UConn @ St John for 3 (Fri. 3/16@3p, Sat. 3/17@1p & Sun. 3/18@1p)

[uconnbaseball]

I follow the team from afar but am not as tuned in as others...any chance Winkel passes up UConn and goes pro? I know he's pretty well regarded nationally.

It is very possible, sadly. I will root for him regardless of his choice.

 

[uconnbaseball]

St. John's refuses to throw strikes. Hopefully this works out well for us.

 

[dbmill]

Drat, Fedko left 3B too early on a potential sac fly, wiping out a run. 3-1 UConn going to the bottom of the 7th. Rossomando still in for the bottom of the 7th.

 

[Bezzz]

WTF Left early on the tag from third never gets called. Must have been obvious. Stupid.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Just getting ready to post how our batters have come up huge today with runners on third and less than 2 outs and what does Fedko do, leaves early. Sounds like it was hit plenty deep. Base running blunders continue to hurt us.

 

[dbmill]

Ronnie!!! Another 1-2-3 inning.

 

[Baseballguy]

Ronnie is pitching great

 

[dbmill]

UConn goes down quickly in the top of the 8th. Jake Wallace coming in to pitch the bottom of the inning, with Poulin starting to warm up.

 

[kris1]

Wallace impressive again.

 

[dbmill]

1 hit, 2 strikeouts for Wallace as he retires the side in the bottom of the 8th.

 

[dbmill]

Bottom of the 9th, 3-1 UConn, and PJ Poulin coming in to pitch.

 

[HawkHusky]

Always gotta make it stressful at the end.

 

[dbmill]

2 strikeouts for Poulin, 1 more out to go.

 

[dbmill]

Poulin gets the save, and UConn the 3-1 win! Very good signs for the bullpen with Wallace, Rossomando, and Poulin this weekend. Big series win for the NCAA tourney resume.

 

[ATLDYKA]

Nice bounce back to take the series. Nice job boys.

 

[huskymedic]

Nice series win after the Friday afternoon debacle...

 

[uconnbaseball]

Outside chance we are ranked next week in at least 1 poll, even though I'd say we need another strong week to earn it. Road wins at CCU, GT, St. Johns x2, SELA x2, and Georgia State will give the pollsters something to think about.

 

[kris1]

Resume building series....Georgia Tech, Coastal Carolina, and St John's

Edit: Let's not forget SELA.

 

[dbmill]

After last season and his poor performance in the Cape Cod League over the summer, I was a bit worried that Rossomando might be taking the Andrew Zapata path to pitching irrelevancy. Beginning to look like Ronnie has turned away from that journey. Instead, he might be turning into a big cog of this bullpen.

 

[dbmill]

Outside chance we are ranked next week in at least 1 poll, even though I'd say we need another strong week to earn it. Road wins at CCU, GT, St. Johns x2, SELA x2, and Georgia State will give the pollsters something to think about.

Assuming UConn keeps on doing what they need to do, these road wins will also give the NCAA tourney selection committee something to think about.

 

[gtcam]

Wow
Bullpen STRONG - at least this weekend
This is a great series win
Let's not lie down for the rest of the Northeast and New England teams

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dbmill]

According to Coach Penders, Chase Gardner could have gone longer in the game, but he had a full bullpen, and he likes what he has been seeing from Rossomando and Wallace.

 

[huskypantz]

Wow
Bullpen STRONG - at least this weekend
This is a great series win
Let's not lie down for the rest of the Northeast and New England teams

Yup, hoping that we don't have the mid-week letdowns we saw last year. A couple more wins would have solidified us for a spot in the NCAA's. Hopefully the resume will speak for itself this year.

 

[huskymedic]

Huskies Gut Out 3-1 Rubber Game at St. John's

Notes

• After 116 meetings between UConn and St. John’s the series is now deadlocked 58-58. Huskies win first series in Queens since 2006 season when Huskies swept a two-game series.

• UConn bullpen fired 7.1 shutout innings allowing three hits and striking out 13 in the Huskies two victories in the series.

• The Huskies secured a 4-3 record during their 11-day spring break trip. UConn has posted at least a .500 spring break trip seven of its last nine trips.

• Isaac Feldstein produced his team-leading sixth multi-RBI effort with his two-run triple in the sixth.

• Huskies are 3-2 in "Rubber Games" this season.