AAC Tourney vs Houston

[ATLDYKA]

1st inning UConn load them with no outs and settles for 1 run.
1-0 after one.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Testani goes deep in bottom of the 7th. 4-2 lead.
He is 3-3 on the day and 4-6 in the series. Nice to see from the young kid getting another chance with the Yavarone injury.

 

[huskymedic]

Testani goes deep in bottom of the 7th. 4-2 lead.
He is 3-3 on the day and 4-6 in the series. Nice to see from the young kid getting another chance with the Yavarone injury.

VIDEO - WATCH: @uconnbaseball's Testani hits solo Homerun in 7th http://snpy.tv/1m9VHwO via @snappytv

 

[Oxford Bob]

Kay loads bases in top of 8th, but works his way out unscathed. 4-2 b8

 

[huskymedic]

Kay has some onions for a freshman! Leaves them loaded again the T8

 

[Oxford Bob]

It would be nice to put up a crooked number here. Houston has 3-4-5 coming up in the 9th

 

[Adios]

Bases loaded, bottom 8th, 1 out. 5-2.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Way to go Vinny

 

[Adios]

2-out, 2-run double. 7-2.

 

[Oxford Bob]

Does anyone know who advances if we beat Temple and Houston beats UCF? Temple would be 0-3 and the rest would be 2-1.

 

[huskymedic]

Does anyone know who advances if we beat Temple and Houston beats UCF? Temple would be 0-3 and the rest would be 2-1.

NoEscalators 2:05pm via Web
Final score is 7-2. To advance, UConn needs Temple to beat UCF tonight, UConn needs to beat Temple tomorrow, and Houston must beat UCF.

 

[dbmill]

I really like what I’ve seen of Anthony Kay coming out of the bullpen. He seems to be more effective coming on in relief than he is as a starter. I wouldn’t mind it if Kay ends up as one of the key men in the bullpen next season, especially if Tabakman comes back for his senior year. A weekend rotation of Cross, Tabakman, and Zapata, with Ruotolo, Kay, and Mahaney out of the pen sounds pretty nice to me.

 

[dbmill]

Bryan Daniello broke a finger in the game against Central Florida. Looks like he will miss the rest of the tournament, except for the odd pinch running stint. Aaron Hill played 2B, and Vinny Siena moved to 3B in today's game. According to Coach Penders, he did not want to throw Hill cold at 3B, which is why he moved Siena there.

At any rate, Daniello improved very nicely over his freshman year. He was a much better offensive player than what he showed last season. Despite some defensive scuffling at 3B at times, Daniello stabilized a position that had been defensively a weak point for UConn over the last few seasons. He is easily the best defensive player at 3B that UConn has had since Mike Olt played there.

 

[killerBsaturn]

Any word who is going start on saturday? I would imaged Ward.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Any word who is going start on saturday? I would imaged Ward.

Yes, probably so since all other starters have pitch in some manner already.
With UCF win against Temple last night UConn was officially eliminated from chance at Championship game.
Tomorrow will be last game of the year.

 

[Yonick]

Looking towards next year, Marvin Georgas of East Hampton has one no-no, plus several 1 and 2 hitters with between 10-16 K's per game. Problem here is whether he goes too high in MLB's draft to pass on UConn.
Joe Riveria of Southington threw his 2nd no-no on Monday, he is 5-0 with a very low ERA. P.J. Poulin, a 2016 commit from Tabor Acad., in MA, threw a no-no vs top ranked Exeter, in a double elim. tourney. Because his pitch count was low in the 1st game he pitched the 1st 4 innings of the 2nd game and didn't allow any runs. Tabor won both games. Hopefully the coach doesn't blow his arm out before he gets here.