Yesterday was a rough day for Cincinnati Bearcats baseball. There were three different ways the day could have gone and it ultimately followed the worst possible line. As they opened play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, the Bearcats were certainly not favored to win the whole thing, but back-to-back losses to UConn (6-2) and USF (9-4) in the span of roughly eight hours ended any Cinderella hopes.
In the loss to the Huskies, the Bearcats struggled mightily to get the bat on the ball. Aside from a two-run home run from Eric Santiago in the sixth, UC was flummoxed by UConn ace Mason Feole, who used a sweeping curveball to great effect in racking up 11 strikeouts in seven innings of work.