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ATLDYKA said:
And what seems to always happen to Tabakman he loses his command in the 7th and walks two guys. Bases loaded with 1 out and they are bringing in Darras which makes me even more nervous as he has control issues. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Like I've said before, Penders just doesn't have the faith to go to the bullpen in a tight situation late in the game. The result is that the weekend starters tend to go longer than they should.
 
Siena strikes out and Melley flies out. Guys on 3rd and less than 1 out have to make contact. This team strikes out entirely too much. Shorten your swing already.
 
Tied 3-3 bottom 9 with 2 outs and man on 2nd. Single by deroche-duffin, double by sunberg, single by sienna and sac fly by melley. Daniello coming up after pitching change to pinch hit.
 
Huskies rally for 2 in the bottom of the 9th. Tied at 3 with Daniello coming up and Siena at 2nd with 2 out.
 
Big hit by Siena to make it 3-2, then a sac fly by Melley to tie it up.
 
Another good come back! One thing about this team is they often make some noise when behind late.
 
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Daniello walks bringing up McDowell. Daniello batting there because Davey taken out earlier for pinch runner which was something I was not fond of but will save for later discussion.
 
Base hit by McDowell but runner called out at the plate. Honestly looked like he beat the tag.
 
According to whus sounds like a bad call at the plate is sending the game to extras.
 
Connor Buckley comes in to play 3rd base in the top of the 10th. Darras walks the lead off batter. Is Ruotolo available after yesterday's stint?
 
Darras walks the lead off guy in 10th. He always struggles with control with the first batter he faces when coming in or to begin an inning.
 
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dbmill said:
Connor Buckley comes in to play 3rd base in the top of the 10th. Darras walks the lead off batter. Is Ruotolo available after yesterday's stint?
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Rutolo coming in with 1 out runners on the corners.
 
Fly out followed by base hit. 1st and 3rd. Ruotolo coming in.
 
What a shame to battle back and then come out and walk the leadoff hitter. Kiss of death. Got to say, hard to have any confidence in any of our bullpen guys right now. They all just struggle with control.
 
Game over ECU 4-3. I guess you can blame it on the ump but this loss starts way before that. Can't continually show up flat for games and be non productive offensively and to top it off have mental lapses. It happens far too often with this team and I hope it doesn't come back to bite them on selection day. Thank goodness we know we have Cross and Kay for the first two games on the weekend because without them who knows where we would be. Just far too inconsistent on the offensive side and a very unstable bullpen right now.
 
Tough loss. Luckily we get ECU again soon. UConn doesn't quite have the margin of error available to have their ace get beat up and expect to still win the series.
 
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In the 7th inning down 3-1, Davey got hit by pitch to lead off inning. He pinch ran Olmstead. Why? Is Davey a slow runner? I wouldn't think so based on all the times he has the green light to steal bases. McDowell then hits a line drive to 3rd base where Olmstead gets doubled off probably because of inexperience although I know he has pinch ran a few times this year. It wasn't a hit and run. You now also lose Davey's bat for the rest of the game.
Once again can't say I agree with Penders decision.
 
ATLDYKA said:
In the 7th inning down 3-1, Davey got hit by pitch to lead off inning. He pinch ran Olmstead. Why? Is Davey a slow runner? I wouldn't think so based on all the times he has the green light to steal bases. McDowell then hits a line drive to 3rd base where Olmstead gets doubled off probably because of inexperience although I know he has pinch ran a few times this year. It wasn't a hit and run. You now also lose Davey's bat for the rest of the game.
Once again can't say I agree with Penders decision.
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Davey has a hamstring problem, he had to come out of the Tuesday midweek game because of it. They have been pinch running for him late in games ever since. It's the reason he was the Dan Hurley the last couple of games.
 
Tough loss. To battle back like that and to have what felt like game winning run taken from you on a play at the plate.....damn. And to top it off to lose another series at home. Couple mistakes and would have should haves in this game came back to bite them. Gotta get back at
It and can't afford to lose winnable mid week games
 
dbmill said:
Davey has a hamstring problem, he had to come out of the Tuesday midweek game because of it. They have been pinch running for him late in games ever since. It's the reason he was the Dan Hurley the last couple of games.
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Ahh okay, didn't realize that. Makes sense then.
 
Disappointing.

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/041915aaa.html

Game Notes
  • UConn is now 5-26 all-time against East Carolina, with all but the three contests this weekend coming between 1979-89.
  • Aaron Hill has multi-hit games in his last four starts
  • Vinny Siena has reached base safely in 31-straight contests
Up next, the Huskies continue their nine-game homestand with two regional contests at home against Massachusetts and UMass Lowell. First up are the Minutemen on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
 
ATLDYKA said:
Early base running mistake. McDowell trying to go 1st to 3rd on base hit by Hill. Ball was hit sharply to left and he was out by a good margin.
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That was a bonehead play even in Little League. Don't know if it was the runner or the third base coach but in either case it's inexcusable.
 
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The ability to make productive outs (advancing a runner instead of striking out or popping up) has been severely lacking on this team for at least five years. The series against (eventual National Champion) South Carolina was was lost entirely on their ability to accomplish this a few times while we could not, with an equal amount of opportunities.
 
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