Men UConn @ #19/#22 UC-Irvine Anteaters (Wednesday 3/13/24 @9p ET) Game will be on ESPN+

[dbmill]

Top 8th, the bottom of the UConn lineup goes down in order. 4-0 UConn.

 

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Bottom 8th, a scoreless inning for S. Quigley after a 2 out walk. 4-0 UConn.

 

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Top 9th, first 2 UConn batters reach base on infield singles. After a sac bunt, a ground out for the 2nd out by Broadhurst brings in a run. 5-0 UConn.

Brady Afthim takes the mound to start the bottom of the 9th.

 

[CtBaseball]

Please no

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Afthim loads the bases with 2 outs, he hits 2 batters and issued a walk. Afthim leaves the runners on base, and picks up 3 strikeouts. UConn wins 5-0.

 

[Bomber36]

Yeah baby!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

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Handsome canine!

 

[uconnbaseball]

CBU is another tough team. Take 2 and we are really cooking.

 

[Omahabound]

nice win and an important one

 

[scotty0330]

Team showed huge improvement. Defense was there, no base running miscues, fewer strikeouts, double digit hits and a pitcher who threw strikes and my god did he work fast. A pitch clock was not necessary with him last night. Team should have some confidence now heading into another challenging series but one that could make this a respectable Cali swing after it looked like a disaster.

Never have to questions Penders teams toughness…great win

 

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[MarkyMark]

Quick thoughts (won’t state obvious such as Schild being sensational)
1) played a clean game (cleaner than ucla) positive step
2) nothing set in stone but #1-6 should be auto-pilot right now. Want to tweak it then mess around with #7-9 (although I think Schpur should be everyday CF) not sure Minick should just get that DH spot. Anyone on bench looking good in BP?
3) Daniels is starting to turn on balls and now seeing some of the power pre-UConn. Saw it last Friday night late @ UCSB. Maybe getting better acclimated to D1 pitching but he’s more effective when hitting to right side And pulling the baseball. next step is to see BA increase. He’s getting on base.
4) they played small ball for first time and had Irvine on their heels good to see.
5) when the SP is like that makes things much easier.

See what happens this weekend to wrap up a long trip. Lot of scar tissue built up on this road trip. Haha.

 

[dbmill]

HookC Shuts Out No. 22 UC Irvine, 5-0 - University of Connecticut Athletics

IRVINE, Calif. - The UConn baseball team (5-9) recorded its first shutout of the season against No. 22 UC Irvine, 5-0, on Wednesday night at Anteater Ballpark.

uconnhuskies.com

 

[Omahabound]

Team showed huge improvement. Defense was there, no base running miscues, fewer strikeouts, double digit hits and a pitcher who threw strikes and my god did he work fast. A pitch clock was not necessary with him last night. Team should have some confidence now heading into another challenging series but one that could make this a respectable Cali swing after it looked like a disaster.

Never have to questions Penders teams toughness…great win

Nope those were 2 big wins for a team struggling…hopefully they carry it into the weekend. Gotta get these strikeouts on offense down. Progress but 8 is still a lot. Throwing strikes and not beating themselves continues to show why that’s usually a recipe for success. An at-large berth case was helped, even being March

 

[Omahabound]

Quick thoughts (won’t state obvious such as Schild being sensational)
1) played a clean game (cleaner than ucla) positive step
2) nothing set in stone but #1-6 should be auto-pilot right now. Want to tweak it then mess around with #7-9 (although I think Schpur should be everyday CF) not sure Minick should just get that DH spot. Anyone on bench looking good in BP?
3) Daniels is starting to turn on balls and now seeing some of the power pre-UConn. Saw it last Friday night late @ UCSB. Maybe getting better acclimated to D1 pitching but he’s more effective when hitting to right side And pulling the baseball. next step is to see BA increase. He’s getting on base.
4) they played small ball for first time and had Irvine on their heels good to see.
5) when the SP is like that makes things much easier.

See what happens this weekend to wrap up a long trip. Lot of scar tissue built up on this road trip. Haha.

I like the current lineup but I’m not sure if having Tammaro second is somewhat of a waste…if they can find a lead off man and drop daniels to the two hole and maybe slot Tammaro 6th so there’s a more consistent bat in that part of the order, I think they’ll get more out of the talent within the lineup. TC would be ideal, it hasn’t happened though. Shpur is settling in it seems. I like Minnicks future, I think he’s a liability this early I. The season but it doesn’t appear there are a lot of options…I’m not sure TC gets the opportunity again otherwise he would appear to be the key

 

[dbmill]

I like the current lineup but I’m not sure if having Tammaro second is somewhat of a waste…if they can find a lead off man and drop daniels to the two hole and maybe slot Tammaro 6th so there’s a more consistent bat in that part of the order, I think they’ll get more out of the talent within the lineup. TC would be ideal, it hasn’t happened though. Shpur is settling in it seems. I like Minnicks future, I think he’s a liability this early I. The season but it doesn’t appear there are a lot of options…I’m not sure TC gets the opportunity again otherwise he would appear to be the key

It wouldn't surprise me if Simmons gets the occasional start in CF to see if he can get going like he has in the past, but for now it certainly looks like Shpur is going to get by far the most of the time in CF.

Shpur also has 1 more year of eligibility after this season.

 

[dbmill]

Team showed huge improvement. Defense was there, no base running miscues, fewer strikeouts, double digit hits and a pitcher who threw strikes and my god did he work fast. A pitch clock was not necessary with him last night. Team should have some confidence now heading into another challenging series but one that could make this a respectable Cali swing after it looked like a disaster.

Never have to questions Penders teams toughness…great win

No question improvement has been made over the last couple of games, hopefully they can keep on improving as the season progresses.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Ok maybe the season isn’t over yet!

 

[Omahabound]

It wouldn't surprise me if Simmons gets the occasional start in CF to see if he can get going like he has in the past, but for now it certainly looks like Shpur is going to get by far the most of the time in CF.

Shpur also has 1 more year of eligibility after this season.

Aside from Shpur are there any other recent transfer with another year of eligibility? Malcom? Van Emon?

 

[dbmill]

Aside from Shpur are there any other recent transfer with another year of eligibility? Malcom? Van Emon?

Among the grad transfers, Van Emon and Mayer also have 1 more year of eligibility.