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UConn @ ECU (4/22 @1830, 4/23 @1600, 4/24@1230)

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Should have won both games, we were absolutely the superior game all day. Need to win tomorrow now, hopefully Montgomerie has another great performance in him.
 
ATLDYKA said:
Someone explain to me what we are trying to do on the base paths?
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Penders takes his team out of more innings than the opponent. It's not aggressive base running, it's idiotic. Forgot which game it was but you can't explain trying to move over two of your slowest runners (Melley and DeRoche-Duffin) from 2nd and 1st with a sacrifice bunt. My only guess is that Penders thinks the other team is going to throw the ball away.
 
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would be huge to get a w today keep momentum in AAC and allow montgomerie to build some more confidence. Kid has the stuff to win today just can't give away at bats by walking or hitting guys. I have a good feeling about this one...don't know why
 
East Carolina lead off batter doubles. Montgomerie gets the next three hitters, but the runner eventually scores. 1-0 East Carolina lead after 1st inning.
 
Buckley paying dividends already. Great at bat and gets the sac fly to tie it up.
 
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Top 3rd, Aaron Hill drag bunt single (something he should probably do more of), steals 2nd, and eventually scores. 2-1 UConn.
 
Oh boy, 4th inning Montgomerie hits the lead off hitter, then gives up a homer. Bullpen is up.
 
Still in 4th inning, Montogomerie hits another batter (both were on 0-2 counts), then gets the next 3 batters to get out of the inning. 3-2 ECU going to the top of the 5th.
 
Easy 1-2-3 inning for Montgomerie in the 5th. Good for him, as I suspect if there was any trouble for him he would have been taken out.
 
Montgomerie has retired 9 in a row after sounding like he was coming apart at the seems at the beginning of the 4th inning.
 
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Make it 12 in a row for Montgomerie as he cruises through the 7th. He also now has 6 strikeouts. 3-2 East Carolina as UConn comes to bat in the 8th.
 
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UConn puts up a threat in the 9th, but don't score. ECU wins 3-2. Oh well, it would have been interesting to see either Darras or Poulin play the field in place of Hill if UConn had tied it up.
 
scotty0330 said:
Damn. Another 1 run loss with not enough offense...
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That's what it comes down to. Pitching was certainly good enough, but just not enough runs on the offensive side of things.
 
Wills Montgomerie is the one positive to take out of this game. Wills struggled a bit early in the game, and then all signs were pointing to a classic Montgomerie flame out of totally losing his cool when he started the 4th inning with a hit by pitch, a home run, then another hit by pitch. At that point I didn't think Wills was going to last much longer. The bullpen was warming up, and probably one more runner on base reaching base on him would have had him heading towards the bench. To his credit, Wills regained his composure and retired the next 12 hitters, and I believe he set a personal record by going 7 innings. Since in the past Montgomerie doesn't usually regain his composure, that is a big thing and a good sign of progress by him.
 
He really did and has. If he can get by without surrendering hbp...he is gonna be a dependable and solid weekend starter even heading into next year. He is not giving up a lot of hits but walks and Plunking batters comes back to bite him. Pitched a heck of a game today just need something out of 2-5 hitters that Uconn did not get today.

Focus turns to holy cross - hopefully mid week crew can nail down another northeast win.
 
scotty0330 said:
He really did and has. If he can get by without surrendering hbp...he is gonna be a dependable and solid weekend starter even heading into next year. He is not giving up a lot of hits but walks and Plunking batters comes back to bite him. Pitched a heck of a game today just need something out of 2-5 hitters that Uconn did not get today.

Focus turns to holy cross - hopefully mid week crew can nail down another northeast win.
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Any word on whether Rossomando is on the mend? I'd feel a lot better if we didn't have to trot out a roulette wheel of relievers against HC.
 
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