2024 baseball

[RhowdyRam02]

Rams win game 1 of today's double header and Fordham lost their game in results so far.

4. George Washington - 12-9 - at St. Joe's
5. Richmond - 12-9 - vs 3rd place VCU
6. St. Joe's - 11-10 - vs George Washington
7. UMass - 11-10 - vs 1st place St. Louis

8. Fordham - 10-12 - at last place St. Bonaventure
9. Rhode Island - 10-12 - at 2nd place Dayton
10. Davidson - 8-13 - at 2nd to last George Mason

[RhowdyRam02]

5. George Washington - 12-10 - at St. Joe's
6. St. Joe's - 12-10 - vs George Washington
7. UMass - 11-10 - vs 1st place St. Louis

8. Fordham - 10-12 - at last place St. Bonaventure
9. Rhode Island - 10-12 - at 2nd place Dayton
10. Davidson - 9-13 - at last place George Mason

We are up in our second game against Dayton 11-10 going into the bottom of the 8th. The game will conclude tomorrow at 10 with our third and final game of the series taking place at noon.

In today's games:

Fordham at St. Bonaventure at 10 on ESPN+
George Washington at St. Joe's at 11:30
UMass vs St. Louis at 12 on ESPN+
Davidson at George Mason at 12:02 (weird start time but ok) on ESPN+
George Washington at St. Joe's at 2:30
UMass vs St. Louis at 3 on ESPN+
Davidson at George Mason at 3:30 on ESPN+

[RhowdyRam02]

6. St. Joe's - 12-11 - vs 5th place George Washington
7. UMass - 11-11 - vs 1st place St. Louis

8. Rhode Island - 10-12 - at 2nd place Dayton
9. Fordham - 10-13 - at last place St. Bonaventure

With George Washington's win earlier they're in the tournament. With Davidson's loss earlier they're eliminated.

St. Joe's vs George Washington game tied 1-1 in the 6th
UMass vs St. Louis, UMass up 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th

[RhowdyRam02]

7. UMass - 12-11 - vs 1st place St. Louis

8. Rhode Island - 11-12 - at 3rd place Dayton

To make the tournament we need to finish the sweep at Dayton and UMass needs to lose. If they win and/or we lose our season ends today

[ramster]

URI scored 5 in top of 9th and held Dayton scoreless bottom of 9th to win 16-10 to take game 2 of the 3 game series

[HobbyBurley]

5-3 loss to close out the regular season. Valiant effort to take the first two on the road vs Dayton, but disappointing result for the season to miss out on the A10 tournament.

[RhowdyRam02]

Making the A-10 Tournament in 2024 is getting out of reach. It would seem our baseball program has been in a state of decline for several years now.

Raphael Cerrato is now 129-81 in the Atlantic 10 and just had his first losing conference season, missing out on the A10 tournament for the second time in nine seasons. Our place in the standings have been tied for 2nd, 1st, 2nd, tied for 7th, 6th, 1st in the North, 4th, 7th, 8th.

It feels like this is a facilities issue, like we deal with in so many of our sports. The bump our program received when we were an early adopter in the region of having a turf field is now gone with more programs making the switch and with our turf reaching the end of its life cycle. The good news is we're scheduled for $10 million in improvements to Beck Field

[ramster]

2-seed VCU wins the A10 Tournament defeating 4-seed Richmond 16-1 in the Championship Game

VCU went undefeated in the Tournament so the If-Game was not necessary vs Richmond

1-Seed St Louis got beat by 4-seed Richmond then got beat by 7-seed St Joseph’s in the Losers Bracket

VCU to the NCAA Tournament

[Jdrums#3]

2-seed VCU wins the A10 Tournament defeating 4-seed Richmond 16-1 in the Championship Game

VCU went undefeated in the Tournament so the If-Game was not necessary vs Richmond

1-Seed St Louis got beat by 4-seed Richmond then got beat by 7-seed St Joseph’s in the Losers Bracket

VCU to the NCAA Tournament

16 - 1 loss in the championship game. Yikes!

Good recap, Ramster. Much appreciated. I normally wouldn’t know about this stuff if I didn’t peruse this section.

[ramster]

Some thoughts on this year’s Tournament that was selected today Memorial Day:

Billy Butler, who played 4 years for URI and transferred this year to Southern Mississippi for his GRAD Year, will be the 2-Seed in Knoxville. Tennessee is the #1 Seed among all 64 teams. Butler’s brother is still on the URI baseball team

VCU will be the 3-seed traveling to Greenville SC. East Carolina is the 1-seed in the Greenville pod and the #16 overall seed. Wake Gorest is the 2-seed and Evansville the 4-seed in the Greenville pod


2024 NCAA baseball tournament schedule:
Regionals: Friday, May 31 – Monday, June 3
Super regionals: Friday, June 7 – Sunday, June 9 OR Saturday, June 8 – Monday, June 10

College World Series: Friday, June 14 – Sunday/Monday, June 23/24
2024 NCAA baseball tournament regionals, national seeds:

Knoxville Regional: 1. (1) Tennessee | 2. Southern Miss | 3. Indiana | 4. Northern Kentucky

Lexington Regional: 1. (2) Kentucky | 2. Indiana State | 3. Illinois | 4. Western Michigan

Bryan-College Station Regional: 1. (3) Texas A&M | 2. Louisiana | 3. Texas | 4. Grambling

Chapel Hill Regional: 1. (4) North Carolina | 2. LSU | 3. Wofford | 4. Long Island

Fayetteville Regional: 1. (5) Arkansas | 2. Louisiana Tech | 3. Kansas State | 4. Southeast Missouri State

Clemson Regional: 1. (6) Clemson | 2. Vanderbilt | 3. Coastal Carolina | 4. High Point

Athens Regional: 1. (7) Georgia | 2. UNC Wilmington | 3. Georgia Tech | 4. Army

Tallahassee Regional: 1. (8) Florida State | 2. Alabama | 3. UCF | 4. Stetson

Norman Regional: 1. (9) Oklahoma | 2. Duke | 3. UConn | 4. Oral Roberts

Raleigh Regional: 1. (10) NC State | 2. South Carolina | 3. James Madison | 4. Bryant

Stillwater Regional: 1. (11) Oklahoma State | 2. Nebraska | 3. Florida | 4. Niagara

Charlottesville Regional: 1. (12) Virginia | 2. Mississippi State | 3. St. John's | 4. Pennsylvania

Tucson Regional: 1. (13) Arizona | 2. Dallas Baptist | 3. West Virginia | 4. Grand Canyon

Santa Barbara Regional: 1. (14) UC Santa Barbara | 2. San Diego | 3. Oregon | 4. Fresno State

Corvallis Regional: 1. (15) Oregon State | 2. UC Irvine | 3. Nicholls | 4. Tulane

Greenville Regional: 1. (16) East Carolina | 2. Wake Forest | 3. VCU | 4. Evansville

Teams from the Group of 5:

2-seed Southern Mississippi - Sun Belt
2-seed Louisiana Lafayette - Sun Belt
3-seed Coastal Carolina - Sun Belt
3-seed James Madison - Sun Belt

2-seed Louisiana Tech - Conf USA
2-seed Dallas Baptist - Conf USA

1-seed East Carolina - American Athletic
4-seed Tulane - American Athletic

4-seed Western Michigan - MAC

4-seed Fresno State - Mountain West

[NYGFan_Section208]

Some thoughts on this year’s Tournament that was selected today Memorial Day:

Billy Butler, who played 4 years for URI and transferred this year to Southern Mississippi for his GRAD Year, will be the 2-Seed in Knoxville. Tennessee is the #1 Seed among all 64 teams. Butler’s brother is still on the URI baseball team

VCU will be the 3-seed traveling to Greenville SC. East Carolina is the 1-seed in the Greenville pod and the #16 overall seed. Wake Gorest is the 2-seed and Evansville the 4-seed in the Greenville pod


2024 NCAA baseball tournament schedule:
Regionals: Friday, May 31 – Monday, June 3
Super regionals: Friday, June 7 – Sunday, June 9 OR Saturday, June 8 – Monday, June 10

College World Series: Friday, June 14 – Sunday/Monday, June 23/24
2024 NCAA baseball tournament regionals, national seeds:

Knoxville Regional: 1. (1) Tennessee | 2. Southern Miss | 3. Indiana | 4. Northern Kentucky

Lexington Regional: 1. (2) Kentucky | 2. Indiana State | 3. Illinois | 4. Western Michigan

Bryan-College Station Regional: 1. (3) Texas A&M | 2. Louisiana | 3. Texas | 4. Grambling

Chapel Hill Regional: 1. (4) North Carolina | 2. LSU | 3. Wofford | 4. Long Island

Fayetteville Regional: 1. (5) Arkansas | 2. Louisiana Tech | 3. Kansas State | 4. Southeast Missouri State

Clemson Regional: 1. (6) Clemson | 2. Vanderbilt | 3. Coastal Carolina | 4. High Point

Athens Regional: 1. (7) Georgia | 2. UNC Wilmington | 3. Georgia Tech | 4. Army

Tallahassee Regional: 1. (8) Florida State | 2. Alabama | 3. UCF | 4. Stetson

Norman Regional: 1. (9) Oklahoma | 2. Duke | 3. UConn | 4. Oral Roberts

Raleigh Regional: 1. (10) NC State | 2. South Carolina | 3. James Madison | 4. Bryant

Stillwater Regional: 1. (11) Oklahoma State | 2. Nebraska | 3. Florida | 4. Niagara

Charlottesville Regional: 1. (12) Virginia | 2. Mississippi State | 3. St. John's | 4. Pennsylvania

Tucson Regional: 1. (13) Arizona | 2. Dallas Baptist | 3. West Virginia | 4. Grand Canyon

Santa Barbara Regional: 1. (14) UC Santa Barbara | 2. San Diego | 3. Oregon | 4. Fresno State

Corvallis Regional: 1. (15) Oregon State | 2. UC Irvine | 3. Nicholls | 4. Tulane

Greenville Regional: 1. (16) East Carolina | 2. Wake Forest | 3. VCU | 4. Evansville

Teams from the Group of 5:

2-seed Southern Mississippi - Sun Belt
2-seed Louisiana Lafayette - Sun Belt
3-seed Coastal Carolina - Sun Belt
3-seed James Madison - Sun Belt

2-seed Louisiana Tech - Conf USA
2-seed Dallas Baptist - Conf USA

1-seed East Carolina - American Athletic
4-seed Tulane - American Athletic

4-seed Western Michigan - MAC

4-seed Fresno State - Mountain West

Very nice ballpark and downtown area in Greenville

[UCH21377]

The growth in the Greenville Spartanburg area is incredible. Lots of job growth. Many retirees also. Low cost of living and mild winters. Building like crazy there.

[NYGFan_Section208]

The growth in the Greenville Spartanburg area is incredible. Lots of job growth. Many retirees also. Low cost of living and mild winters. Building like crazy there.

A fun downtown, on (I think Thursday nights in the summer) they block off a good portion of Main Street...beer vendors, live music, good times..at least that's how I remember it

[ramster]

The growth in the Greenville Spartanburg area is incredible. Lots of job growth. Many retirees also. Low cost of living and mild winters. Building like crazy there.

A fun downtown, on (I think Thursday nights in the summer) they block off a good portion of Main Street...beer vendors, live music, good times..at least that's how I remember it

Ideally located about half way between fast growing Charlotte and Atlanta (3.5 hour drive between the two big cities on I-85)

Clemson University is close to Greenville

Greenville Drive Baseball Team is a High-A Minor League Affiliate of the Red Sox. Stadium even has a left field wall similar to Fenway and the Red Sox Ft Myers Spring Training facility.

[ramster]

Hughes Signs with New York Boulders

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KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island Baseball's Tommy Hughes has signed with the New York Boulders of the Frontier League.

An official partner of Major League Baseball, the Boulders are based out of Pomona, N.Y. The right-handed pitcher officially inked his contract on June 4.

Hughes came to Rhode Island by way of Southern Connecticut State and established himself as the Rams' closer. He led the team with a 2.28 ERA, a perfect 4-0 record and five saves. The Newington, Conn. native struck out 39 batters in 27.2 innings of work and limited opposing hitters to a .160 average.

He is the first Ram to sign on to play professionally in 2024. A year ago, both Mark Coley II (Miami Marlins) and Addison Kopack (San Diego Padres) were picked up by Major League organizations. Rhode Island has multiple other former players still in action in Steve Moyers (2013-16; Diablos Rojos del Mexico), Martin Figueroa (2014-17; High Point Rockers) and Jackson Coutts (2018-20; Nothern Colorado Owlz). Former Ram Chris Hess (2014-17) is a hitting coach in the Boston Red Sox organization.



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