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Top 9th, first 2 batters reach base on a Padilla error and a walk. A 1 out RBI single brings in an unearned run to make it 10-2 Xavier.

Abbadessa does pick up 2 strikeouts that inning.
 
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dbmill said:
Top 9th, first 2 batters reach base on a Padilla error and a walk. A 1 out RBI single brings in an unearned run to make it 10-2 Xavier.

Abbadessa does pick up 2 strikeouts that inning.
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Can't say I understand why we are trying to steal 2nd there down 8 runs.
 
Bottom 9th, Xavier puts in their closer, who has struggled of late, apparently trying to get him on track again.

UConn offense with a scoreless inning, Xavier wins 10-2.

Well, we'll see what happens tomorrow against Georgetown and the rest of the tournament.
 
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ATLDYKA said:
Can't say I understand why we are trying to steal 2nd there down 8 runs.
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That's the way Penders has been playing it for 20 years. Up 8 or down 8 it doesn't matter. Actually he's reined in the crazy base running somewhat in the past few years.
 
Feel like we need to shake up the lineup. Morton is striking out too much, problem is TC isn't much better right now. If Daniels was capable of playing the outfield I would put him there. Big Ben has been struggling too since coming back from injury.
 
ATLDYKA said:
Feel like we need to shake up the lineup. Morton is striking out too much, problem is TC isn't much better right now. If Daniels was capable of playing the outfield I would put him there. Big Ben has been struggling too since coming back from injury.
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I hear ya but it all comes down to pitching. I've bludgeoned that topic to death so I will refrain. My outlook is if they get a bid to NCAAs embrace the variance of a short series and hope and pray the pitching can hold up. Probably won't (will be facing much better teams) but will still hope and pray. I've also been watching the SEC tournament and have received a huge dose of reality. Variance is my friend at this point.
 
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ThetaZoo said:
That's the way Penders has been playing it for 20 years. Up 8 or down 8 it doesn't matter. Actually he's reined in the crazy base running somewhat in the past few years.
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I’m sorry. I don’t care if you are in little league, high school, MLB, or beer drinking slow pitch softball, if you are down 8 runs in the 9th, your runner on first means nothing. It is station to station until you get the tying run to the plate. PERIOD. It’s not a philosophy, it’s baseball fundamentals 101.
 
Marbles90 said:
I’m sorry. I don’t care if you are in little league, high school, MLB, or beer drinking slow pitch softball, if you are down 8 runs in the 9th, your runner on first means nothing. It is station to station until you get the tying run to the plate. PERIOD. It’s not a philosophy, it’s baseball fundamentals 101.
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That’s an old school approach. Station to station baseball doesn’t get you an 8-run inning. Neither does getting thrown out at second, so you make sure you don’t. The new thinking is about keeping pressure on the defense and pitcher - especially in college ball. Credit to X for maintaining their counter focus - that was a laser throw.
 
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On to the next one…we’ve only lost two straight once this year. I still like our chances of getting to Saturday.
 
Marbles90 said:
I’m sorry. I don’t care if you are in little league, high school, MLB, or beer drinking slow pitch softball, if you are down 8 runs in the 9th, your runner on first means nothing. It is station to station until you get the tying run to the plate. PERIOD. It’s not a philosophy, it’s baseball fundamentals 101.
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You're preaching to the choir.
 
Rdkid said:
That’s an old school approach. Station to station baseball doesn’t get you an 8-run inning. Neither does getting thrown out at second, so you make sure you don’t. The new thinking is about keeping pressure on the defense and pitcher - especially in college ball. Credit to X for maintaining their counter focus - that was a laser throw.
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Not a matter of opinion — you’re just wrong. The only goal down 8 in the 9th is to get the tying run to the plate whether he gets to the plate down 4 with the bases loaded or down 1 with no one on makes no difference whatsoever.
 


A good analysis by Coach Penders of what happened last night. Way to many free 90's to a good Xavier team, among other things, plus not being able to drive in runners on base early in the game.
 
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A good analysis by Coach Penders of what happened last night. Way to many free 90's to a good Xavier team, among other things.
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8 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 errors is just not a recipe for success. Need to clean that up today and get back on track. Will be interesting to see who gets the start on the mound.
 
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Shortking98 said:
8 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 errors is just not a recipe for success. Need to clean that up today and get back on track. Will be interesting to see who gets the start on the mound.
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If its not Sears I would be shocked.
 
Shortking98 said:
8 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 errors is just not a recipe for success. Need to clean that up today and get back on track. Will be interesting to see who gets the start on the mound.
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ATLDYKA said:
If its not Sears I would be shocked.
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Another problem for UConn is injuries that are picking up to the pitching staff that already has problems that have been mentioned on these threads.

Devin Kirby may not be available to pitch, and not sure what the status of Ian Cooke is as well (I haven't heard Chris Jones say anything about Cooke, but it was mentioned on another post that he probably won't pitch this weekend).

Anyway, I would think it would either be Sears, Ellisen, or Sullivan, with the rest of the bullpen ready to go. Coach Penders was going to drop Sears from the starting rotation before the Cooke injury, so it is possible Sears may be back in it for this weekend due to that injury. Still, if UConn gets to tomorrow, UConn will need 2 more starters if they make it to 5 games this weekend. But first they got to get there.
 
dbmill said:
Another problem for UConn is injuries that are picking up to the pitching staff that already has problems that have been mentioned on these threads.

Devin Kirby may not be available to pitch, and not sure what the status of Ian Cooke is as well (I haven't heard Chris Jones say anything about Cooke, but it was mentioned on another post that he probably won't pitch this weekend).

Anyway, I would think it would either be Sears, Ellisen, or Sullivan, with the rest of the bullpen ready to go. Coach Penders was going to drop Sears from the starting rotation before the Cooke injury, so it is possible Sears may be back in it for this weekend due to that injury. Still, if UConn gets to tomorrow, UConn will need 2 more starters if they make it to 5 games this weekend. But first they got to get there.
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If it's not Sears today, I do think that at some point this weekend they are going to need to get some productive innings from him if they are going to be successful. I know they wanted to move him out of the rotation but with the health of Cooke and Kirby up in the air it's difficult to see a path to the championship that doesn't include Sears stepping up at some point.
 
With Cooke and Kirby out, there is no path to a championship that doesn't include multiple innings from guys who haven't pitched in a "big" moment all year. We have 27 innings left. We will need at least 12 of them between Sully, Sears and Ellison. And, if we're without Kirby and Cooke, there is no plan that isn't focused on just the next 18 innings, knowing that if we get to a winner take all game Saturday night it may take 1 inning each from 9 guys who either aren't trusted or have their arms ready to fall off. But that's where we are.

One guy who will absolutely have to step it up is Afthim. For reasons I don't know, he has really settled in to be a one inning a weekend type of guy. He will almost certainly have to give us more than that over the next 48 hours.

We are not going to win this with our pitching. The bats need to come through big time, so that pitchers who aren't trusted can come in and give us a few innings without risking letting a win get away from us.
 
businesslawyer said:
With Cooke and Kirby out, there is no path to a championship that doesn't include multiple innings from guys who haven't pitched in a "big" moment all year. We have 27 innings left. We will need at least 12 of them between Sully, Sears and Ellison. And, if we're without Kirby and Cooke, there is no plan that isn't focused on just the next 18 innings, knowing that if we get to a winner take all game Saturday night it may take 1 inning each from 9 guys who either aren't trusted or have their arms ready to fall off. But that's where we are.

One guy who will absolutely have to step it up is Afthim. For reasons I don't know, he has really settled in to be a one inning a weekend type of guy. He will almost certainly have to give us more than that over the next 48 hours.

We are not going to win this with our pitching. The bats need to come through big time, so that pitchers who aren't trusted can come in and give us a few innings without risking letting a win get away from us.
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Agree - but we have to keep the deficits to a reasonable number. Pitching has been, to put it mildly, inconsistent. As a group they need to pick themselves up for each and every out from this point forward or it will an early trip home from Ohio and maybe that's it...
 
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