UConn v. URI 5/16/17 @3p @ J.O.C.

[dbmill]

8th inning, RBI double by Yahn makes it 3-2 Rhode Island going into the 9th.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Hill's bat is once again murdering us.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Funny that we talk about lack of power and yet the clean up hitter O'Neill it was mentioned was enrolled at UConn back in 2013. He is hitting .333 with 13 HRs. Wonder what his story was?

 

[uconnbaseball]

Midweek pitching has 11 strikeouts, 0 walks, and has only given up 3 runs to a decent team.

Time for a new hitting coach?

 

[Baseballguy]

Midweek pitching has 11 strikeouts, 0 walks, and has only given up 3 runs to a decent team.

Time for a new hitting coach?

I'm for it. Has one player showed improvement as the year has progressed? Everybody seems to be going backwards.

 

[dbmill]

Midweek pitching has 11 strikeouts, 0 walks, and has only given up 3 runs to a decent team.

Time for a new hitting coach?

UConn graduated four solid hitters in Melley, DeRoche-Duffin, Sundberg, and Daniello last year. With the exception of Prato, the newcomers to the lineup have come nowhere near in matching their production. UConn needs Winkel and company to improve drastically for next season.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Come on Toppa, I know you have power in that body.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Our prayers were answered for the time being.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Well, an excruciating error by our opponent works too!

 

[Baseballguy]

This team requires other team's to make mistakes in order to score. That's a difficult way to win.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Well, an excruciating error by our opponent works too!

And by that former UConn guy I mentioned above at that.

 

[huskymedic]

Ha... totally distracted on a conference call last inning and half and missed comeback. Free (painful) baseball

 

[huskymedic]

Funny that we talk about lack of power and yet the clean up hitter O'Neill it was mentioned was enrolled at UConn back in 2013. He is hitting .333 with 13 HRs. Wonder what his story was?

I don't remember him @ all...

>>The road to being one of the top bats in the Atlantic 10 is a long and winding one for O’Neil. Originally from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, O’Neil was a top prosper in the Northeast and had committed to play college baseball at the University of Connecticut following his high school career. After not appearing in any Huskie starts in his freshman season in 2013, O’Neil decided to transfer and play for the Rhode Island Rams.<<

 

[ATLDYKA]

Come on Radue, can't keep giving them free bases.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Russell in. Good move, we need to win this game. I'd leave him in through tge 12th.

Our catching has been much better

 

[dbmill]

According to Chris Jones, UConn catchers did not throw out a base steeler in 29 attempts, they have now followed that throwing out 5 in a row.

 

[dbmill]

Funny that we talk about lack of power and yet the clean up hitter O'Neill it was mentioned was enrolled at UConn back in 2013. He is hitting .333 with 13 HRs. Wonder what his story was?

I don't remember him @ all...

>>The road to being one of the top bats in the Atlantic 10 is a long and winding one for O’Neil. Originally from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, O’Neil was a top prosper in the Northeast and had committed to play college baseball at the University of Connecticut following his high school career. After not appearing in any Huskie starts in his freshman season in 2013, O’Neil decided to transfer and play for the Rhode Island Rams.<<

I remember seeing O'Neil on a list of UConn recruits at the time, and reading something positive about him. 2013 was probably the last season UConn baseball had a fall ball roster posted on the website, and O'Neil was on it. I think I have a copy of it buried somewhere. By the time the spring season roster rolled around, he was nowhere to be found. At the time, UConn had infielders such as Mazzilli, Verdi, Siena, and Daniello, so that may be a reason why he didn't stick around.

 

[huskymedic]

It was gift wrapped and we peed on it...

 

[ATLDYKA]

We either stare at a called strike 3 or swing at a ball way out of the zone.

 

[Baseballguy]

Frenchy!!!!!!!

 

[dbmill]

Alex LeFevre throws out base steelers, and gets the game winning hit. I'd say he's the player of the game.

 

[huskymedic]

Green light on 3-0 and he delivers. Well done Alex.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Huge win. Big hit by LeFevre and he played great defense.

 

[Baseballguy]

Give the man his at bats. He's proved himself time and time again.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Smart move giving Alex the green light. We showed fight today, I was wrong to doubt them.

With that said, URI's slim at large chances are dead and they lost this more than we won it. They have to win their conference tour now.