Baseball '25

[swilsonsp4]

The Bearcats bounced back nicely from last night's walkoff loss at UC San Diego. Tonight, Nathan Taylor pitched a gem, going 7 innings and throwing 100 pitches. The offense just gradually pulled away, with no long, productive innings. UC did leave a ton of runners on base, including two with the bags loaded. Final: 5-2.

On Saturday, the series will continue, with the first pitch at 4:05. Naturally, this will overlap the basketball Bearcats' efforts to stun Houston.

[D.A.H.]

yeah, they've had a couple of tough ones - they need to figure out a way to close these games out

[swilsonsp4]

The Cats took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th but, once again, couldn't hold it, falling 4-3. The inning started with a walk, a bean ball, and a sacrifice bunt. The next hitter drilled a double into the right field corner to seal UC's fourth loss, all in the opponents' final at-bats.

Same time at UC San Diego tonight (9:05 ET).

[swilsonsp4]

The Bearcats moved up to #23 in the d1baseball.com Week 2 rankings. As one might expect, the rankings are dominated by the SEC (11 teams) & ACC (6 teams). The B1G has only #11 OR.

In perusing the list, you have to go deep into the rankings to find the first B12 team, which happens to be ... UC. Only one other appears, TCU #25. Okie State are #27.

[bearcatbret]

Some history and folk lore.....
Bearcats Baseball Broke the Mold in 1971 - University of Cincinnati Athletics

[swilsonsp4]

Great comeback victory today. Trailing, 9-7, in the 9th, the Cats rattled the ball all over the yard, scoring three times, then put the "Hustlin' Rebels" down 1-2-3, ending it on a K looking.

The final game of the series will be tomorrow night at 9:05 ET.

[Jeff Burk]

Just watched our Cats against UNLV come back from 2 down. top of ninth, to win 10-9. Great comeback

[bearcatbret]

All four games are streaming live this weekend (for free) on the UNLV YouTube channel.

[swilsonsp4]

After 7 inning in LVNV, the Bearcats are up on the "Hustlin' Rebels", 5-0. UNLV have managed just 2 hits. Their starter threw 91 pitches in just 2.2 IP. [He must've spent some time studying my "How to Pitch" training video, with clips of me firing at will.]

Final: UC 6-0.

[swilsonsp4]

Per d1baseball.com, which ranks NCAA D1 teams, the Bearcats just cracked the Top 25 (exactly #25). Duke fell to #17. Only two other B12 teams are ranked: Okie State #19, TCU #22.

Per gobearcats.com, this is the first time that UC has been ranked ... ever.

[D.A.H.]

uc has caught ligtening in a bottle with coach bischel. these guys play so hard, and don't take plays off. they're throwbacks (are you listening, wes?). watched a lot of their games last year, and hope to do so this year. the season, and game day, tixs are very reasonable - the uc baseball stadium is a very fun place to watch a game, esp. with the kids or grandkinds. so, get your butts out there and cheer on some real bearcats

[bearcatjd]

What a great way to start the season with a series win over a ranked opponent.

[bearcatbret]

too bad that they lost the second game in extra innings. A sweep would have been a real statement.

[London 'Cat]

Final score: UC 19 Duke 5. UC wins the series.

[swilsonsp4]

UC leading 17-4 in the 7th.

Duke's pitchers have been wretched today through seven innings, with at least 9 BB & 3 HBP. The Cats, once on base, have abused the Blue Devils with multiple stolen bases and two successful squeezes. They stole eight bases between the 6th and 7th innings. It's 17-5 in the top of the 8th.