Men #15 UConn v. Creighton Bluejays @ Elliott Ballpark (Fri. 5/6/22 @3:05p, Sat. 5/7/22 @1:05p on CW20 & Sun. 5/8/22 @11:05a)

[dbmill]

Top 7th, with 1 out and 2 runners in scoring position, Coe comes out of the game. Brendan O'Donnell comes in to pitch. Sac fly brings in a run, score is now 4-3. O'Donnell having faced the lefty hitter, now comes out, Ian Cooke in to pitch with 2 outs and a runner at 3B.

 

[uconnbaseball]

There’s Cooke (probably not gonna pitch much because of his midweek role).

 

[dbmill]

Top 7th, Cooke walks the first batter he faces, then a fly out ends the inning. 4-3 UConn.

 

[dbmill]

There’s Cooke (probably not gonna pitch much because of his midweek role).

Remember, the traditional use of pitchers is to have your best guys available during weekend conference games. With UConn facing Creighton this week and Xavier this week, it would not surprise me to see more of Cooke out of the bullpen, but with Penders, I would never discount the possibility of a midweek start as well.

 

[Tmill15]

An Albino Rhino sighting!!

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 7th, Huber with a 1 out rbi single. 5-3 UConn. Morton follows with a double to put 2 runners in scoring position with 1 out. Pitching change.

 

[huskymedic]

Bottom 7th, Huber with a 1 out rbi single. 5-3 UConn. Morton follows with a double to put 2 runners in scoring position with 1 out. Pitching change.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 7th, a wild pitch brings in a run. 6-3 UConn.

 

[Tmill15]

Bottom 7th, a wild pitch brings in a run. 6-3 UConn.

We sure love some amenities!

 

[dbmill]

Top 8th, Cooke starts the inning on the mound.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Top 8th, Cooke with a 1-2-3 inning with some nice defensive plays behind him. 6-3 UConn.

Guessing that Willis may not be available today, so we'll see who pitches the top of the 9th.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Bottom 8th, UConn offense strands a runner in scoring position. 6-3 UConn.

No one was warming in the UConn bullpen according to Chris Jones, so Cooke will at least start the top of the 9th.

Edit. Willis starting to warm up at the beginning of the 9th.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

Top 9th, Cooke gets the first 2 outs, then gives up a 2 run homer. 6-5 the score, Justin Willis is coming into the game.

 

[dbmill]

Willis gets a strikeout, and he gets the save. UConn wins 6-3, and takes the series on a Saturday.

 

[huskymedic]

UConn Baseball 22-2 since April 1st!

 

[huskymedic]

Willis gets a strikeout, and he gets the save. UConn wins 6-3, and takes the series on a Saturday.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

Game…

 

[uconnbaseball]

Creighton proving to be a legit test makes these wins even better. I can see how they have as many p5 wins as they do.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Win tomorrow and its a 4 game lead and just about regular season in the bag. Lose and Creighton has life.

 

[huskypantz]

Quote from the Creighton message board:
“We're in the same league as UConn, but we're really not in their league.”

Regardless, we have to win the BET. Just keep winning.

 

[huskypantz]

It looks like we’d be the second team in the country to get to 40 wins if we can pull off a W tomorrow.