UConn @ Southern Mississippi (Fri. 2/26/21 @ 5p/ET, Sat. 2/27/21 @ 2p/ET & Sun. 2/28/21 @ Noon/ET) Games are on CUSA-TV

[justfacts]

Was that Devenney that pinch hit there? He called him Maycock the entire AB and I was confused cuz I thought Maycock was a lefty...

yes

 

[dbmill]

Was that Devenney that pinch hit there? He called him Maycock the entire AB and I was confused cuz I thought Maycock was a lefty...

Devenney pinched hit for Maycock. They did not catch it on the game tracker either.

Haus takes the mound to start the bottom of the 8th.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Haus starts the inning with a strikeout, then issues a 4 pitch walk.

 

[dbmill]

Andrew Marrero is with the team this weekend and available to pitch according to Chris Jones.

 

[dbmill]

Haus with another walk, so runners at 1st and 2nd and one out.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Not a good job here by Haus with the walks...make them beat you.

 

[dbmill]

Hit by pitch loads the bases. Haus out, Wurster coming in with one out in the 8th.

 

[uconnbaseball]

That’s twice now we have walked / HBP the 8 & 9 hitters in a row. They are the weakness so far this year of the USM offense and we are gifting them bases.

Now Wurster has to face off against an All American candidate with the bases loaded.

 

[dbmill]

Double brings in two runs for USM, they have a 6-5 lead now. One out and two runners on.

 

[dbmill]

Ground out and a strikeout ends the inning. UConn coming to bat in the top of the 9th trailing by a run.

 

[BaseballDog]

Do or die... Time to put up some runs

 

[uconnbaseball]

After Haus walked the bases loaded, Wurster did well. A ground ball hit scored two base runners, and USM leads 6-5 going into the 9th.

We have absolutely no business losing this game. Handing a good team 4 pitch walk after 4 pitch walk is not going to get it done. Gotta fight back.

 

[dbmill]

UConn goes down in order on three strikeouts. Huskies go down 6-5. Way too many free 90's given up by UConn pitching as Chris Jones would say, and a lot of them scored for USM.

 

[huskymedic]

Well, this afternoon went in the crapper after the puck dropped @ 4p.

 

[navery12]

 

[huskymedic]

Audio is a bit rough so turn up your sound...

 

[scotty0330]

Bush being out due to suspension? I guess Andy is gonna get some more looks this weekend at top of order and SS

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Bush being out due to suspension? I guess Andy is gonna get some more looks this weekend at top of order and SS

Chris Jones said during the game that it was a one game suspension for Bushling. Not sure what Coach Penders said about it as the sound on the interview was very rough tonight. Still, Hague is another guy who could see more playing time given his play tonight.

 

[dbmill]

Audio is a bit rough so turn up your sound...

A bad one to listen to, with the wind, a variety of background noises, and the need to get Coach Penders closer to the microphone. But way too many free 90's from the pitchers, and batters slipping into bad hitting habits is the essence of Penders take on things. Just wish I could have heard a bit more concerning the Bushling suspension.

 

[Bloomers]

That was a tough loss. We beat ourselves. You can't give up so many free bases and expect to win. Hoping we get it together and have a good game today. I think the next two will be equally as close.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Gonna learn a lot about our team today.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

As a sign of progress for the team, I'd like to see Joe Simeone be able to consistently pitch five solid innings in his starting role. He was doing it in summer ball a couple of years ago.

I expect that with all the doubleheaders in Big East conference play, Devenney is going to be catching a bunch of Saturday games this season.