Men #13 UConn vs Xavier University Musketeers (Friday 5/13/22 @7p on FS1, Saturday 5/14/22 @1p & Sunday 5/15/22 @Noon). Sat./Sun. games on FloSports/Mixlr

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1-2-3 inning for Gallagher.

Xavier making a pitching change heading to B5

Nothing doing for UConn in their half of the inning. 8-1 Huskies.

 

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Gallagher works around a BB in T6 to keep Xavier off the board. Still 8-1.

 

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No score for UConn B6.

Gallagher back out for the T7 @ 86 pitches.

Xavier w/ back to back singles leads to a pitching change for UConn.

Garrett Coe headed in from bullpen.

 

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No score for UConn B6.

Gallagher back out for the T7 @ 86 pitches.

Xavier w/ back to back singles leads to a pitching change for UConn.

Garrett Coe headed in from bullpen.

 

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Casey Dana w/ sac fly makes it 9-1 UConn heeding to the T8

 

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Coe gives up a sac fly to bring it to 9-2 heading to B8

 

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11-2 UConn head to T9.

 

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Garett Coe closes it out… Huskies take game 2 to even the series.

11-3 final.

 

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[uconnbaseball]

Need to win tomorrow to avoid an ugly 1-3 week. Going 2-1 vs Xavier would be acceptable.

 

[scotty0330]

Great day at the Doug. Best crowd I can remember since it opened. Jumped on their throats and never let them up. Whole bullpen minus Coe is available at first sign of trouble. Way to respond and convincingly.

Can’t believe we are already to the last home game tomorrow.

 

[dbmill]

UConn bats were back today from their brief off period, they hit a lot of balls pretty hard today, even the ones that turned into outs. Very little in the way of soft pop outs. Very nice to see, that is for sure. Even the sac flies were hit pretty hard. When it comes to hitting, it is hard to be this good every game, that is for sure.

 

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UConn bullpen looks to be well set up for the final Xavier game tomorrow.

 

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Coach Penders on what he said to Pat Gallagher on his visit to the mound: “It was positive reinforcement, … that’s what I’m gonna tell my mother I said.”

 

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-> On a day the No. 13 UConn baseball team (41-10, 15-2 BIG EAST) dedicated the ballpark to the Elliot family, the Huskies responded with an 11-3 victory against Xavier (27-24, 10-7 BIG EAST) to even the series up…

Game Notes

• Matt Donlan leads the team with four games of driving in four runs or more.
• David Smith has a six-game hit streak and has recorded three-straight multi-hit games. He has tied his season high with a .283 AVG
• Erik Stock has a team-high 29 multi-hit efforts this year.
• Donlan becomes the fourth Husky to hit a grand slam this season (Huber, Dana, Stock).
• The six runs are the most the Huskies have scored in a first inning this season. <-

 

[dbmill]

Here's a photo and tweet from my wife of the ribbon cutting ceremony at Elliot Ballpark today. Doug Elliot and family doing the honors:

 

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UConn bullpen looks to be well set up for the final Xavier game tomorrow.

I would think Garrett Coe is the only reliever who won't be available tomorrow.

UConn's RPI is currently sitting at 42, of course that could fluctuate a bit before the game tomorrow. I think UConn clinches the regular season Big East championship if they win tomorrow. I would think they would have the tie breaker against Creighton from taking that series.

UConn's last four games of the regular season are on the the road. Bryant is currently up to 117, they are up quite a bit since last weekend. A win against Bryant and taking the final Big East series of the season at Georgetown should provide some nice upward RPI movement for the Huskies.

 

[Huskie837]

My first game at Elliot today. Beautiful field, great seats and a nice crowd. Will be back next season for more games!
Go Huskies!
Greg ‘77

 

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[Rdkid]

A lot of hard work, a lot of winning in every way, a lot of good times for this group. Youth is not wasted on the young.

 

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[dbmill]

I tuned in a touch late to the senior day ceremonies. Here are the players who were honored and awarded framed jerseys prior to the game:

Kenny Campbell
Devin Kirby
Cole Chudoba
T.C. Simmons
Enzo Stefanoni
Casey Dana
Matt Donlan
Justin Willis
Kevin Ferrer
Austin Peterson

The following players were honored last season, but returned for another season:

Christian Fedko
Jimmy Wang
Zach Bushling
Erik Stock

Not quite sure if Ben Huber was honored.