UConn Baseball versus Rutgers
On April 20, 2012, my dad and I went to a baseball game between UConn and Rutgers, in game two of a doubleheader. Uconn had given up a 7-1 lead in game one, but squeezed out a 9-8 victory. We got to the game in the top of the 1st inning, and when we got there it was already 2-0 Rutgers. However, after Billy Ferriter led off with a single, the Huskies got some more hits and tied the game with two RBI singles. The tie didn’t last too long as a Rutgers’s player hit a two-run homer to make it 4-2, and Rutgers scored another in the inning. Things only got worse when Rutgers scored two more in the 6th inning to make it a 7-2 lead. During the next inning, UConn started to rally.
After a lead-off single, a pinch-hitter, Stanley Paul hit an RBI double for UConn to start the rally. The next batter singled to send home Paul, and later L.J. Mazzili, the son of an old Yankee player, hit a double to send in another run. He then stole third, and later scored on a fly out by Ferriter, to leave UConn down by only one when the inning was over. The very next inning, a Husky player led off with a double, but two outs were made after. Stanley Paul hit a double allowing another runner to score, to tie the game up!
However, the situation changed when Rutgers scored a run in the last inning, making it 8-7. The Huskies came into the inning knowing they had to score and that’s what they did. With men on the corners, a Husky player hit the ball to the pitcher, but the ball bounced from his glove, and the throw wasn’t in time so UConn tied the game again! The game went to the 10th inning, and Rutgers didn’t score. UConn came up and with just one out; there were men on first and second. Then UConn’s player, Martin hit a single threw the right side, and Paul beat the throw at home to give UConn the walk-off win and a doubleheader sweep! I was glad they won, and it was fun to see a walk-off win because they are dramatic and team that wins ends up in a pig pile! I really enjoyed my first UConn baseball game!
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Wish work had cooperated – it sounds like we missed a great game. I look forward to taking in a UConn or Rockcats game (or even 2) with you and dad this summer.
Wish you had been able to come. Alex would have liked the come-back and walk-off victory!