UConn v. UMass - April 18th @ J.O.C @ 3p

[huskymedic]

UMass Baseball Takes on UConn and Northeastern on the Road (dates are wrong in release)

 

[dbmill]

As mentioned in the Quinnipiac game thread, PJ Poulin scheduled to start for UConn according to Chris Jones.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[HuskyHawk]

Have to win these games. Comfortably would be a welcome change

 

[uconnbaseball]

Yea these games are basically a must win, especially at home.

 

[huskymedic]

Edit:

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 5m 5 minutes ago
Lineup Scratch: Lambrecht out for the Huskies. Kenny Bergmann hitting 9th and playing 3B Willy Yahn shifts from 3B to 2B

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 6s 6 seconds ago
Mid 1: Poulin records two strikeouts in a scoreless first. #UConn 0, UMass 0

 

[huskymedic]

Impotent offense continues:
UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 6s 6 seconds ago
End 1: Huskies squander an opportunity in the first. Stefanski triples to LF with one out but the Huskies can't bring him home.

 

[huskymedic]

Walk and error by Yahn @ second put runners on corners.

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 5m 5 minutes ago
T2: Bare with a rocket up the middle off Poulin’s cleat means a 1-0 UMass lead

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 44s 44 seconds ago
Mid 2: UMass gets on the scoreboard in the second. Poulin limits the damage in the second, notching two more strikeouts!

 

[ATLDYKA]

Thank goodness Winkel bailed out the offense. Man on 3rd and 1 out, man on 3rd and no outs and we struggle and have to sweat to get the run in. We just have no offense. Struggles!

 

[huskymedic]

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 8s 8 seconds ago
B3: Stefanski with a single to make it 2-1 as Anthony Prato crosses the plate

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
Two-Out RBI! Feldstein lines an RBI single to RF to extend the Husky lead to 3-1!

 

[lavuuk153]

Halfway home...3-1 good guys.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 3m 3 minutes ago
Huskies add a tally in the fifth, an RBI groundout for Feldstein gives #UConn a 4-1 lead. Trevor Holmes coming on for the sixth!

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
Holmes fires a quick 1-2-3 sixth inning! #Uconn 4, UMass 1

UConn threatening in B6 - Pitching change coming for UMass.

 

[dbmill]

Chris Jones mentioned that Lambrecht was scratched from the starting lineup about 15 minutes before game time, which is why Yahn is at 2B today. Jones didn't seem to know why Lambrecht was scratched.

 

[dbmill]

Holmes stays in to start the 7th.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 3m 3 minutes ago
Huskies add a tally in the fifth, an RBI groundout for Feldstein gives #UConn a 4-1 lead. Trevor Holmes coming on for the sixth!

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
Holmes fires a quick 1-2-3 sixth inning! #UConn 4, UMass 1

UConn threatening in B6 - Pitching change coming for UMass.

So much for the threat.

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 1m 1 minute ago
End 6: Huskies waste a chance to score in the sixth. Still 4-1 #UConn lead. Holmes back out for the 7th

 

[dbmill]

Another 1-2-3 inning for Holmes. He has 4 strikeouts in two innings.

 

[huskymedic]

Winkel breaks it open... bases loaded two run double. 6-1

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 11s 11 seconds ago
B7: Bergmann with an RBI for a 7-1 UConn lead and they are finally stepping on the throat of an opponent

 

[dbmill]

RBI singles by Bergmann and Prato make it 9-1 with Huskies still up in the 7th.

Winkel gets his first three hit game as a Husky.

 

[huskymedic]

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 24s 24 seconds ago
B7: Yahn knocks Knapek out with a single and UConn’s sixth run of the inning, Venditti on to throw in a 10-1 affair

Now I'm @ the point of "save some runs for UCF".

 

[dbmill]

Today's starter PJ Poulin threw 5 very good innings, probably his best pitching performance as a Husky. He set career highs for innings and pitches thrown in a game, and also came up with 5 strikeouts, another career high. He seemed to have his control throughout his pitching stint today. It's a funny thing, not too long ago it seemed that the midweek starters for UConn were a wide open affair, and we were all moaning about it. Not so anymore, as Ronnie Rossomando is firmly anchored as one midweek starter, and there is no reason to think that after today that Poulin won't continue to get the nod as the second midweek starter.

 

[dbmill]

Top 8th, Aaron Hill is now at 2B!! Jacob Wallace is in to pitch with an 11-1 lead.

 

[huskymedic]

A shut down inning would have been special... Wallace gives up 2 runs so far.

That's all. B8 - 11-3.

 

[dbmill]

A shut down inning would have been special... Wallace gives up 2 runs so far.

11-3 going into the bottom of the 8th. Freshman Jacob Wallace was getting important innings out of the bullpen at the beginning of the year, a time when Coach Penders talked about him as a possible closer candidate. Wallace has been largely ineffective of late, as evidenced by Penders getting him work in a late game mop up role today. That's some turnaround.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball‏ @UConnBaseball 2m 2 minutes ago
End 8: #UConn 11, UMass 3 CJ Dandeaneau in to pitch the 9th