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[dbmill]

Top 8th, Shpur draws a leadoff walk. Daniels follows with a no out 2 run homer, 6-3 UConn.

Minick follows with a no out double, he moves to 3B on a wild pitch. Biller follows with a no out 2 run homer, his 3rd homer of the game. 8-3 UConn.

Lane gets a no out double, Padilla follows with a walk and MacArthur is hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Root follows with a walk bringing in a run, 9-3 UConn.

A no out single by Rispoli drives in 1 more run, 10-3 UConn.

Shpur drives in a run with sac fly for the 1st out, all runners move up a base. 11-3 UConn.

A 1 out walk by Daniels loads the bases. Minick gets an RBI ground out for the 2nd out, all the runners move up a base. 12-3 UConn.

A 2 out single by Biller drives in 2 runs, 14-3 UConn.

Lane draws a 2 out walk, 2 runners are left on base.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, Belisario pinch ran for Root last inning, Belisario takes over in RF.

Peters takes the mound as Afthim comes out. Guessing we will see more of Afthim this weekend.

 

[BlueWolf25]

Hellloooo offense! What an inning

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, Peters has a 1-2-3 inning, 14-3 UConn.

Conte was warming up in the bullpen. He has pitched in only 1 game so far this season.

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, with 1 out Belisario and Rispoli both draw walks. Shpur follows with a 1 out single that drives in a run, 15-3 UConn.

Daniels follows with a 1 out RBI single that puts runners on the corners, 16-3 UConn.

Minick follows with a 1 out 3 run homer, 19-3 UConn.

Biller draws a 1 out walk, Tirado pinch hits for Lane, no doubt he will take over as the catcher in the bottom of the inning.

 

[Viet Vet]

College baseball is brutal……home run, home run, home run. I miss the 1950s/60s/70s…….walk, stolen base, sac bunt, sac fly. Hit behind the runner, etc.

“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you?”

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Conte comes in to pitch.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Conte walks the leadoff batter and hits the next batter. The next batter hits a 3 run homer. 19-6 UConn.

Conte gives up a no out double. A no out single drives in a run, 19-7 UConn.

 

[husky8273]

why no mercy rule today?

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 9th, Conte walks the leadoff batter and hits the next batter. The next batter hits a 3 run homer. 19-6 UConn.

Conte gives up a no out double. A no out single drives in a run, 19-7 UConn.

Conte comes out of the game, Alejandro comes in to pitch.

 

[huskymedic]

why no mercy rule today?

Only in effect on travel day for conference games.

 

[dbmill]

why no mercy rule today?

For Big East conference games, the Mercy Rule is only in effect on the last game of the series, which happens to be the travel day.

 

[dbmill]

Conte comes out of the game, Alejandro comes in to pitch.

Alejandro walks the 1st batter he faces, so 2 runners are on base with no outs. A runner moves to 3B on a double play ball, and a strikeout ends the game. UConn wins 19-7.

 

[HCCForever]

College baseball is brutal……home run, home run, home run. I miss the 1950s/60s/70s…….walk, stolen base, sac bunt, sac fly. Hit behind the runner, etc.

“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you?”

I'm sure the disappearance of wooden bats has something to do with it as well.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[hardcorehusky]

I'm sure the disappearance of wooden bats has something to do with it as well.

As long as we are hitting the home runs, I am fine with it!

 

[Steve UConn72]

College baseball is brutal……home run, home run, home run. I miss the 1950s/60s/70s…….walk, stolen base, sac bunt, sac fly. Hit behind the runner, etc.

“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you?”

Agree. Probably need a standard, where room permits, of minimum distances to the various points of the outfield - 340, 385, 415, 385, 340 at a minimum. That said, based on the HR's the Huskies have hit lately, even those numbers wouldn't them.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[PASTE04038!]

Conte comes out of the game, Alejandro comes in to pitch.

Doubt we’ll see Conte the rest of the year.

 

[huskymedic]

Neff Homers Again as Villanova Drops Series Opener to UConn - Villanova University

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Jason Neff was just a triple short of the cycle for the second straight game as the Villanova University baseball team dropped its series

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HookC Rallies With 17 Runs In Final Three Innings at Villanova - University of Connecticut Athletics

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa . - The UConn baseball team (28-18, 12-4 BIG EAST) rallied for 17 runs in the final three innings to beat Villanova (20-22, 4-9 BIG EAST...

uconnhuskies.com

Boxscore

** UConn resumes the series tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at Villanova Ballpark **

 

[dbmill]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Minick and MacArthur exchange spots, Minick moves to D.H. today.

 

[businesslawyer]

One thing we can’t afford in winning the regular season championship is losing one of these games to weather. I wonder if there is any talk of playing 2 today if the weather holds

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Steve UConn72]

College baseball is brutal……home run, home run, home run. I miss the 1950s/60s/70s…….walk, stolen base, sac bunt, sac fly. Hit behind the runner, etc.

“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you?”

As near as I can tell, JO Christian field, which opened in the spring of 1968 (wood bat era) had dimensions slightly larger than Elliot at 340-370-405-370-340. I don't know how much the composite bats add in terms of distance, but even if it's 10%, that would add 30+ feet to all fields. Watching some of those Daniels and Minick moonshots lately, I'm not even sure the extra 30' would have mattered.

 

[ThetaZoo]

One thing we can’t afford in winning the regular season championship is losing one of these games to weather. I wonder if there is any talk of playing 2 today if the weather holds

Unbelievable they aren't playing 2 today. If anyone bothered to look at the forecast for tomorrow they'd see that it's rain all day.