Men 2022 UConn Baseball @ NCAA Tournament’s Palo Alto, CA. Super-Regional vs #2 Stanford

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnbaseball]

We have the advantage tomorrow with Peterson vs their #2. End this tomorrow, because I don't know if we can win a game 3 out here.

 

[JeannoCT]

Now I’ll be awake till 3 after this finish. See you tomorrow night!

 

[AtlantaHusky]

between our boys playing awesome tonight and that UFC card wow what a great night.

yikes that was scary as ef. hope we can play well tomorrow.

 

[lavuuk153]

Willis might be our worst closer in a decade.

5.54 era on the year after tonight.

 

[navery12]

Not ideal needing to use Willis there but they'll have everyone but Coe available out of the bullpen tomorrow still. Needed to win that 1st game

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Looks like we’re going to need 7 innings from Peterson tomorrow to win this thing.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Couple of thoughts:
1) Stanford hit 8 home runs and lost.
2) momentum in baseball is only as good as your starting pitcher
3) we have our ace going tomorrow. The way Petersen battles, I think he comes up big.

 

[Rocko52]

That was a super ugly 9th but god damn I’ll take it

 

[Tmill15]

Couple of thoughts:
1) Stanford hit 8 home runs and lost.
2) momentum in baseball is only as good as your starting pitcher
3) we have our ace going tomorrow. The way Petersen battles, I think he comes up big.

Gotta limit the longball tomorrow that’s for sure but I couldn’t be happier, great win for the guys.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Willis might be our worst closer in a decade.

Not true!!!

 

[lavuuk153]

Not true!!!

I pulled decade out of my ass but off the top of my head I remember Wallace, Russell, Poulin, Wurster, and Ruotolo. Who are you putting Willis over?

 

[Travelman6]

Would it really be a big UConn win if they didn't give us multiple heart attacks along the way?

 

[Bomber36]

Great…now I’m too wound up to sleep.

 

[alphasigko]

Great early effort... Weak finish...a good win in the end.... The pen must perform better than this...

 

[Storrs South]

 

[housekeys]

The first inning of game 2 will be important as heck. AP must take control and neutralize some of the Stanford momentum. If our bats do some damage, that will help. I am beginning to conclude we can hit against any top level pitching, but our pitching against top level hitting seems inconsistent. Still, this was the overall 2 seed, so you take the win and grin.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

Eight Home Runs Not Enough

No. 2 Stanford (45-16) connected for eight home runs, including four in the bottom of the ninth, but came up one run short in a 13-12 loss to Connecticut (50-14) on Saturday night in the opening game of a best-of-three super regional being played at Sunken Diamond.

gostanford.com

HookC Outslugs No. 2 Stanford, 13-12, in Game 1 of Supers - University of Connecticut Athletics

STANFORD, CA. - The UConn baseball team (50-14) won an offensive shootout against No. 2 Stanford, 13-12, to take game one of the Super Regionals at Sunken Di...

uconnhuskies.com

Game Notes:

• Eight of the nine Huskies recorded an extra-base hit en route to a season-high 10 exta base hits.
• The Huskies moved to 7-2 against Power 5 conference schools this season.
• Pat Gallagher recorded his 11th win of the season, tying Matt Barnes (2011) and Austin Peterson (2022) for second most in a single season (Colin McLaughlin, 12, 1979).
• Erik Stock registered a pair of hits on Saturday to move to 96 hits on the season. He sits alone in second with most hits in a UConn single season (Mike Nemeth, 98, 2010).

 

[Chin Diesel]

I tip my hat to everyone who stayed up and watched the whole game.

I was doing touch and go's and nodding off by third inning and completely asleep by the fourth. Woke up on coach around 1am central time.

Checked box score this morning and obviously "whoa" was an understated reaction.

Great win and ace on the mound today.

 

[businesslawyer]

Great…now I’m too wound up to sleep.

LOL. I’ve given up on getting into any real sleep. Back up. This is going to be a long day.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

LOL. I’ve given up on getting into any real sleep. Back up. This is going to be a long day.

Hey, I got nearly four hours in.

 

[dvegas]

13-12 UConn will be like the Clemson sweet 16 game in 1990. I was there, have the ticket stub and pictures to prove it. At least 50k fans claim to have been @ Brendan Byrne that night. Who, besides a dedicated few (including me), really stayed up to watch all 9 innings last night?