Men UConn @ Butler Bulldogs (Thursday 5/16/24 @3p, Friday 5/17/24 *@Noon* & Saturday 5/18/24 @1p) Games on FloSports/Mixlr

[Omahabound]

Gotta give it to Penders for either resisting the urge or simply thinking it’s best leaving Dalena in the 6 spot.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Some really rough at bats here with runners on base. Just brutal.

 

[dbmill]

Top 2nd, UConn offense has a scoreless inning as it leaves 2 runners on base. No score.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Missed opportunities here in innings one and two. Need to bury this team early and not give them any hope. By the way, if that is Chris Jones in the background, he either has ants in his pants or he has ADD. He cannot stand still, takes a walk after every pitch.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 2nd, Cooke picks up 2 strikeouts during a 1-2-3 inning. No score.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Cooke is dealing right now, but as always with him, can he avoid the head scratching inning where he losses his command.

 

[dbmill]

Top 3rd, 1st 2 UConn batters reach base. Shpur steals 3B to put runners on the corners with 1 out. Morton with a sac bunt for the 2nd out driving in a run, 1-0 UConn.

Padilla follows with a 2 out 2 run homer, 3-0 UConn.

UConn offense leaves a runner on base.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Much better! Padilla on a roll!

 

[huskymedic]

Padilla is so underrated

Bump

 

[uconnbaseball]

Missed opportunities here in innings one and two. Need to bury this team early and not give them any hope. By the way, if that is Chris Jones in the background, he either has ants in his pants or he has ADD. He cannot stand still, takes a walk after every pitch.

I doubt it, CJ has never had that issue in the past.

As critical as I am about this year’s team, I still have no problems at all with the way Jones calls the games.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 3rd, Cooke has a scoreless inning that included a double play after a leadoff single. Cooke leaves a runner on base after a 2 out single. 3-0 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

Top 4th, a 1 out triple for Minick. A 2 out wild pitch brings in a run, 4-0 UConn.

After a Tammaro walk, Broadhurst has an RBI double. 5-0 UConn going to the bottom of the inning.

 

[dbmill]

Chris Jones has been comparing the bumpy Butler field to UConn's old home field, J.O Christian. A bunch of bad hops on this field that Chris Jones has been talking about during this whole series.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 4th, after giving up a leadoff single, Cooke gets the next 3 outs for a scoreless inning, picking up 2 more strikeouts. 5-0 UConn. Cooke has 6 strikeouts for the game so far.

 

[dbmill]

Top 5th, with 1 out, the UConn offense gets 2 walks and a single to load the bases. Minick with an RBI fielders choice out brings in a run, 6-0 UConn with runners on the corners. Shpur follows with a 2 out RBI single, 7-0 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 5th, Cooke gives up a leadoff single, the runner steals 2B with 1 out and moves to 3B on a wild pitch. Cooke gets the next 2 outs for a scoreless inning. 7-0 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

Top 6th, Morton gets a 1 out single, but gets thrown out for the final out of the inning trying to steal 2B. 7-0 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 6th, Cooke gives up a 1 out solo homer, 7-1 UConn. Cooke gets 2 more strikeouts that inning, sandwiched around the homer.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Solo shots are fine. I would rather those than multiple walks and hbp’s.

 

[dbmill]

Top 7th, a leadoff double for Dalena. Runners at the corners after a no out infield single by Studley. Garbowski follows with a sac fly for the 1st out, 8-1 UConn going to the bottom of the inning.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 7th, after a leadoff single and a 2 out single, Cooke has a scoreless inning. 8-1 UConn.

Chris Jones thinking this may have been the last inning for Cooke.

 

[huskymedic]

Bottom 7th, after a leadoff single and a 2 out single, Cooke has a scoreless inning. 8-1 UConn.

Chris Jones thinking this may have been the last inning for Cooke.

10 K’s - No BB.

 

[dbmill]

Top 8th, a leadoff double for Tammaro. Morton follows with a 1 out 2 run homer. 10-1 UConn going to the bottom of the inning.

 

[dbmill]

Sullivan takes the mound, Ryan Hyde takes over at catcher in place of Garbowski.

 

[huskymedic]

Top 8th, a leadoff double for Tammaro. Morton follows with a 1 out 2 run homer. 10-1 UConn going to the bottom of the inning.