TOWSON, Md. – Senior Austin Clark tossed six shutout innings, but it did not hold as Rhode Island touched up the Towson bullpen in a 7-2 victory Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened

• The Tigers (3-14) got on the board in the first inning as Richie Palacios singled off the glove of the second baseman and stole second.  After moving to third on a wild pitch, Chris Henze delivered a sacrifice fly to right field.
• Towson added a run in the fifth inning on a Palacios solo home run to right center.  It was the first career home run for the freshman.
• URI (5-8) got on the board in the seventh inning after a leadoff hit batter came around to score on a dropped fly ball in the outfield.
• The Rams took their first lead of the game in the eighth as two Tiger errors led to five runs in the frame. 
• URI added a run in the ninth after Chase Livingston started the inning with a double down the third-base line and came around to score on a Jordan Powell infield single.
• Right hander Austin Clark was very effective in his fifth start of the season.  The senior allowed just four hits and struck out four over six shutout innings. 
• Clark has allowed just one earned run over his last three starts, a span of 16.0 innings.
• Palacios led the offense by going 2-for-4 with his first career home run and two runs scored.
• Paul Beers (0-1) was saddled with the loss after giving up six runs, two earned over 1.2 innings.
• Tyler Wilson (3-1) gave up two earned runs on four hits over seven innings to pick up the victory.

 
On Deck
The two teams will play the middle game of the three-game series Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.  The game was originally scheduled as part of a doubleheader Saturday, but was postponed due to rain.