Men #25 UConn @ Kent State Golden Flashes (Fri. 4/1/22 @3p, Sat. 4/2/22 @1p & Sun. 4/3/22 @ 1p). Games streamed on KSU BoxCast and UConn Audio on Mixlr.

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Sounds like very close quarters in the Kent State Press Box…

I've been thinking the same thing since the beginning of the game. Hear the Kent State play by play while listening to Chris Jones.

 

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Top 7th, UConn goes down in order.

Brady Afthim warming in the UConn bullpen.

 

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Bottom 7th, Petersen strands a runner a 2B, strikes out 2 more to give him 9 on the game.

 

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Top 8th, UConn offense goes down in order. 4-3 Huskies.

 

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Bottom 8th, Peterson on the mound to start the inning. A scoreless inning for Peterson, 4-3 UConn.

 

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Top 9th, UConn with a scoreless inning.

Chris Jones talking about all the pop outs and fly outs by the UConn bats. The implication is that they are swinging for the fences again.

Justin Willis taking the mound for the bottom of the 9th.

 

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Bottom 9th, Willis strikes out the side!! Willis gets the save, UConn the 4-3 victory.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Great start to this series vs a team that always seems to win a boatload of games!

 

[Bomber36]

Good pitching today.

 

[Tmill15]

What a gutsy win by the guys today. Peterson fought all outing long and the guys rewarded him with a win!! Great inning by Willis! Another double digit strikeout performance from Peterson today and 3 clutch RBIs from Bush!!

 

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[huskymedic]

 

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This might be the first time I've seen snow flurries with these postgame interviews.

Coach Penders quite pleased with the pitching, but he's sick of all the pop ups that he saw from the UConn bats.

 

[Viet Vet]

Would have been a killer loss. Given the weak RPI of the remainder of our schedule, we can afford very few losses. If we want to even contemplate hosting a sub-regional, win or hit the road.

 

[Viet Vet]

This might be the first time I've seen snow flurries with these postgame interviews.

Coach Penders quite pleased with the pitching, but he's sick of all the pop ups that he saw from the UConn bats.

Pop-ups often are the result of swinging for the fences. Perhaps all the early season home runs have influenced our behavior.

 

[freescooter]

RPI is so bogus in baseball. Best teams are going to lose a few including one or two to bad teams. Even the 1927 Yankees, considered by many the best team of all times, lost 30% of their games.

 

[Pudge]

you have to like that our lineup took 8 walks; that was important in the early innings,

 

[ATLDYKA]

Top 9th, UConn with a scoreless inning.

Chris Jones talking about all the pop outs and fly outs by the UConn bats. The implication is that they are swinging for the fences again.

Justin Willis taking the mound for the bottom of the 9th.

Yes, was thinking the same thing. All this early season power and top it off with short fences and wind blowing out to right leads to swinging for the fences.

 

[huskymedic]

No. 25 HookC Gets Great Pitching to Beat Kent State, 4-3 - University of Connecticut Athletics

KENT, Ohio - The No. 25 UConn baseball team (18-6) received stellar pitching in a 4-3 victory at Kent State on a cold Friday afternoon.

uconnhuskies.com

-> Game Notes

• Bryan Padilla extended his hitting streak to a career-high nine games.
• The Huskies won their first game of the season when they were outhit (1-5) by their opponent.
• UConn is 5-2 in one-run games this season. <-

 

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Glad to say they both did take care of business yesterday.

 

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[huskymedic]

 

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The usual Saturday start for Matt Garbowski, and Matt Donlan moves to D.H. for the day. The D.H. spot which has become the rest home for UConn regular position players getting a day off in the field.

 

[huskymedic]

That was a poke!!!!

 

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Top 1st, Casey Dana with a 2 out 2 run homer. 2-0 UConn.