Men UConn @ UC-San Diego Tritons (Saturday 3/19/22 @ 9p EDT, Sunday 3/20/22 @ 5p EDT & Monday 3/21/22 @ 4p EDT). All games on ESPN+/MIXLR

[uconnbaseball]

Cole Chudoba seems to be finding himself on this road trip. Another scoreless inning brings us into the 8th with the 1 run lead.

Someone hit the damn ball please.

 

[dbmill]

Top 8th, UConn offense with a scoreless inning.

 

[uconnbaseball]

That was a very, very fast inning. Took like 6 minutes total.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, Chudoba faces the minimum with the help of an inning ending double play. 3-2 UConn. Chudoba at 17 pitches.

 

[Pudge]

this UCSD team seem to be battling us inning to inning. You don't know exactly what we faced - Pitching depth - at Pepperdine or USC; but this team is grinding both on defense + offense. Hits. Not a lot of bs walks and errors. When you consider they were at a lower division recently - playing Cal State East Bay; Stanislaus; Cal State Dominguez Hills etc - this is quite an upgrade. Impressive.

 

[jrazz12]

That missed going out by about a foot

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, Simmons with a leadoff double, Fedko pinch hits for Ferrer who did not have a hit the last 2 days. Fedko draws a walk, Korey Morton pinch runs for Fedko (a traditional move a this point), Donlan pinch hits for Garbowski with no outs. Pitching change.

 

[uconnbaseball]

We are threatening a rally here in the top of the 9th.

 

[dbmill]

this UCSD team seem to be battling us inning to inning. You don't know exactly what we faced - Pitching depth - at Pepperdine or USC; but this team is grinding both on defense + offense. Hits. Not a lot of bs walks and errors. When you consider they were at a lower division recently - playing Cal State East Bay; Stanislaus; Cal State Dominguez Hills etc - this is quite an upgrade. Impressive.

According to Chris Jones, the Tritons were one of the top baseball teams in Division 2 before they upgraded to Division 1.

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, UConn strands 2 runners in scoring position. 3-2 UConn.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Painful missed opportunity to score, due to multiple strikeouts with runners in scoring position. Apart from yesterday, strikeouts have been a very big problem for us.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Chudoba gets two quick outs, then gives up a base hit. Great job Cole! Just 1 out away now.

Looks like Coe is coming out to try to ice this off.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Chudoba gets the first 2 outs, then allows a single. Pitching change, LHP Brendan O'Donnell coming in to face a lefty batter.

 

[dbmill]

O'Donnell gets a strikeout! He gets the save, UConn the 3-2 win!!!

 

[uconnbaseball]

Never a doubt! Haha...

Ranking tomorrow?

 

[Bomber36]

San Diego put up a fight. Another nice road win!

 

[Tmill15]

Great 3-2 win!!!! Back for game 3 and the sweep tomorrow!!!!

 

[huskypantz]

Awesome - another series win and a very successful road trip regardless of tomorrow's outcome.

 

[jrazz12]

Photo is too big to upload but great result. Thought the ump was going to let the check swing go twice there.

Another weekend, another series W

 

[huskymedic]

O'Donnell gets a strikeout! He gets the save, UConn the 3-2 win!!!

 

[dbmill]

Excellent work out of the bullpen from Chudoba and O'Donnell today. Chudoba did quite well in the Cape Cod League this past summer, and O'Donnell is due to play on the Cape this coming summer, so I've been waiting see some solid contributions from the both of them. If they continue to produce positive results on the mound, it really helps to get the UConn bullpen in nice shape.

 

[Pudge]

In California, I am certain that is a huge step. They are in the Big West Conference I see ... so Long Beach, CS Fullerton, Irvine, Hawaii etc. Seems like they jumped concurrent with Covid; so a messy few years transition. UCDS - by the way - is one of the best academic University of California universities; great in Health sciences and engineering (and some of these baseball players are engineering majors).

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

According to Chris Jones, the Tritons were one of the top baseball teams in Division 2 before they upgraded to Division 1.

In California, I am certain that is a huge step. They are in the Big West Conference I see ... so Long Beach, CS Fullerton, Irvine, Hawaii etc. Seems like they jumped concurrent with Covid; so a messy few years transition.

 

[huskymedic]

“It can be a good trip or a great trip after tomorrow”