one and dealing four strikeouts in two innings of work.
Massachusetts prepares for the Beanpot Opener against Harvard on Tuesday, April 1, at 3 p.m. on ESPN+, at Earl Lorden.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Joe Sabbath (2-1)
L: Belliveau, S (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Scott Penney 1 ; DJ Perron 1
HR: Anthony DePino 1 ; Eric Genther 1
RBI: Anthony DePino 1 ; Eric Genther 5 ; Reece Moroney 1 ; Jack Hopko 1 ; Ryan Henschel 2 ; Scott Penney 3 ; DJ Perron 2
SF: Scott Penney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anthony DePino 3 ; Eric Genther 3 ; Reece Moroney 3 ; Jack Hopko 2 ; Ryan Henschel 1 ; Rob Butler 1 ; DJ Perron 1 ; Brody McKenzie 3
SB: Eric Genther 1
CS: Anthony DePino 1 ; Ryan Thompson 1
HBP: Anthony DePino 1
Batting:
2B: Beverly, Jack 1 ; Hanson, C 1
HR: O'Brien, Gavin 1
RBI: Hanson, C 1 ; Travisano, Matt 1 ; Willi, Marc 1 ; Muñoz, Jared 1 ; O'Brien, Gavin 1
SF: Travisano, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tirado, Anthony 2 ; Beverly, Jack 1 ; Hanson, C 1 ; Travisano, Matt 1 ; O'Brien, Gavin 1
HBP: Sullivan, Braden 1 ; Travisano, Matt 1 ; Muñoz, Jared 1
