Men #9 UConn @Creighton Bluejays (Thurs. 5/18/23 @7p (EST), Fri. 5/19/23 @7p & Sat. 5/20/23 @1p) Thursday on FS1/Mixlr > Fri./Sat. on FloSports/Mixlr.

[huskymedic]

Why take Quinn out? He's throwing good, let him build up some confidence. I don't get it.

?“Show me” stints?

 

[CtBaseball]

Why take Quinn out? He's throwing good, let him build up some confidence. I don't get it.

Because we need more than just Quinn to build up confidence. We need as many surprise arms as we can get. Quinn got some confidence from this and now hopefully same for Nowak.

 

[CtBaseball]

The ump sucks. Another one where the pitch to Studley was a foot off plate called strike. Inning killer.

Giving up 5 runs and all the momentum as the Friday starter is what got us into this bind in the first place. Something we can potentially control unlike umpires.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Offense was the biggest problem today.

 

[CtBaseball]

Offense was the biggest problem today.

Yes but baseball is a hugely mental game, and it is mentally exhausting to CONSTANTLY be playing catch-up.

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, Morton draws a leadoff walk. Garbowski with a 1 out double to put 2 runners in scoring position. Tammaro pinch hits for Simmons, he gets a 1 out RBI double, 2 runners in scoring position. 7-4 Creighton.

Chris Jones says Tammaro has announced he is coming back to UConn next season.

Smith brings in 2 runs with a 1 out RBI single, 7-6 Creighton. Smith steals 2B.

 

[Hookknows]

Offense was the biggest problem today.

Not sure i agree 10 hits 6 runs coming from behind from the first inning …. Gzzzz

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, no more runs for UConn come in, Creighton wins 7-6.

At least it was a nice late comeback attempt for the Huskies.

First time UConn has lost 2 games in a row this season. That is not bad for the sport of baseball.

 

[CL82]

Shoot I thought we had it.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Top 10 ranking, talking about hosting, now not even going to win the conference. Yikes!

 

[Punkbo]

Tough loss. Not pleased with another early deficit, but very impressed with the production quality of the FS1 telecast. It was nice to see our boys on the big screen.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Because we need more than just Quinn to build up confidence. We need as many surprise arms as we can get. Quinn got some confidence from this and now hopefully same for Nowak.

And Nowak has looked better. Maybe a positive sign. With this loss all thoughts of hosting should be behind them now. Now hopefully they can relax and play some solid baseball these last 2 games and get back into the groove heading into the BE tourney.

 

[CtBaseball]

And Nowak has looked better. Maybe a positive sign. With this loss all thoughts of hosting should be behind them now. Now hopefully they can relax and play some solid baseball these last 2 games and get back into the groove heading into the BE tourney.

If we go on a losing streak we will likely miss the NCAAs, at large wise. Just the math. So I hope we can start to put it together.

 

[MarkyMark]

1) Main positive tonight is they woke up in the 9th inning and can try and build on it. Not playing good baseball, however, in all 3 phases.
2) First inning - sounds nitty but Huber swinging 3-0 at ball 4 was sneaky big. Would have had 1st/2nd against a pitcher who wants to move it in and out you want guys on base. Shrinks his margin of error. That set the tone for the game.
3) Outing was a microcosm of Sears' year - Should have been out of the first inning scoreless, paid dearly for his mistakes, retired 7 in a row and then couldn't escape trouble. Teams max out on run production against him.
4) They didn't catch a break tonight but when you're not playing well you don't catch them. Make your own breaks.
5) Second time I've seen Creighton this year (other time Nebraska). Good pitching will shut that lineup down. Nobody scares you. The 2 guys who can remotely hurt you hurt them. If they can get ANY type of quality pitching Fri/Sat they should be ok. But a big if.
6) ABs were decent early, became very undisciplined mid-game, and got better later. Mid-game started chasing.
7) Pitching - every inning (almost literally) has stress with opponents having runners in scoring position. Never an easy inning. Tough way to live. And tonight was against an offense that has struggled mightily.
8) Tammaro had a positive impact again and he's hitting .400.
9) Padilla getting picked off first down 7-3 in the 7th? inning. Bizarre and typifies how they've been playing.
10) Overall disappointing day given the extra days off with URI cancellation. Came alive in the 9th but tough constantly digging out of big holes. Always playing uphill.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[businesslawyer]

No starting pitching again, no hitting for the first half of the game and two inexcusable plays. Padilla getting picked off down 4 is absolutely inexcusable. While it was a weird play, with Huber starting to chase the runner towards second the moment he threw home it was Sears job to stop moving towards first and run home.

Oh, and Tammaro is hitting roughly .200 points better than Simmons At some point in a game that is as easy to measure statistically as baseball it doesn’t matter who won a job in practice and who the coaches think are better. Production has to play.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

No. 9 HookC Rally In Ninth, Come Up Short at Creighton, 7-6 - University of Connecticut Athletics

OMAHA - The No. 9 UConn baseball team (38-13, 13-5 BIG EAST) scored three runs in the ninth inning and placed the tying run at second but ultimately fell to Creighton

uconnhuskies.com

Box Score

 

[Palatine]

The pick off move where no one covered home plate was one of the dumbest baseball plays of the season. They showed fight. But they needed to show good baseball. Seems a little late in the season to be figuring stuff out.

 

[dbmill]

Sounds like Coach Penders is going to continue trying to get something out of Sears as a starter.

 

[MarkyMark]

Sounds like Coach Penders is going to continue trying to get something out of Sears as a starter.

If I heard correctly he said, "We can't run him back out there to start next time out". Then I think he caught himself and hedged a bit. It's at the point now where if they keep sending these guys out there it's almost moot. Just can't win games consistently against good teams if your starters can't get through inning 3/4. You're not going to go where you want to go. At present just rely on hope and catch lightening in a bottle and that won't cut it.

 

[hardcorehusky]

My problem with Sears was in the 1st inning. Instead of buckling down and picking up the team for the botched run down, he got behind and then served a get me over pitch instead of attacking and turned what should have been no runs or 1 run into a 3 run inning.

 

[Sea Goat]

Top 9th, no more runs for UConn come in, Creighton wins 7-6.

At least it was a nice late comeback attempt for the Huskies.

First time UConn has lost 2 games in a row this season. That is not bad for the sport of baseball.

OK - but vs. Butler and Creighton? These are bad losses any way you look at it...
Neither team is exactly top shelf talent (Creighton is 122 and Butler is 225 in RPI.). But, let's face the BE is weak in Baseball and is really only good in BB.

We have to see better pitcher management. But, we have one of the best coaches in America - he get it straight.
I hope this isn't our last trip to Omaha this year, but without winning this series, it might be...
(I didn't think Mr. Hyde would make the trip to Omaha, but there he is...)

 

[Shortking98]

Sears has a lot of moving pieces in his delivery and it seems like he has trouble repeating his mechanics consistently. His stuff is excellent but the consistency hasn't been enough yet to produce the results he needs.