2016 NCAA Baseball Tournament - UConn's Road to Omaha

[Dove]

Sweet Jesus!

Lead off walk and a single...

 

[tykurez]

Big double play with 2-on and nobody out!!

 

[Dove]

DP!

Now stay away from Gonzalez...get this guy (Bailey)!

 

[tykurez]

Tying run at the plate after a run scores. Just need one more out ...

 

[tykurez]

Good grief - jam shot to left field. Gonzalez the winning run at the plate.

 

[Dove]

Bases loaded!

2 out

Up comes clean up hitter who is oh for 4.

 

[tykurez]

Bases loaded!

2 out

Thankfully it was just 1st and 2nd. 1-run game after that Gonzalez hit.

 

[ASweet3781]

They are really going to blow this?

 

[Dove]

MAKE THAT 0-5!!!!!!

Huskies win!

 

[tykurez]

Pop out! Got the win!!!

 

[CL82]

Whew!

 

[Fairfield_1st]

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.

 

[Gurleyman]

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.

,
Shut up Dove

 

[Stainmaster]

They are really going to blow this?

Awful mojo. .

 

[Dove]

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.

Waiting for the Gonzalez result had me hyperventilating.

Now the drive home will be relaxing as it should be.

 

[The Viking]

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.

 

[Stainmaster]

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.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Cannot play like that against Florida and expect to win, but at this point in the season, we take those.

 

[The Viking]

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.

 

[Stainmaster]

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.

Winner's bracket/loser's bracket, double elimination.

 

[Bezzz]

For those who've followed all year, based on his pitch count is Ruotolo unavailable tomorrow? I Kay we trust.

 

[4in16]

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.

 

[businesslawyer]

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.

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.

 

[itgoeslike]

A little too close for comfort, but a win is a win, especially this time of year.