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Dove said:
Not watching here. Did the Huskies simply ease up on the gas since Cate was dealing and they want to stay fresh?
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Not watching either, but UConn stopped hitting - only an infield single off a freshman slop pitcher with a 7.50 ERA in four innings. Cate started laboring and falling behind hitters and they pulled him after a lead off single in the seventh. The bullpen started walking people and gave up a two-run HR in eighth. Had to go to closer (Ruotolo) for a two-inning save try when it looked like he would be able to rest up. He did well in the eighth but three outs to go.
 
RUOTOLO with 1-2-3 8th.

Ruotolo...36.1 innings over 23 appearances. 1.73 ERA with batters hitting .198 against him.

11 saves. Soon to be 12.
 
Huskies go quietly in 9th with a 7-4 lead.

Wreck has their 8-9-1 batters coming up!
 
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Lead off walk and a single...
 
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Big double play with 2-on and nobody out!!
 
DP!

Now stay away from Gonzalez...get this guy (Bailey)!
 
Tying run at the plate after a run scores. Just need one more out ...
 
Good grief - jam shot to left field. Gonzalez the winning run at the plate.
 
Bases loaded!

2 out

Up comes clean up hitter who is oh for 4.
 
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And now I can breathe. It's difficult waiting for a new line to show up on a web page telling me that someone made an out.
 
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Dove said:
RUOTOLO with 1-2-3 8th.

Ruotolo...36.1 innings over 23 appearances. 1.73 ERA with batters hitting .198 against him.

11 saves. Soon to be 12.
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Shut up Dove :)
 
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Fairfield_1st said:
And now I can breathe. It's difficult waiting for a newline to show up on a web page telling me that someone made an out.
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Waiting for the Gonzalez result had me hyperventilating.

Now the drive home will be relaxing as it should be.
 
Do we usually play our LF on the warning track? We had two bloops fall in that inning where regular shift they're probably caught. I know you want to play prevent defense but I think he had part of his shoe literally on the track.
 
For those of you who are new to following the team, let me tell you; this game was emblematic of the entire season.
  • Outstanding starting pitching.
  • Hitters showing flashes of their ability (which they definitely have), but inexplicably going cold for long stretches of time.
  • Bullpen is a huge weakness outside of Ruotolo, making every single lead anxiety-inducing.
Really glad they pulled it off though.
 
Cannot play like that against Florida and expect to win, but at this point in the season, we take those.
 
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Is this round robin? Does it go by best record and then for ties run differential or something like that? Excuse my stupidity. I know next round is best of 3.
 
The Viking said:
Is this round robin? Does it go by best record and then for ties run differential or something like that? Excuse my stupidity. I know next round is best of 3.
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Winner's bracket/loser's bracket, double elimination.
 
For those who've followed all year, based on his pitch count is Ruotolo unavailable tomorrow? I Kay we trust.
 
At this point, as hard as it is to blow a 7-0 lead to a 7-6 win. You take the win and move on anyway you can get it this time of year. Tomorrow is a new day and new game and today's finish is in the past.
 
The Viking said:
Do we usually play our LF on the warning track? We had two bloops fall in that inning where regular shift they're probably caught. I know you want to play prevent defense but I think he had part of his shoe literally on the track.
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It's o.k. when the tieing run is at the plate and you don't want to allow a double. The hit we gave up when we were up 3 with a man on first and no one out was coaching malpractice. Doesn't matter if that guy doubles -- you want to increase the odds of keeping him off base. And what makes baseball a great game, of course, is the next guy hits into a DP and if that guy had been on 2d instead of first, we probably lose.
 
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