2024 baseball

[RhowdyRam02]

This is the time of year when news of games being added to our schedule will start trickling in, so I'll try to keep this top post updated as games come in. Opening Day will be Friday, 2/16. The top 7 teams will advance to the A10 tournament to be held at Capital One Park in Tysons, VA

2/23, at Virginia Tech, Friday
2/24, at Virginia Tech, Saturday
2/25, at Virginia Tech, Sunday
3/1, at Washington State, Friday
3/2, at Washington State, DH, Saturday
3/3, at Washington State, Sunday
3/15 vs Northeastern, Friday
3/16 at Northeastern, Saturday
3/17 vs Northeastern, Sunday
3/19, vs. UConn, Tuesday
3/23, vs. St. Bonaventure, DH (Game 1 7 innings, game 2 9 innings), Saturday
3/24 vs. St. Bonaventure, Sunday
4/3 vs. Boston College, Wednesday
4/9 at Brown, Tuesday 3:30 pm

https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2023/10/2 ... edule.aspx

"The Huskies play a bunch of intriguing midweek games with road games at URI (March 19), Boston College (April 17), Northeastern (May 7) and Big 12 foe Cincinnati (May 14)."

[ramster]

2/23 Rhode Island @ Virginia Tech
2/24 Rhode Island @ Virginia Tech
2/25 Rhode Island @ Virginia Tech

3/1 Rhode Island @ Washington State
3/2 Rhode Island @ Washington State DH
3/3 Rhode Island @ Washington State

3/19 UConn @ Rhode Island

4/3 Boston College @ Rhode Island

[RhowdyRam02]

George Mason, VCU, and St. Bonaventure have all released their schedules. We don't play George Mason or VCU, but we'll be hosting St. Bonaventure

[ramster]

Add 4 games at Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg TX to kick off the season and 3 games to be played at Texas A&M


https://gorhody.com/sports/baseball/schedule/2024

[RhowdyRam02]

One weird note on the schedule. We list an April 10th game at Holy Cross, but Holy Cross' schedule has them at Yale that day. Yale has not released their schedule yet

[NYGFan_Section208]

One weird note on the schedule. We list an April 10th game at Holy Cross, but Holy Cross' schedule has them at Yale that day. Yale has not released their schedule yet

split-squad

[RhowdyRam02]

Yale announced their schedule and they say they're playing Holy Cross April 10th

https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2023/12/1 ... edule.aspx

So unless Holy Cross is following 208's suggestion of a split squad than I have no idea where we thought we'd be playing at Holy Cross and we'll be looking for another game

[ramster]

Preseason Top 25

2024 USA TODAY Sports Top 25 preseason baseball poll
1. Wake Forest
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. Arkansas
5. TCU
6. Vanderbilt
7. Oregon State
8. Tennessee
9. Clemson
10. Texas A&M
11. Virginia
12. East Carolina
13. Texas
14. Duke
15. UNC
16. NC State
17. Alabama
T18. UC Santa Barbara
T18. Coastal Carolina
20. Iowa
21. South Carolina
22. Texas Tech
23. Stanford
24. UCLA
25. Northeastern

We play 3 games vs #10 Texas A&M and 3 games vs #25 Northeastern

[ramster]

Crazy preseason poll
Of 12 votes for 1st place they were spread across the top 7 teams.
URI is 7th place and received 1 vote for 1st place

Will be an interesting season

2024 Baseball Predicted Order of Finish
(Number of first place votes in parenthesis)
1. Saint Louis – 125 (3)
2. George Mason – 121 (2)
3. Saint Joseph’s – 114 (1)
4. Davidson – 113 (2)
5. VCU – 97 (2)
6. Dayton – 96 (1)
7. Rhode Island – 77 (1)
8. Richmond – 63
9. George Washington – 51
10. Fordham – 38
11. Massachusetts – 22
12. St. Bonaventure -- 19

[NYGFan_Section208]

Add 4 games at Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg TX to kick off the season and 3 games to be played at Texas A&M


https://gorhody.com/sports/baseball/schedule/2024

almost here...Friday night UTRGV! Friday, Feb. 16 - 7:30 p.m. (ESPN+)

https://gorhody.com/news/2024/2/14/base ... utrgv.aspx

[ramster]

URI scored 2 runs top of 9th to tie 3-3
Then Brody McKenzie makes a tremendous catch in Left Field to prevent a walk off Home Run
McKenzie drove in the go ahead and winning run in the top of the 11th

[RF1]

Lose the 2nd game 13-3. Another game there today. Then on the road to Blacksburg, VA to play Va Tech followed by a trip to Pullman, WA to Washington State.

[R.Kelly150]

One hell of a catch!

[HobbyBurley]

Trip to Blacksburg was a tough one as the Rams drop all 3 to Virginia Tech by a combined score of 39-7. Rhody falls to 1-5 overall.

Up next is 5-2 Washington State. They play undefeated and #5 ranked TCU tomorrow before welcoming the Rams for 4 games starting this Friday.

Texas A&M will be another tough 3 games for Rhody as they have started 7-0 and are ranked 7th in the week 2 poll.

No real surprises out of the A10 so far. Saint Louis has started 7-0 as well but have played an easy schedule so far.

[HobbyBurley]

Only two A10 teams in the top 100 in RPI, SLU at 9-1 and UMass who is only 2-4 but had a nice win over previously undefeated #13 Virginia yesterday.

Rhody has one more today vs Wash St after dropping the first two. Pitching seems to be a big issue again this year, Rams are allowing 12.1 runs per game, and only scoring 3.3.

[HobbyBurley]

[HobbyBurley]

Brutal loss in the 3rd game vs Texas A&M today in extra innings. Rhody put up 11 runs including 8 in the 7th inning after being shut out in the first two games, only to give up 12 in 10 innings to the Aggies. Would’ve been a huge upset against the #4 team in the country.

[PeterRamTime]

Brutal loss in the 3rd game vs Texas A&M today in extra innings. Rhody put up 11 runs including 8 in the 7th inning after being shut out in the first two games, only to give up 12 in 10 innings to the Aggies. Would’ve been a huge upset against the #4 team in the country.

I think it bodes well for conference play!

[R.Kelly150]

It would have been a huge win for the program. I think offensively they are going to be exciting to watch.

[R.Kelly150]

First home game is a win for the boys, 7-1 over Northeastern! Imagine pretty much any other sport where you play your first 13 games on the road. Hope they win the series tomorrow. Go Rhody!

[NYGFan_Section208]

Check out the Weather from yesterday's box score:

https://gorhody.com/sports/baseball/sta ... core/10796

[RF1]

First home game is a win for the boys, 7-1 over Northeastern! Imagine pretty much any other sport where you play your first 13 games on the road. Hope they win the series tomorrow. Go Rhody!

In order to have a successful season, you then have to do very well versus the other northern schools, especially in your home games. Losing two out of three to Northeastern will not help.

3-11 record thus far - outscored 156-63

[HobbyBurley]

First home game is a win for the boys, 7-1 over Northeastern! Imagine pretty much any other sport where you play your first 13 games on the road. Hope they win the series tomorrow. Go Rhody!

In order to have a successful season, you then have to do very well versus the other northern schools, especially in your home games. Losing two out of three to Northeastern will not help.

3-11 record thus far - outscored 156-63

Yep.

UConn next at home tomorrow - coming in with a 7-10 record but they have faced a very tough schedule. Stonehill on Wednesday before the first conference series vs the Bonnies.

[RhowdyRam02]

One weird note on the schedule. We list an April 10th game at Holy Cross, but Holy Cross' schedule has them at Yale that day. Yale has not released their schedule yet

We are now scheduled to play at Quinnipiac on 4/10, however Quinnipiac doesn't list the game on their schedule yet, that's still listed as an off day for them

[HobbyBurley]

Nice win this afternoon vs UConn. Great to see the bullpen throw 5 innings of no hit ball.

[RF1]

Always nice to beat UConn in any sport.

[ramster]

Michael Anderson’s Historic Day


Sophomore Michael Anderson's 12 runs batted in were the most by any Division I player in the country this season, topping the 10-RBI game by Creighton's Ben North.

The previous record for URI was nine RBI in a game by Calvin McCall against Holy Cross on April 14, 2022.

Anderson's five hits tied the Rhode Island single-game record. It is the 19th time it has happened, with Addison Kopack being the most recent against St. Bonaventure on April 8, 2022.

All five of his hits were for extra bases, as Anderson had two home runs, two doubles and one triple. He also scored three runs.
Anderson has 10 extra-base hits over his last seven games.


https://gorhody.com/news/2024/3/20/base ... ehill.aspx

[RhowdyRam02]

This weekend's series against St. Bonaventure is cancelled due to weather in Kingston

https://gorhody.com/news/2024/3/22/base ... elled.aspx

[steviep123]

The women’s softball series also at home vs SBU was moved to ny. I wonder why the men’s didn’t do the same?

[NYGFan_Section208]

The women’s softball series also at home vs SBU was moved to ny. I wonder why the men’s didn’t do the same?

could only afford to travel one team? not enough buses?

Or...

[ramster]

Anderson Slugs His Way to Atlantic 10 Weekly Honors

KINGSTON, R.I. - Following a historic performance against Stonehill, Rhode Island Baseball's Michael Anderson was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.

This is the first such award for the Rams in 2024 and the fourth career selection overall for Anderson, who was a three-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week a year ago.

Anderson made his mark in a weather-shortened week for URI, batting .667 between the midweek games against UConn (March 19) and Stonehill (March 20). His numbers were significantly boosted by a staggering performance opposite the Skyhawks in which he drove in a program-record 12 runs to lead Rhody to a 19-15 victory.

The returning Freshman All-American had two home runs – a three-run shot and a grand slam – to go with a two-run triple, two-run double and an RBI double. The 12 RBI was the most by a player in NCAA Division I this season, topping the 10-RBI game by Creighton's Ben North.

Anderson's five hits tied the Rhode Island single-game record. It was the 19th time it has happened, with Addison Kopack being the most recent against St. Bonaventure on April 8, 2022.

The Havertown, Pa. native has 10 extra-base hits over his last seven games.

Atlantic 10 Baseball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week: Michael Anderson, Rhode Island
Pitcher of the Week: Domenic Picone, Saint Joseph's
Rookie of the Week: Braden Sullivan, UMass

[HobbyBurley]

First pitch of the A10 season starts in about 30 minutes. URI takes on SLU for the first of 3 on the road. SLU is 16-6 but have struggled lately against better competition,

https://gorhody.com/news/2024/3/27/base ... -play.aspx

[HobbyBurley]

Tough start to conference play with SLU taking all 3 at home. Rhody lost on a walk off game 1 3-2. Only managed to score 6 runs across the 3 games.

BC is next on Wednesday at home with a nasty weather forecast, followed by 3 vs. UMass, also at the Beck.

Edit: BC game cancelled as expected.

[HobbyBurley]

Rams take 2 of 3 from UMass, nice pitching effort giving up only 8 runs in the series.

[HobbyBurley]

Rhody wins over Brown and Quinnipiac this week to move to 6-2 at home.

St. Joes visits this weekend, coming in at 3-3 in the A10 so far. VCU pacing the conference so far at 5-1.

[RhowdyRam02]

It's still early, only a quarter a way through the conference schedule, but with only the top 7 making the conference tournament it would still be nice to get two of three this weekend with St. Joe's ahead of us in the standings.

RPI through yesterday's games:

82 VCU
115 St. Louis (0-3 there)
121 Dayton (there 5/16-5/18)
137 Rhode Island
178 Fordham (here 4/26-4/28)
197 George Washington (there 4/19-4/21)
202 St. Joe's (here 4/12-4/14)
206 UMass (2-1 here)
219 St. Bonaventure (home series cancelled)
221 George Mason
241 Davidson (there 5/3-5/5)
267 Richmond (here 5/10-5/12)

[ramster]

URI wins today over St Joseph's 7-2 as Sean Sposato pitches 7 scoreless innings giving up only 3 hits. 1 BB and 7 K
URI can sweep the 3 game series with a win Sunday 12pm

[RhowdyRam02]

We're currently in a tie with George Washington, George Mason, and St. Joseph's for the 6th through 9th spots in the standings, with the top 7 making the tournament.

We just went 2-1 against St. Joe's and have a three game set against George Washington this weekend. Anther big series coming up, this could be the most important 10 day stretch of the season with how the standings are looking so far

[HobbyBurley]

Rhody gets up 6-0 vs Bryant today but ends up falling 13-9 to move to 0-2 vs. the Bulldogs for the season. Bryant is having a nice season, 13-2 in American East play and 26-12 overall.

Stonehill tomorrow to close out the nonconference season, with an important series at home vs Fordham this weekend. URI has won 8 of 12 at home for the year but only 4 of 22 on the road, so need to take advantage of the Beck and try to move up the A10 standings.

[PeterRamTime]

This dude pitching is aaaaaawful holy crap