Men #25 UConn v. URI Rams (Friday 3/25/22 @3p @Elliot Ballpark, Saturday 3/26/22 @1p @Bill Beck Field & Sunday 3/27/22 @1p @Elliot Ballpark).

[dbmill]

Top 8th, Fedko playing 2B for the first time this season. Hyde at catcher, Morton in CF, Stephenson in LF. Quinn still on the mound. Quinn with a scoreless inning.

 

[JeannoCT]

Hey @JeannoCT … they’re showing off for ya.

Love it! I was down by the batter's circle (if there is one) and I gave the fellas a few hitting tips.

 

[Skiblets]

Love it! I was down by the batter's circle (if there is one) and I gave the fellas a few hitting tips.

See the ball. Hit the ball?

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, Stephenson gets a 2 out walk, first time he has gotten on base at UConn. Ferrer pinch hits, and gets on base on an infield error, bringing in 2 more runs for UConn. 19-1.

 

[JeannoCT]

See the ball. Hit the ball?

exactly

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, URI gets a run off of Quinn, he gets a save (his first with UConn) having pitched 3 innings in relief to close it out. UConn wins 19-2.

 

[Tmill15]

What an offensive performance today!! Peterson was his typical self and dominated the URI lineup! Quinn was very good as well in his three innings of work. An impressive 19-1 win to start the weekend

 

[dbmill]

I'm guessing since Jackson Ferrigno and Jack Petersen did not get into this game that they may be hurt or are redshirting this season. This game also makes me wonder about the status of Phoenix Billings, who also did not play. Billings redshirted last season, so I'm wondering if he is injured.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[JeannoCT]

See the ball. Hit the ball?

Actually I passed a note to the ballboy for Crash ...

 

[hardcorehusky]

Got to go again today. A bunch of scouts behind me. Couple of thoughts:
Peterson was working so fast, he was getting the sign and firing immediately.
T.C. is locked in. Huber had better at bats and Stock is on fire. Padilla had himself a nice game as well.
We have to sweep URI.

 

[dbmill]

The last portion of this interview turns to talking about Christian Fedko. Some interesting stuff, definitely worth a listen.

 

[Skiblets]

Afternoon weather looks a little sketchy. Wonder if they’ll push up the start time

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Coach Penders has been using the D.H. spot in the lineup this season as a place to keep regular position players in the lineup when they get a day off from playing the field. Keeping up that pattern, the regular catcher Matt Donlan is the D.H. today for I believe the first time this season.

At the beginning of the season I was not expecting much offensively from Donlan, but while he doesn't hit for a high batting average, he has shown good power and he gets on base (to me, getting on base is the most valuable offensive asset there is in baseball). As such Donlan has been a much better offensive performer than I was expecting, but if you listen to the various interviews with the coaching staff, it would seem that they had the proper offensive expectations for him.

Today is one of those days where my attention is going to be split this afternoon. I will most certainly be listening to Chris Jones and his play by play of today's game, but I expect to also end up watching the UConn women's basketball game when that game starts up around 2pm. As such I probably won't be posting as regularly as I usually do during the baseball game today.

 

[dbmill]

Top 1st, UConn goes down quickly in order. No score.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Very poor start for the offense, going 1-2-3 against a struggling URI starter.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 1st, Gallagher with a 1-2-3 inning with 2 strikeouts. No score.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Very efficient by Pat.

 

[dbmill]

Top 2nd, Simmons gets hit by a pitch, but that is it for the UConn offense as 3 Huskies strikeout. No score.

 

[uconnbaseball]

This pitcher came into the game with a 9.17 ERA and control issues. Credit to him for throwing mostly strikes but we're not off and running at all today. Need Pat to come up big again.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Pat still throwing smoke, 0-0 after 2.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 2nd, Gallagher with a scoreless inning, picks up 3 more strikeouts for a total of 5 on the game. 25 pitches for Gallagher so far.