UConn Baseball - Last non-conference regular season game @ URI 5/12/15

[huskymedic]

>>Fresh off a weekend sweep of Cincinnati, the UConn baseball team (32-20) begins a regular season-ending four-game road trip with a midweek tilt at Rhode Island (22-20-1) on Tuesday afternoon. The Huskies and Rams will square off for the 182nd time in the respective histories of the two programs, with URI the most-played opponent in UConn's history. First pitch from Bill Beck Field is set for 3:30 p.m.<<

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/051115aaa.html

 

[mets1090]

As long as Zapata is his usual self, this should be a win. Need this win to keep the hopes of an at large alive/reasonable. Without it they need to sweep Houston in addition to having a solid AAC tournament showing.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Up 1-0 on a Sundberg homer. Bases loaded, nobody out Top 1. I don't think there's GameTracker today.

 

[huskymedic]

UConnBaseball 3:41pm via Twitter for iPhone
T1 | Max McDowell lifts his NCAA-leading 10th sacrifice fly of the year to center to plate Siena. #UConn 2, URI 0

UConnBaseball 3:44pm via Twitter for iPhone
T1 | DUFF...double! DeRoche-Duffin drives home a pair with a two-run two-nagger and #UConn leads it 4-0.#BleedBlue

UConnBaseball 3:47pm via Twitter for iPhone
T1 | Now Willy Yahn gets in on the action with an RBI single that scores DeRoche-Duffin. #UConn up 5-0, Rhody making a pitching change.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Already chased URI's starter out of the game. 5-0 now still Top 1.

 

[Stainmaster]

Outstanding start by the offense.

 

[huskymedic]

UConnBaseball 3:56pm via Twitter for iPhone
Mid 1 | #UConn explodes for six runs on six hits in the top of the first...Huskies up 6-0 with Zapata heading to the hill. #BleedBlue

 

[huskymedic]

UConnBaseball4:07pm via Twitter for iPhone
End 1 | #UConn 6, Rhode Island 2. Rams get a pair back with a two-run single in the bottom of the first.

Now shut them down!

 

[ATLDYKA]

Rhode Islands athletic site has a gametracker.
http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-basebl/2014-15/boxscores/20150512_pgyj.xml#

 

[huskymedic]

That's better:

UConnBaseball4:29pm via Twitter for iPhone
End 2 | #UConn 8, Rhode Island 2. Zapata strikes out the side in order in the bottom of the second.#BleedBlue

 

[UConn4ever]

8-2 going to bottom 3

 

[huskypantz]

8-2 top 6th.

 

[dbmill]

Just got home, flipped on the radio. I sometimes listen to WRIU the University of Rhode Island radio station in the evening, and I had left it there last night. So that is how I found out that both WHUS and WRIU are carrying the game today. It's rare when you can say that about two college radio stations.

 

[dbmill]

Zapata does sound good today, seems to be showing good control, which is not always the case for him.

 

[dbmill]

WHUS guys say both Over (due to injury) and Darras are not available today.

 

[huskypantz]

Bases juiced top of 7th, no outs.

 

[dbmill]

11-2 UConn lead in bottom of 7th. Montgomerie in to relieve, I believe the first relief stint he has had since his string of midweek starts. First batter gets on, but is erased on a double play, and then Mongomerie quickly gets out of the inning.

 

[dbmill]

Nepiarsky makes what seems like his now customary late inning midweek relief appearance in the 8th. Allows his first hit allowed (in 9 innings of work) to the first hitter he faced.

 

[dbmill]

Nepiarsky strikes out the next hitter. Ryan Radue is now coming in to relieve him.

 

[dbmill]

A run scores, Radue gets an out, and now Max Slade (who hasn't been in a game in a very long time) is coming in to get the final out of the 8th. I guess Penders wants to get a lot of relievers some work in the last midweek non conference game.

 

[dbmill]

I was thinking that a midweek rout would not be complete without an appearance by Callahan Brown. Sure enough, Brown is in to pitch the 9th.

 

[dbmill]

Brown gets two outs, and now the really seldom used Joe Rivera is coming on to get the last out.

 

[huskymedic]

Uncle!!!

 

[dbmill]

Uncle!!!

I agree. Holmes comes in and finally gets the last out. At least Ruotolo didn't have to come in.

 

[huskymedic]

UConnBaseball 6:47pm via TweetDeck
FINAL: #UConn 11, Rhody 5. Huskies improve to 10-2 against New England neighbors and 33-20 on the year.#BleedBlue