⚾ UVA Baseball Game Thread 22-28 April (Liberty, @BC series)

Tough strike call.

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Ump is making some questionable calls.

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That last strike was probably not. But we’re also taking pitches that we normally don’t. Two K’s looking with two on and balls pretty center cut.

9 runners left on through 5 innings. Just brutal.

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Yeah haven’t been a fan of our approach so far. Being abnormally patient at the plate.

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Top of the 6th, Farinelli still on the mound for BC. Anderson leads off for the HOOS.

  • Anderson on a full count draws a walk. One on and nobody down for Didawick.
  • Didawick hits a bouncer to the right side of the infield. Cimini charges and makes a glove flip to get the force out at 2nd but Didawick beats out the relay throw to 1st. One on and one down for Godbout.
  • Godbout on a full count walks. Two on and one down for Hanson.
  • Mound visit for BC. Pitching change incoming. RHP Travis Lane takes over on the mound for the Eagles.
  • Hanson on a full count K’s swinging at ball four in the dirt. Double steal was on, both runners move up a base without a throw. 2nd and 3rd, two down for GOF.
  • GOF pops out to McNulty in shallow LCF to end the frame.

Middle of the 6th, BC leads 3-0.

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The ump has a really wide plate.

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6-4-3 incoming? Maybe a pop out? Strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out….

But seriously, RISP hitting has been awful tonight.

Might as well have grounded into a double play. Hanson AB was a killer.

With the double steal, could have been a strike em out throw em out. Ha.

Bottom of the 6th, Blanco still on the mound for the HOOS. Wolff leads off for BC.

  • Wolff lines out to GOF at short. One down for Wang.
  • Wang draws a walk. One on and one down for Cimini.
  • Mound visit for UVA, DD out for a chat. Augustin warming up in the pen.
  • Cimini flies out to Didawick in LF. One on and two down for Walsh.
  • Walsh hits a hard grounder to Godbout who fields it on the backhand and makes a glove flip to GOF at 2nd for the force out. That ends the inning.

Heading into the 7th, BC leads 3-0. Gotta get the bats going.

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Top of the 7th, RHP Eric Schroeder takes over on the mound for BC. Whalen leads off for the HOOS.

  • Whalen draws a walk. One on and nobody down for Saucke.
  • Saucke K’s swinging on three pitches. One on and one down for Ford.
  • Ford on the next pitch hits a dribbler back to the mound. Schroeder looks off 2nd and then makes the throw to 1st for the out. Runner on 2nd and two down for Ference.
  • Ference K’s swinging to end the frame.

7th inning stretch time, BC leads 3-0. Worst we’ve looked at the plate all year and it’s not even close.

Bottom of the 7th, Blanco still on the mound for the HOOS. Caraher leads off for BC.

  • Caraher on the first pitch drops a surprise bunt past the right side of the mound. Godbout charges in to field and make the throw to 1st, but it’s not in time. There’s gonna be a review though, I think he was out.
  • On replay he’s out by a half step.
  • Call on the field stands, other replays made the play a little closer but I still thought he was out. One on and nobody down for Landwehr.
  • Mound visit for UVA, BOC out for a chat. Pitching change incoming. RHP Matt Augustin takes over on the mound for the HOOS.
  • Landwehr hits a hard grounder up the middle for a base hit. Caraher goes 1st to 3rd as Whalen was playing way back in CF, runners on the corners and nobody down for McNulty.
  • McNulty lays down a suicide squeeze in front of the plate. Augustin fields it and makes the glove flip to Ference at home who tags Caraher for the out. Think there’s gonna be a review.
  • On replay he’s definitely out.
  • Call is confirmed. Two on and one down for Magpoc.
  • Mound visit for UVA, BOC out for a chat. Pitching change incoming. LHP Angelo Tonas takes over on the mound for the HOOS.
  • Magpoc walks. Bases loaded and one down for Leary.
  • Leary on 3-0 grounds out to Ford at 1st unassisted. Landwehr scores, 4-0 BC. 2nd and 3rd, two down for Wolff.
  • Another mound visit for UVA, BOC out for a chat. Pitching change incoming. RHP Cullen McKay takes over on the mound for the HOOS.
  • Wolff K’s (1) looking on a nasty breaking pitch to end the inning.

Heading into the 8th, BC now leads 4-0.

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Top of the 8th, Schroeder still on the mound for BC. Anderson leads off for the HOOS.

  • Anderson K’s swinging. Outside corner is killing us tonight. One down for Didawick.
  • Didawick crushes a triple off the dead CF wall. Just missed a HR. Runner on 3rd and one down for Godbout.
  • Godbout on the next pitch flies out to CF. Didawick scores, 4-1 BC. We’re on the board! Nobody on and two down for Hanson.
  • Hanson K’s check swinging on a ball way out of the zone. That ends the frame.

Middle of the 8th, BC leads 4-1.

Bottom of the 8th, McKay still on the mound for the HOOS. Wang leads off for BC.

  • Wang on the first pitch hits a grounder to Hanson. He fields it cleanly but the throw to Ford is high and pulls him off the bag. One on and nobody down for Cimini.
  • Cimini on 0-2 rips a base hit back up the middle. Two on and nobody down for Walsh.
  • Walsh on the next pitch lays down a chopping bunt down the 1st base line. McKay charges to field it but can’t pick it cleanly, no throw and everyone is safe. Bases loaded and nobody down for Caraher.
  • Caraher on a full count draws a walk. That drives in Wang from 3rd, 5-1 BC. Bases still loaded and nobody down for Landwehr.
  • Landwehr on the next pitch grounds a base hit into LF. Two runs score, 7-1 BC. Two on and nobody down for McNulty.
  • McNulty gets a bunt down. Anderson fields it and throws to 1st for the out, both runners move up a base. 2nd and 3rd with one down for Magpoc.
  • Magpoc walks on four pitches. Bases loaded and one down for Leary.
  • Mound visit for UVA, BOC out for a chat. Pitching change incoming. LHP Matthew Buchanan takes over on the mound for the HOOS.
  • Leary K’s (1) looking. Bases loaded and two down for Wolff.
  • Wolff on 2-2 is HBP. SMDH. Canaher scores from 3rd, 8-1 BC. Bases still loaded and two down for Wang.
  • Wang on a full count pops out to Ford behind the mound to mercifully end the inning.

Heading into the 9th, BC now leads 8-1. Got them right where we want them.

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I think I’m going to be sick

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Fenway can f itself.

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Hopefully BC’s home park is a little kinder. Just bad baseball all around from us tonight.

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I’d almost rather the bats don’t wake up, it’ll be worse if we lose 11-9.

Top of the 9th, Schroeder still on the mound for BC. GOF leads off for the HOOS.

  • GOF K’s swinging on a ball way out of the zone. One down for PH Anthony Stephan.
  • Stephan grounds out to 1st unassisted. Two down for Saucke.
  • Saucke ropes a double into the LCF gap. Runner on 2nd and two down for Ford.
  • Ford on the next pitch grounds a base hit into RF against the shift. Saucke scores, 8-2 BC. One on and two down for Ference.
  • Ference golfs a base hit into CF. Two on and two down for Anderson.
  • Mound visit for BC.
  • Anderson grounds out to 1st unassisted and that ends it.

BC takes game one 8-2 and improves to 21-19 (8-14) on the season. UVA falls to 31-12 (12-10).

We’ll see you tomorrow 3PM where the Hoos will try and even up the series.

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Game two starts in about 15 minutes.

No PBP from me today as I’m working until 6.

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Game tied at 3 in the 7th inning.