Rhode Island 4, Connecticut 10

Connecticut    1 2 3   0 0 1   3 0 0 - 10 12 1

Rhode Island    1 0 0   0 0 2   1 0 0 -  4 10 2

C: Ryan Christopher, Shawn Hoggatt (4), Joe Smeraglino (6), Erik Drown (8) and Mike Leonard, Tyler Stefkovich (8). RI: Mike Lefort, Mike Harris (4), Dave Lipson (7), Matt Preston (8), Keith Ross (9) and Dan Tucker. Win- Hoggatt (1-0). Loss - Lefort (0-2). 2B - Maler (C), Mocerino (C), Batz (R), Lamboy (R), Trout 2 (R). HR - Soteropoulos (C), Leonard (C), Mocerino 2 (C), Trubia (C).

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KINGSTON, RI (APRIL 10) - Mike Mocerino (Northboro, MA) hit two home runs to lead the University of Connecticut to a 10-4 win over the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, April 10, at Bill Beck Field. The win moves the Huskies to 16-11 on the season, while the Rams fall to 12-16.

The Huskies started the scoring in the top of the first on a solo home run by Peter Soteropoulos (Peabody, MA). Rhode Island tied the game in the bottom of the inning on an RBI double by Dan Batz.

UConn would take the lead for good adding two runs in the second and three runs in the third. In the second UConn scored on a Mike Leonard (Vernon, CT) solo shot and then on an unearned run scored by Mocerino, who doubled in the inning. Mocerino continued his run producing in the third with a three run home run that scored Mike McDonough (Abington, MA) and Bryan Maler (Ansonia, CT).

The Huskies would increase their lead to 7-1 in the sixth on a Dan Trubia (Tolland, CT) home run, but Rhode Island would come back with two in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI double by Justin Lamboy and an RBI single by Dan Tucker.

Connecticut would add three insurance runs in the seventh on Mocerino's second three run home run of the day. Rhode Island would add one in the bottom of the inning on a Batz RBI single for the final of 10-4.

The winning pitcher for the Huskies Shawn Hoggatt (Milford, CT) and the losing pitcher for Rhode Island is Mike Lefort. UConn's starting pitcher Ryan Christopher (Suffern, NY) pitched well going three innings, while allowing one run on three hits.