WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Interstat) — Yariel Rodriguez homered, doubled and drove in four runs to lead the Towson Tigers to a 15-3 victory over the William & Mary Tribe in a Colonial Athletic Association game Friday night at Plumeri Park.

Rodriguez, who entered the game in a 3-for-12 slump over his previous four outings, went 2 for 5 with a two-run homer in the second inning and a two-run double in the sixth as Towson improved to 18-29 overall. William & Mary fell to 20-27.

The Tigers scored first in the top of the second after Janove walked and Rodriguez launched his second home run of the season to left field, giving Towson a 2-0 lead. The Tribe answered in the bottom of the third when Sam Kaczmarek homered to left, his second, cutting the deficit to 2-1.

Towson extended the lead in the fourth. Janove walked again, advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and Nick LoBello hit his first home run of the season to left, scoring Janove to make it 4-1. William & Mary responded in the bottom of the fourth with two runs. After a single by Bartletti and a stolen base, Ecker singled and Francella singled to short, driving in two and pulling the Tribe within 4-3.

The turning point came in the sixth inning. Janove reached on a fielding error by third baseman Kosuda, and Max D’Alessandro doubled to deep center. Rodriguez then doubled down the left-field line, scoring Janove and D’Alessandro to push the lead to 6-3. LoBello followed with an RBI single, scoring Rodriguez to make it 7-3. That ended the Tribe’s momentum as Towson’s bullpen took over.

Starter Dutch DeProspero tossed five innings, allowing three earned runs on no hits with three strikeouts. Jacob Whiteman relieved and threw three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. Vincent Salvo pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts.

Towson broke the game open in the eighth. With the bases loaded and one out, D’Alessandro hit a grand slam to left, his sixth home run of the season, scoring Rodriguez, Brian Heckelman and Janove to make it 11-3. In the ninth, Heckelman added a three-run homer to left center, his ninth, capping the scoring.

Rodriguez finished with four RBIs and a stolen base. D’Alessandro went 2 for 3 with a double, a homer and four RBIs. LoBello had two hits, including a homer, and three RBIs. Heckelman also homered and drove in three. Towson totaled 10 hits, while William & Mary had seven.

For the Tribe, Kaczmarek homered and Francella had two RBIs. Tom Bourque pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, allowing two earned runs on four hits.

The game was the first of a three-game series between the conference rivals. Towson and William & Mary meet again Saturday and Sunday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of William & Mary 5, Towson 3, and Interstat’s ELO system gave the Tribe a 72.50 percent probability to win.