Duck! Oregon wins 5-3 tonight.....
at Dodd. UCONN had plenty of chances but couldn't come up with that one big hit to break it open. Huskies scored on a solo homer by Mike Nemeth off the right field foul pole in the second and on an error in the third for a 2-0 lead early but UCONN starter Greg Nappa (pictured) made one mistake giving up a two run homer in the sixth as the Ducks tied it up at 2-2.
Oregon then pushed across three runs in the top of the 9th thanks to some sloppy UCONN fielding to break the game open. CT pushed across a run in the bottom half of the inning but UCONN star George Springer stuck out with a runner on to end the game. Springer had 4 Ks on the night in addition to a HBP.
Misc fan notes: I told you to leave early. Traffic delays all the way out to RT 2 according to one late arriving fan who made it in around the third inning. Folks still coming in during the top of the 5th! Cars parked all over the place but hey, Dodd was jammed! Announced crowd was 5700 but it sure looked a lot more than that. Have to believe owner E. Miles Prentice was happy upstairs.
Great seeing Hondo and Tom after too long of a winter and spring!
Pocket schedule is out. Team has a bunch of different sponsors on the pocket skeds than previous seasons. Nice job there. Promo schedule is familar and light given the time frame the team had to work with. No logo type giveaways (t-shirts, caps, ball, bats, etc) which is to be expected given the likely name change for 2011.
posted by greg8370 at 9:57 PM
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When is game 2?
12:12 AM
Game 2 @ 2:00 PM this PM.
5700 in a pigs eye! From these old eyes, there had to be upwards of 6K to 6.5 K.
UConn's big guns sure fell on the bigger stage. Springer had no clue how the Duck pitchers wee working the ball on him. Ott came away not looking so hot too.
Seeing I took the coward's way and left in the 8th inning, how long did it take to get out of there?
4:00 AM
Three words I hate .... upon further review... but in this case they may be appropriate. Last nights announced attendance was probably right, because there were not a lot of folks in the Sky boxes. The lower stands were filled and they hold up to 6 K.
Weather could affect attendance today & tomorrow. If there is Monday action, I'll be there regardless of who the teams are.
6:13 AM
I bailed after the three runs were scored in the 9th and was able to get out OK ...listened to the bottom of the 9th in the car....
I hear what you're saying about the skyboxes but just walking around after you left it sure felt like more than 5700 and they were more than a few folks upstairs.
Was surprised at the attendance of the afternoon game--1,948.
Thunderstorms this moring around 7PM here but it's starting to burn off now.
Rain for late Sat. night so I think we're OK weather-wise
8:35 AM
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