West Coast Trip Thread - UC Davis 3/10 @5P ET, 3/11 & 3/12 @4P ET & Santa Clara 3/14 @9p ET

[uconnbaseball]

We have three games against UC Davis, a 4-7 team that has gotten roughed up by the Oregon schools but won a series vs. Utah Valley State and crushed Penn State in a midweek game. I anticipate taking 2 in that series if we play well, but they will not be a walk in the park. They struggle to hit good pitching, so our starters should continue to put up great numbers.

The midweek game vs. Santa Clara is winnable. Statistically, they have one of the worst defenses in college baseball and they struggle to win at home. We should be able to score against them.

BYU will be the toughest test. They are also below .500 but have played a fairly tough schedule so far and were expected to be a regional team this year. They are very beatable if we play our game.

4-3 would be OK but honestly would feel like we're treading water. Let's take 5! Go huskies!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

No Tim Cate again this week against Cal Davis. I had a feeling this would happen when I listened to the Jim Penders weekly interview that was done prior to the games at Stetson last weekend. Had to get him throwing again this past week, and then back on the mound. Just sounded like a bit too much. Hopefully, the BYU games are more realistic for him to come back.

Having PJ Poulin start the Friday game is a bit of a surprise, rather than one of the other designated starters like Domnarski, Nepiarsky, or Zapata. I suspect that Nepiarsky and Zapata don't have the hight confidence of the coaching staff, while Domnarski's role may be determined by how well Poulin does. If Poulin throws a solid set of innings, Domnarski might find himself back in the lefty role out of the bullpen, with Poulin possibly a candidate to get midweek starts.

 

[dbmill]

One piece of good news on the injury front. In the game notes for this weekend posted on the UConn athletics website, the projected starting lineup has Willy Yahn starting at 3B.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2016-17/release/release_20170309aaa.pdf

 

[uconnbaseball]

Damn, Cate vs. these mediocre teams is almost a free win. That loss to WMU hurts, and if we lose a 7-6 game to UC Davis...

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

One piece of good news on the injury front. In the game notes for this weekend posted on the UConn athletics website, the projected starting lineup has Willy Yahn starting at 3B. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...o_pdf/2016-17/release/release_20170309aaa.pdf

 

[huskymedic]

Outfield shuffle w/ Yahn back.

 

[huskymedic]

We'll see...



YouTube link

 

[dbmill]

Gerbils seem to have taken over the WHUS broadcast. It's mostly unintelligible.

 

[huskymedic]

We'll see...



YouTube link

Free stream! Working well.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Free stream! Working well.

WHUS Feed is a ahead of Video Stream.

 

[JeannoCT]

WHUS on radio playing music? I'm watching the stream, but no audio with WHUS?

 

[dbmill]

Chris Jones seems to have thrown the gerbils off the WHUS broadcast. The broadcast sounds good now.

UConn has a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd.

 

[JeannoCT]

audio back

 

[dbmill]

Poulin gets a double play ball to get out of the bottom of the 2nd. 2-0 UConn lead.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 23s 23 seconds ago
B3: Aggies 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB in the third
#UConn 2, UC Davis 3

 

[ATLDYKA]

They are running all over us. Not sure if it is Poulin not going a good job of holding them or not. He is a lefty so you wouldn't think they'd be getting big leads

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
Huskies strand a runner at third to end the fourth. #UConn 2, UC Davis 3

Rajkowski comes into start B4 (gives up lead off single)

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
Huskies strand a runner at third to end the fourth. #UConn 2, UC Davis 3

Rajkowski comes into start B4 (gives up lead off single)

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 1m 1 minute ago
Rajkowski twirls a zero in the fourth. #UConn 2, UC Davis 3

 

[dbmill]

Top of 5th, Moriarty single, Krueger sacrifices him to 2nd, and a Prato double drives in Moriarty. Tie score with Huskies still at bat.

 

[dbmill]

Rajkowski gives up a run on back to back doubles in the bottom of the 5th. Cal Davis leads 4-3 going into the top of the 6th.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Might be another game we needed Cate. At least Yahn looks good.