Spider Baseball Drops Series Finale to Rhode Island

Sunday, March 29

Richmond, Va.

12:00 PM

University of Richmond

14-14, 3-6

Rhode Island

8-18, 3-6

Rhode Island

Richmond

Aidan O'Keefe launches a home run in the third

03/29/2026 | Baseball

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RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond baseball team dropped a 2-1 decision to Rhode Island Sunday afternoon in Atlantic 10 Conference play at Pitt Field.

Richmond, now 14-14 on the season and 3-6 in league play, heads on the road for nine-straight games beginning on Tuesday, March 31 at Maryland. First pitch against the Terps is set for 4 p.m. and will be streamed on Big Ten Network+.

A pitcher's duel from the jump, Rhode Island tallied the game's first run in the third. The Rams connected a hit batter, sacrifice bunt and base hit to scratch a run across.

The Spiders answered in the bottom of the third when Aidan O'Keefe launched the first pitch of his at bat over the left field wall to tie the game.

URI got two doubles in the top of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. UR starter Jackson Hinchliffe allowed just two runs on four hits, three doubles, one walk, a hit batter and struck out two in six and a third of an inning of work.

The Spiders left five runners on in the game, including a runner in scoring position in the fifth through eighth innings. Along with O'Keefe's home run, Dylan Winebrenner and Trevor Dosenbach had the Spiders other two hits in the game.

Justin Gay kept the Rams off the board in his inning of work, getting two strikeouts to end the seventh and his third swing-and-miss to start the eighth. Dom Ruggiero finished the final inning and two-thirds, walking one, hitting one and striking out two.