UConn @ North Florida (Fri. 3/2/18@6:05p, Sat 3/3/18@2:05p>ESPN3, Sun 3/4/18@12:05p)

[dbmill]

Nucerino flies out. 2 out. Prato up.

 

[huskymedic]

Fudge (being polite)... not a great series. Shame.

 

[dbmill]

Game over, North Florida wins 4-2.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Once again, we couldn't solve their bullpen. Unfortunate, but we have to rebound next week.

 

[UConNick]

I'm baffled they wouldn't pinch hit for Nucerino there. Fedko would've been ideal. Is what it is, have to come ready for the next one. Long season.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Come selection Monday, this is the type of series every year we seem to look back on and say only if. Has to stop one of these years.

 

[Baseballguy]

I thought they were in good shape after winning Friday. Unfortunately sloppy play got them in game 2 & 3. On the bright side everything they did wrong this week can be cleaned up, more mental than physical

 

[dbmill]

I thought they were in good shape after winning Friday. Unfortunately sloppy play got them in game 2 & 3

Sloppy play was the killer today. They could have survived yesterday's mistakes if the pitching hadn't given up 5 runs in the 1st inning.

 

[huskymedic]

“We regressed, went backwards this weekend”


(... and yes, even the video audio was a disaster as well - not meant to be this weekend )

 

[ASweet3781]

I thought they were in good shape after winning Friday. Unfortunately sloppy play got them in game 2 & 3. On the bright side everything they did wrong this week can be cleaned up, more mental than physical

Yeah but the losses can't be. These lost series always doom them for an at large bid.

 

[Baseballguy]

Yeah but the losses can't be. These lost series always doom them for an at large bid.

If they don’t get an at large, it will be because they played mediocre baseball from here on out, not because of a week 3 series loss

 

[ASweet3781]

If they don’t get an at large, it will be because they played mediocre baseball from here on out, not because of a week 3 series loss

Same thing.

 

[Baseballguy]

Something similar to this happened last year. They played an awful week in week 4 against UC Davis, if I remember correctly. At the end of the year nobody was pointing to that series as the reason they were 2nd out of the tourney. It was midweeks against subpar NE teams or not being able to get more than 5 hits off of the Sunday guys in the last 2 regular season weeks. While we expect UConn to come out the gate and play flawless, it’s somewhat unreasonable. Not only do they practice inside for the first 5 weeks, where they aren’t able to practice things every other team in the south or west coast can but they are on the road for at least the first 6 weeks with no midweeks to hone in their skills. Even the 2010 team was 5-4 in their first 9 games.

 

[uconnbaseball]

We beat UC Davis 2 out of 3, but got smacked by a garbage Santa Clara team. That game hurt as much as Hartford etc.

 

[dbmill]

Something similar to this happened last year. They played an awful week in week 4 against UC Davis, if I remember correctly. At the end of the year nobody was pointing to that series as the reason they were 2nd out of the tourney. It was midweeks against subpar NE teams or not being able to get more than 5 hits off of the Sunday guys in the last 2 regular season weeks. While we expect UConn to come out the gate and play flawless, it’s somewhat unreasonable. Not only do they practice inside for the first 5 weeks, where they aren’t able to practice things every other team in the south or west coast can but they are on the road for at least the first 6 weeks with no midweeks to hone in their skills. Even the 2010 team was 5-4 in their first 9 games.

Couldn't say it any better. In college baseball you can have a few bad losses or even weekends. That's how baseball is. You just can't let it snowball into something bigger.

 

[Baseballguy]

We beat UC Davis 2 out of 3, but got smacked by a garbage Santa Clara team. That game hurt as much as Hartford etc.

That’s right it was Santa Clara followed by BYU

 

[gtcam]

Same thing.

Only in your mind

 

[gtcam]

Something similar to this happened last year. They played an awful week in week 4 against UC Davis, if I remember correctly. At the end of the year nobody was pointing to that series as the reason they were 2nd out of the tourney. It was midweeks against subpar NE teams or not being able to get more than 5 hits off of the Sunday guys in the last 2 regular season weeks. While we expect UConn to come out the gate and play flawless, it’s somewhat unreasonable. Not only do they practice inside for the first 5 weeks, where they aren’t able to practice things every other team in the south or west coast can but they are on the road for at least the first 6 weeks with no midweeks to hone in their skills. Even the 2010 team was 5-4 in their first 9 games.

Yeah some of those midweek losses in May had me shaking my head
I agree every Northeast team and Midwest team starts at a disadvantage and that does come to play throughout the year - great pitching can help overcome that, that's why St Johns and Maine had some dynamite seasons back in the day.

 

[dbmill]

“We regressed, went backwards this weekend”


(... and yes, even the video audio was a disaster as well - not meant to be this weekend )

Yesterday the audio was quite good. Today, horrible. My dog ran out of the room. Talk about regression and going backwards.

 

[Guapo]

Disappointing weekend.

I know this isn't breaking news, but step 1 for a successful season: win Cate's starts.

 

[dbmill]

Disappointing weekend.

I know this isn't breaking news, but step 1 for a successful season: win Cate's starts.

The next step would be getting consistent quality starts (6+ innings, 3 or less runs) from weekend starters Mason Feole and Chase Gardner as well. I think between the two of them they have had 1 quality start out of 6 appearances. If you include Tim Cate, then UConn has had 2 quality starts out of 9 games. Remember, starting pitching is supposed to be the strength of the UConn baseball team this season.

 

[Mnlightgrahm]

“We regressed, went backwards this weekend”


(... and yes, even the video audio was a disaster as well - not meant to be this weekend )

Yes some foam rubber or spunge and an elasticband would go a long way to help cut down the wind noise.