UConn @ Top 15 ECU (Thur. 4/18 @6:30p, *Sat. 4/20 Double Header> Game 2 starting @ 9a followed by Game 3*)

[ATLDYKA]

Nucerino and Prato both swing at the first pitch and make outs. Have to do the research some day and see what our averages are on first pitch contact. My guess is it is very low. I just don't understand it. Both were facing that pitcher for the first time.

 

[dbmill]

Johnson stays in to start the bottom of the 4th.

 

[dbmill]

Easy and quick 1-2-3 inning for Johnson in the 4th.

 

[HawkHusky]

Another quality hit by pitch.

 

[dbmill]

Chris Jones sounds surprised to see Chris Winkel choking up on the bat. Still strikes out to end the inning.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Chris Winkel is a big liability on offense right now.

 

[HawkHusky]

Another inning, another RISP stranded....

 

[huskymedic]

Chris Jones sounds surprised to see Chris Winkel choking up on the bat. Still strikes out to end the inning.

Penders talked about wanting to see that after game 1. Can’t buy contact.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Another quality hit by pitch.

Not sure why they would even throw us a fastball. Seem to hit us every time they throw one. Meanwhile, we can't touch off speed.

 

[dbmill]

Penders talked about wanting to see that after game 1. Can’t buy contact.

Seems that Penders has been talking about this sort of thing for the past week in post game interviews. All falls under the category of making adjustments.

 

[dbmill]

Johnson with a scoreless inning in the 5th.

 

[HawkHusky]

Pitching has been good other than the 3rd.

 

[dbmill]

Pitching has been good other than the 3rd.

The one thing you can say so far about this series is that against a highly ranked team in ECU, UConn is in these games. A little good luck for a change could go a long way. Of course, sometimes you have to make your luck.

 

[dbmill]

Pitching has been good other than the 3rd.

I'm taking a big liking for Karl Johnson. I think it is possible that Jimmy Wang could be in line for a big jump in improvement next season, given his lack of experience in general. Of course, we'll have to see about that one.

 

[dbmill]

We've all said it before, but someone like Moriarty needs to get a sac bunt down. Strikes out instead for the first out in the 6th.

 

[dbmill]

Pitching has been good other than the 3rd.

Bullpen in general has been very good. The one thing hurting UConn this season is that they don't have the same quality weekend starting pitching that they have had in recent seasons. Even if Feole is on top of his game on Friday nights, the drop in quality after that is much more substantial than it has been in other recent years. Remember, Montgomerie in his last season here was a Saturday starter.

 

[ATLDYKA]

We are a bad offensive baseball team right now. We can't even score when given opportunities early. Bright side is we are still one good swing from a tie.

 

[dbmill]

Karl Johnson stays in for the bottom of the 6th.

 

[uconnbaseball]

This game has been excruciating. ECU was excellent Thursday but crapped the bed today. We really needed to jump them and the offense failed miserably. At this point, I have lost faith in them.

 

[uconnbaseball]

This is a 7 inning game, right?

 

[dbmill]

We are a bad offensive baseball team right now. We can't even score when given opportunities early. Bright side is we are still one good swing from a tie.

The other thing is, an excellent team like ECU is going to make a scuffling offense like UConn look bad. As the old saying goes, you are never as good as you are on top of things, or as bad as you look when playing bad. Or something like that, I hope you all catch my derailed train of thought.

 

[dbmill]

This is a 7 inning game, right?

Yes.

 

[dbmill]

East Carolina gets a run in the bottom of the 6th to make it 4-2. Two out, Caleb Wurster coming in to face Packard. Still, a solid relief performance from Johnson.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Once again their #9 kills us. That's probably game.

 

[HawkHusky]

Welp. That probably does it.