Men #15 UConn @ Northeastern Huskies (Tuesday 4/26/22 @Friedman Diamond @2:30p) Game on NESN+ and Mixlr

[Skiblets]

How so? he dropped a short hop throw?

Sorry. Deleted

 

[HookC22]

Sorry. Deleted

No problem. I looked away and was just listening to the NU broadcast and thought I missed something.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, Afthim gets the first 2 outs, then gives up 2 walks before getting a pop out to end the inning, game tied at 2.

Chris Jones thinking Afthim in future seasons could end up being a weekend starter or the closer for UConn.

 

[Tmill15]

TC is definitely struggling as of late

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, with 2 outs, Huber and Donlan both get on base with walks. Nothing comes of this attempt at a 2 out rally. Game tied at 2.

 

[huskymedic]

Top 9th, with 2 outs, Huber and Donlan both get on base with walks. Nothing comes of this attempt at a 2 out rally. Game tied at 2.

Man… I had a Bye Bye Balboni post all ready to go.

 

[huskymedic]

Top 9th, with 2 outs, Huber and Donlan both get on base with walks. Nothing comes of this attempt at a 2 out rally. Game tied at 2.

Man… I had a Bye Bye Balboni post all ready to go

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Afthim gets the first 2 outs on strikeouts, and then gives up a 2 out single. Brendan O'Donnell coming in to face a lefty hitter.

O'Donnell gets a fly out for the final out, game going to extra innings with the score tied at 2.

 

[dbmill]

Top 10th, leading off the inning Smith is hit by a pitch, moves to 2B on a passed ball. A sac bunt attempt by Chris Brown puts runners at the corners with no outs when Northeastern tries to get the runner going to 3B. With 1 out, Stock is intentionally walked to load the bases. Simmons is hit by a pitch, UConn leads 3-2. Bushling drives in 2 runs with a single, 5-2 UConn.

 

[JeannoCT]

Yeah baby!!

 

[dbmill]

Man… I had a Bye Bye Balboni post all ready to go

I think it is time for that post.

 

[Tmill15]

The short king comes up clutch!!!

 

[huskymedic]

Top 10th, leading off the inning Smith is hit by a pitch, moves to 2B on a passed ball. A sac bunt attempt by Chris Brown puts runners at the corners with no outs when Northeastern tries to get the runner going to 3B. With 1 out, Stock is intentionally walked to load the bases. Simmons is hit by a pitch, UConn leads 3-2. Bushling drives in 2 runs with a single, 5-2 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

Top 10th, a 1 out Huber walk loads the bases again for UConn. No more runs come in, but the damage has been done. 5-2 UConn.

Justin Willis in to pitch for UConn.

 

[Skiblets]

Not getting any warmer here

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 10th, Willis gets a 1-2-3 inning, UConn gets the 5-2 victory!

 

[huskymedic]

Welp from an agita standpoint these close games are rough but I’m thinking these gut it out close wins build confidence and help the mojo in the long run.

(That my story and I’m sticking to it)

 

[Tmill15]

UConn wins!!!! Justin Willis slams the door shut! Great comeback win for Skies today, still gotta get the offense going but a gutsy win for sure!

 

[Tmill15]

Welp from an agita standpoint these close games are rough but I’m thinking these gut it out close wins build confidence and help in the long run.

(That my story and I’m sticking to it)

I like that story

 

[huskymedic]

Bottom 10th, Willis gets a 1-2-3 inning, UConn gets the 5-2 victory!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Skiblets]

Penders mentioned Smith in the postgame. He was pretty angry during the game when it happened. Pretty calm coach but he was pissed at the time

 

[huskymedic]

No.15 HookC Rallies, Beats Northeastern in Extras, 5-2

-> Game Notes

• Head coach Jim Penders is 13-0 against Northeastern in Brookline, Mass as a student-athlete, assistant and head coach.
• UConn has won 11 in a row at Northeastern with the last loss coming in 1996.
• The Huskies are 4-0 in extra inning games with all four ending in the 10th inning.
• Tuesday was the second time that the Huskies won this season when trailing entering the seventh. <-

 

[hardcorehusky]

For fans, a win wire to wire alleviates stress. For a team, constructing different ways of winning games builds on a winning mentality and a never say die attitude. Even though, we have struggled over the last four games, we have gone 3 and 1 with a major facet not functioning well. This bodes well for tournament time.

 

[dbmill]

Penders mentioned Smith in the postgame. He was pretty angry during the game when it happened. Pretty calm coach but he was pissed at the time

Coach Penders says they didn't play UConn Husky baseball for the first 6 innings. The David Smith play of not running to 1B on the strikeout is held out as a prime example by Penders.

Penders also gave a mention to Devin Kirby's inning. That's the second game in a row he has had a good pitching outing in a tight game. I wonder if we will be seeing more of Kirby in similar situations, it wouldn't surprise me if we do.