Men - #25 UConn vs. Merrimack College Warriors (Wednesday 4/6/22 @ 3:05p @ Elliot Ballpark) Game streamed on FloSports w/ audio on Mixl | Page 2 | The Boneyard

Men #25 UConn vs. Merrimack College Warriors (Wednesday 4/6/22 @ 3:05p @ Elliot Ballpark) Game streamed on FloSports w/ audio on Mixl

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Top 6th, O'Donnell strikes out the first batter. Jack Sullivan coming in to pitch. Sullivan allows a single and strikes out 2 batters on the way to a scoreless inning for UConn pitching. 9-1 UConn.
 
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Most of the pitchers the last 2 days have been around 25 pitches or less, making them available for the weekend.
 
Top 7th, Sullivan with 2 strikeouts while putting down the side in order. 9-1 UConn. Sullivan at 20 pitches. Afthim was warming in the pen, so it would not be a big surprise to see him for the last 2 innings.
 
Bottom 7th, UConn offense strands a runner at 2B. 9-1 UConn.
 
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Skiblets said:
Jonesy breaking some news about transfers already in the fold... just awaiting NLI day
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Had to walk away from the broadcast for a minute or two, would have liked to have heard that.
 
Hope Jonesy knows we can hear them in between innings. Think I heard one of them drop a bomb earlier in the broadcast between innings
 
dbmill said:
Had to walk away from the broadcast for a minute or two, would have liked to have heard that.
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He couldn't say who they were but it was more than one
 
Skiblets said:
He couldn't say who they were but it was more than one
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Of course not. UConn baseball cannot talk about names until they actually sign that letter of intent.
 
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Bottom 8th, Korey Morton with a solo 1 out homer, he had come in for Simmons. 10-1 UConn. Bench started entering the game the last half inning or so.

Top 9th, a bit of a surprise, Jimmy Wang in to pitch.
 
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Top 9th, Wang with a scoreless inning with 2 strikeouts. He had his control today, which you can't always say. UConn wins 10-1.

Chris Jones suggesting Wang may be a midweek starting option if he keeps this sort of thing up.
 
dbmill said:
Top 9th, Wang with a scoreless inning with 2 strikeouts. He had his control today, which you can't always say. UConn wins 10-1.

Chris Jones suggesting Wang may be a midweek starting option if he keeps this sort of thing up.
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dbmill said:
Wang didn't travel on the road trips according to Chris Jones, which would certainly limit the opportunity to pitch.
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I get that… I mean the whole disappearance since he seemed to be the next coming.
 
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Coach Penders says Braden Quinn has a potentially bright future with UConn, terrific first inning.

According to Coach Penders, Jimmy Wang earned his appearance in this game in his work back in Storrs while the team has been on the road. Penders says they have been getting good reports on his work, plus Wang pitched well in front of Coach MacDonald recently.

Also, some good stuff on third string catcher Ryan Hyde.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Looks like Wang has changed his delivery and is hiding the ball better. If he can throw quality strikes, he could be another option.
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After watching Jimmy Wang struggle with his control while he was playing summer ball in Norwich last year, I thought we may had seen the last of Wang getting a real chance to pitch all that much at UConn. Well, Wang had his control and was throwing strikes in the game today, and did very well. Recommend that you give a listen to the post game interview Coach Penders, as there is some good stuff on Wang in that interview.
 



-> Game Notes
  • Zach Bushling has set a new career-high with five home runs on the season.
  • The Huskies are a season-high 14 games over .500
  • Bushling has 11 of his 23 RBIs in the last five games. <-
 
hardcorehusky said:
Looks like Wang has changed his delivery and is hiding the ball better. If he can throw quality strikes, he could be another option.
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Jonesy referenced Wang's control issues and Penders talked about all the good work he had put in recently. Maybe he gets more reps moving forward?
 
Skiblets said:
Jonesy referenced Wang's control issues and Penders talked about all the good work he had put in recently. Maybe he gets more reps moving forward?
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We'll see how good Wang's control is in any future appearances. That will ultimately be the deciding factor, in addition to what he shows to the coaches between games and such. We'll also see if Wang starts traveling with the team on the road, which will give a better idea of what the coaching staff thinks in terms of him contributing to the team. Up until now, there have been about 15 other pitchers who have been traveling with the team on road trips, the question is, can Wang move ahead of any of these guys on the pitching totem pole? And even if he doesn't, there is nothing wrong with having more pitching depth assuming he can repeat appearances like this in future games.
 
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