Men - UConn @ Pepperdine University Waves (Fri. 3/11/22 @ 5p (ET) , Sat. 3/12/22 @ 4p (ET) & Sun. 3/13/22 @ 4p (ET)) All games on WCC Network (Free)/MIXLR | Page 6 | The Boneyard

Men UConn @ Pepperdine University Waves (Fri. 3/11/22 @ 5p (ET) , Sat. 3/12/22 @ 4p (ET) & Sun. 3/13/22 @ 4p (ET)) All games on WCC Network (Free)/MIXLR

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Chris Jones says Chris Brown had a thumb injury towards the end of the fall ball season that could be hindering his play so far this season.

I'll add that Brown generally did not do well in summer ball playing with Vermont of the Futures League. For most of the summer he was hitting under .200. He did not get over .200 until August 10. Towards the end of the summer season he did start hitting with power, and ended up with a .222 average and 5 homers in 167 at bats. At the time I figured that perhaps he was tired after playing playing the spring season with UConn. Still, the Futures League is pretty much an introductory college summer ball league with a lot of young inexperienced players in it, and because of that it did bother me a bit that Brown did not do better at the bat while he was there.
 
We made no errors today, and our pitching staff struck out 12 Waves while issuing no walks. That's absurd for a college baseball team.

Pepperdine is a good team that isn't doing anything wrong. We're just playing great baseball. Even the strikeouts are coming down (only 4 today).
 
Playing great ball, team is getting contributions up and down the roster. If the pitching and D stays remotely this consistent, this is shaping up to be a memorable year. Crazy - every game is winnable & the play is super crisp. Who needs MLB?
 
uconnbaseball said:
We made no errors today, and our pitching staff struck out 12 Waves while issuing no walks. That's absurd for a college baseball team.

Pepperdine is a good team that isn't doing anything wrong. We're just playing great baseball. Even the strikeouts are coming down (only 4 today).
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The walk totals given up by UConn pitching this season are absurdly low for college baseball standards, that is for sure. 28 walks in 12 games, and 11 of those walks were in one game. So UConn has given up 17 walks in the other 11 games, which is very low and rare thing in the college game, that's for sure.
 
dbmill said:
The walk totals given up by UConn pitching this season are absurdly low for college baseball standards, that is for sure. 28 walks in 12 games, and 11 of those walks were in one game. So UConn has given up 17 walks in the other 11 games, which is very low and rare thing in the college game, that's for sure.
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Considering the strike zones that change inning to inning, this is a borderline obscene stat.
 
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uconnbaseball said:
We made no errors today, and our pitching staff struck out 12 Waves while issuing no walks. That's absurd for a college baseball team.

Pepperdine is a good team that isn't doing anything wrong. We're just playing great baseball. Even the strikeouts are coming down (only 4 today).
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We throw strikes early in the count. Better than I can recall seeing in the games I've watched over the past several year. It's not one or two top pitchers - everyone puts pressure on the hitter from the start.

On another note, if it's possible to have a football middle linebacker mentality in a baseball pitcher, Willis has it.
 
100%. Aggression and strike throwing seems contagious this year. Love it!
 
Two notes: We now have been HBP 23 times in 12 games; including 2 today. That seems like an awful lot. Their opponents have 9; none today.

As Jack Sullivan from Carmel HS & basically northern Westchester County roots faced Connor Bradshaw from New Rochelle (went to Trinity Pawling prep -probably a high school near New Rock first), I am thinking ... these two know each other. AAU Travel HS. Knowing Westchester, the baseball community just isn't that big. Same class
 
businesslawyer said:
If I went to law school in Malibu, between the beach, the weather and the women, I would have had a very different career trajectory. All there was in New Haven was pizza.
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Yeah but Steven Spielberg loaded an airplane at Tweed with pizza so he could show his friends in southern California what real pizza tasted like.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Yeah but Steven Spielberg loaded an airplane at Tweed with pizza so he could show his friends in southern California what real pizza tasted like.
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LOL. Did I imply that the girls in SoCal aren't more impressive than the pizza in New Haven? Or that it wouldn't be easier to solve for mediocre pizza than how young women look?
 
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Thank you to everyone who post's regularly during the games. Has anyone else noticed that ESPN.com doesn't even acknowledge we have a Baseball Program, let alone post our scores? Live updates here on the BY are amazing, thanks again.

Try and find us listed at any point this season...

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businesslawyer said:
LOL. Did I imply that the girls in SoCal aren't more impressive than the pizza in New Haven? Or that it wouldn't be easier to solve for mediocre pizza than how young women look?
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Business school at UCLA after UCONN. You kid yourself: bring books and work to Will Rogers State Beach. And then ... the most fit buxom girls in pink bikinis have the most foul mouths playing beach volleyball. Ooooh ... my New England relatives would be aghast.
 
formerlurker said:
Thank you to everyone who post's regularly during the games. Has anyone else noticed that ESPN.com doesn't even acknowledge we have a Baseball Program, let alone post our scores? Live updates here on the BY are amazing, thanks again.

Try and find us listed at any point this season...

www.espn.com

College Baseball Scores, 2025-26 Season - ESPN

Live scores for every 2025-26 College Baseball season game on ESPN. Includes box scores, video highlights, play breakdowns and updated odds.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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Just bookmark D1Baseball.com's College Baseball Scoreboard
 
Be interesting to see what the line-up looks like tomorrow (outside Enzo on the mound):

 
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-> Game Notes:

· The Huskies have won 10 in a row, their longest win streak since winning 11 consecutive games in 2016.

· The Huskies lead the country with a 9-0 road record.

· UConn has 38 two-out RBI this season.

· Zach Bushling has hit safely in 11 of the 12 games he has played this season. <-
 
huskymedic said:
Be interesting to see what the line-up looks like tomorrow (outside Enzo on the mound):
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Yup, even without the hint that Coach Penders dropped, the lineup has been changing a bit every day, that's for sure. Guess Coach is having some fun and for that matter taking advantage of the playing depth of the team, so stay tuned for whatever lineup changes occur tomorrow, and for that matter, it seems for the rest of the season as it plays out.
 
From D1Baseball.com:

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Jack Scanlon and Oregon surged offensively to get a series win over Stanford, but weren't alone in catching my attention on Saturday.
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>5 — UConn makes perfect pitch to be ranked​

There are no guarantees in the rankings business, but the Huskies continue to pile up impressive wins, beating Pepperdine 3-2 on Saturday to clinch a series victory on the West Coast. Connecticut’s pitching once again flourished against the Waves, as talented righthanded pitcher Pat Gallagher struck out nine, didn’t walk anyone and allowed a run on five hits in seven innings of work. UConn didn’t need much offensive production against Pepperdine but. Zach Bushling and Erik Stock led the way with two hits each. With the win, the Huskies are now 11-1 and winners of 10-straight games. Jim Penders doing Jim Penders things so far this spring.<
 
My excitement is for THREE solid starting pitchers ... and a bunch of young pitching arms. I'm ever curious to see how all these young guys develop - Sullivan, Cooke, Afthim, Coe, Alejandro, O'Donnell, McBride - and then tough guy Willis closing. The bats and fielding coming around. Good solid arc from Florida to today in California; waiting to see some talented guys come forward like Brown and Fedko. Excited about Padilla and Simmons. Hoping Kory Morton gets playing time. All good.

This schedule has been well constructed. Great credit to Coach Penders and his amazing assistants Hourigan, MacDonald and Podeswa

... and then: What a dream Reggie Crawford would have been with this.
 
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Looks like another defensively oriented lineup. Pepperdine's Sunday starter has struggled all year so we should still be able to score some runs. Still no sign of Fedko anywhere and Smith is getting the day off in favor of Morton.
 
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Not only is Korey Morton in the lineup, he is leading off. That definitely shows some confidence in him on the part of the coaching staff, as usually someone filling in from the bench would end up towards the bottom of the batting order. But this is an odd year, as it seems the bench is a bit deeper then a number of us expected. It's still early in the season, but so far both Morton and Bryan Padilla have made some nice contributions when given the opportunity to show what they can do. As the coaching staff has indicated, both made big strides forward in the preseason, and it has certainly been reflected in their play in their game appearances this season so far.
 
Wow. Knew Morton would be in there from his post game comments but Christian fedko doesn’t even got a spot start today. I’m sure he will get at bats as injuries always happen but for a fifth year guy who has his amount of experience rare to see them relegated to hoping for pinch hitting duty.

Wonder if Ferrer is banged up since rare his bat isn’t in lineup for an entire weekend.
 
uconnbaseball said:
Looks like another defensively oriented lineup. Pepperdine's Sunday starter has struggled all year so we should still be able to score some runs. Still no sign of Fedko anywhere and Smith is getting the day off in favor of Morton.
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The way Coach Penders was sounding in the post game interview after yesterday's game, it just sounds like that we should get used to these day to day lineup shuffles. Smith gets the day off, he has not had good days with the bat the last couple of games, but the way the shuffle goes, I would guess he will be back in the lineup for a midweek game. The interesting thing going on in my mind is that these recent lineup shuffles have moved Bushling away from shortstop.
 
The Christian Fedko situation is bizarre. He's not 4 for 40. He's a four year starter and reliable at bat with so few at bats this year that one more hit and no one would even be questioning his performance. And now 12 position players can start this weekend and he's not one of them? Bizarre.
 
dbmill said:
The way Coach Penders was sounding in the post game interview after yesterday's game, it just sounds like that we should get used to these day to day lineup shuffles. Smith gets the day off, he has not had good days with the bat the last couple of games, but the way the shuffle goes, I would guess he will be back in the lineup for a midweek game. The interesting thing going on in my mind is that these recent lineup shuffles have moved Bushling away from shortstop.
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I don't think it's hard to tell that Padilla is a better defensive shortstop. He has to be consistent, but you can see he can make plays that Bush can't. It sounds like the coaches are surprised at how well he's hitting, but as long as he can carry his weight in the lineup he's probably staying in. And Brownie getting off to such a poor start in the field and with the glove has, for now, made it easy.
 
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