TYSONS, Va. (Interstat) — Rhode Island defeated Saint Joseph’s 17-9 on Thursday afternoon at Capital One Park in an Atlantic 10 matchup. The Rams improved to 25-29, while the Hawks dropped to 35-18. Rhode Island collected 20 hits to Saint Joseph’s 10. Ryan King starred, going 3 for 4 with two home runs and three RBIs. Jake Cullen tossed 6.1 innings, allowing zero hits but five earned runs with six strikeouts. Tommy Turner struck out five in 2.1 innings of relief, surrendering two earned runs. Danny Leikus added three hits and two RBIs. Reece Moroney had three hits and an RBI. Jack Hopko drove in two runs. For Saint Joseph’s, Tim Dickinson had two hits and two RBIs, and Joey Pagano had two hits and two RBIs. Peter Bashore allowed two earned runs in 2.2 innings. Jackson Campbell struck out two in two-thirds of an inning. The Rams fell behind 1-0 in the first but took the lead in the fourth on King’s solo homer. They added eight runs over the next two innings to go ahead 10-1. The Hawks scored six in the seventh to cut the deficit to 10-7, but Rhode Island answered with eight in the ninth. Saint Joseph’s added two in the bottom of the ninth. Rhode Island grounded into two double plays.