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Rhode Island Takes Game One Behind Boyce's Complete Game
05/14/2010 | Baseball
May 14, 2010
KINGSTON, R.I. - Ian Marshall matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts over seven strong innings, but the senior was out-dueled by a dominating two-hit, complete game from Tim Boyce and Rhode Island defeated Richmond, 6-0, Friday afternoon in the first game of an Atlantic 10 series in Kingston, R.I.
Rhode Island maintained its hold on second place in the A-10 and improved to 25-21 overall and 14-8 in the A-10, while the Spiders slipped to 22-25, 8-14.
Boyce, the reigning A-10 Pitcher of the Week, fanned nine and allowed just two hits over his second-straight complete game (third this season) to improve to 4-3. Evan Laude had two hits and two RBI to aid Boyce's cause.
With Boyce and Marshall cruising, Rhode Island pushed a run across in the first, one in the fourth and broke the game open with three in sixth inning. The Rams pounded out 12 hits in the victory. Marshall was tagged the loss for Richmond (3-4).
Mike Mergenthaler, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games, and Billy Barber accounted for the Spiders' hits.
The series continues Saturday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. and the game is televised by Cox Cable in Rhode Island.
