#19/#23 UConn @ Memphis@ FedEx Park (Fri. 5/4@7:30p EST, Sat.5/5@6:40 EST & Sun. 5/6@2p EST) Updated

[SAMCRO]

UCF-UH Rain out, double header tomorrow.
Tulane - ECU 5-5 in the 6th.
UC 8 - WSU 2 in the 8th

 

[dbmill]

Damn, but great outing by Feole tonight.

It certainly qualifies as a quality start for Feole.

 

[dbmill]

Wallace strikeout ends the 8th inning. 5-1 UConn.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Big K! Going to the 9th up 5-1.

 

[uconnbaseball]

UCF-UH Rain out, double header tomorrow.
Tulane - ECU 5-5 in the 6th.
UC 8 - WSU 2 in the 8th

Tulane beat USM like a drum Tuesday. They are no joke.

WSU is dying on the vine.

 

[HawkHusky]

Big time Wallace! He done cured my angina for the night!

 

[HawkHusky]

Cincy and Tulane have really picked up play during the second half of the season. Those are quality series wins.

 

[dbmill]

Big time Wallace! He done cured my angina for the night!

I never had it. This game hasn't felt all that threatening tonight with Feole and Wallace doing their thing.

 

[huskymedic]

Damn, but great outing by Feole tonight.

 

[dbmill]

Wallace staying on for the bottom of the 9th.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Game tracker has Joe Rivera in at SS. Can anyone confirm? Never mind, they switched it back

 

[huskymedic]

Game tracker has Joe Rivera in at SS. Can anyone confirm?

Prato switched jersey for unknown reason

 

[HawkHusky]

Game tracker has Joe Rivera in at SS. Can anyone confirm?

Prato wearing Rivera's number for some reason.

 

[dbmill]

1-2-3 inning for Wallace, Jake gets the save, UConn gets the 5-1 win!

 

[huskymedic]

Well, that was nice.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Wallace threw 15 pitches - he can be used tomorrow!!

Good efficient win.

 

[HawkHusky]

Love an angina-less win!

 

[uconnbaseball]

Quality performance by everyone. We look like a legit host caliber team out there.

 

[SAMCRO]

Great result for the good guys. Pretty dominant and comfortable from the get go.

UC finished off WSU
ECU 6- Tulane 5 T8

 

[Baseballguy]

This team has the consistency and grit previous years lacked. When Cate comes back, look out!

 

[dbmill]

I agree 100% which is why it drives me nuts. There are times when you just don't need to be so aggressive. Don't give them outs when they are struggling to get them.

So tell me, are you enjoying the season? It sure seems like you don't, as you rarely if ever say anything positive about the team or Penders in a year where they are doing so well that UConn could get a host seed. You are so focused on the mistakes that the team makes that you don't seem to enjoy or even acknowledge all the good things this team does, which includes winning a bunch of games.

 

[uconnbaseball]

ECU locks down the big win at Tulane.

 

[Baseballguy]

Warren Nolan is having a rough night.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Warren Nolan is having a rough night.

What are you talking about?

Are you implying LSU isn't the worst team in the country?

 

[dbmill]

Warren Nolan is having a rough night.

Warren Nolan is more or less back to normal, just took them all night.

 

[Guapo]

They certainly did their homework. Talked about:

- Our baseball history (CWS appearances)
- New baseball/softball/soccer facilities to come
- How we schedule and our quality road record
- Feldstein's absence and how Penders is an old-school kind of coach who holds everyone accountable (apparently Feldstein was late to a few team meetings)

I've never watched another school's broadcast where they were as knowledgeable and complimentary of the opponent's program. Really good stuff (and quality camera-work) by Memphis.

Hey, thanks!

 

[dbmill]

One thing that has become quite evident in recent games is that PJ Poulin and Jake Wallace are now co closers on this team. I've never been a fan of bullpen roles absolutely etched in stone and more a fan of bullpen use flexibility, so this certainly a positive development. It also helps for next season when Poulin is gone to the pros, the team will already have someone who is experienced in finishing tight games.

 

[HawkHusky]

It will be interesting to see how Bowlan pitches today after his record-breaking performance last weekend.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Bowland, the Memphis pitcher we face today has a 2.78 ERA and a 22-3 strikeout to walk ratio. He won both of Memphis's conference games (USF, UCF), and neither game was close. This game will not be a cakewalk.

On the bright side, we don't walk much anyway and he is extremely hittable (gives up over a hit an inning).

 

[dbmill]

Bowland, the Memphis pitcher we face today has a 2.78 ERA and a 22-3 strikeout to walk ratio. He won both of Memphis's conference games (USF, UCF), and neither game was close. This game will not be a cakewalk.

On the bright side, we don't walk much anyway and he is extremely hittable (gives up over a hit an inning).

UConn batters are doing ok on the walk stat. By my way of thinking, I always like to see a hitter have have a 10% walk rate per official at bats, realizing that walks don't actually count as an at bat. So if you look in the stats and see a player with 100 at bats, I like to see at least 10 walks. UConn has a total of 1406 at bats so far this season, with a total 133 walks. So with only 8 more walks UConn would be at the 10% total that I use as a guideline. Earlier in the season UConn hitters were way behind in the walk totals, so they have been gaining in recent weeks. So the news is not all bad on this front at all.

If UConn wants to add to their walk totals, Nucerino is the player to look at. It's a small sample size, but 41 official at bats, he has 11 walks, so he is way over my 10%, in fact he is over 20%.