Who says you can’t come home again?

With Andre Lefleur leaving for Providence College, an opening on the UConn Huskies men’s basketball staff came about. Naturally Jim Calhoun promoted Glen Miller to that position leaving the Director of Basketball Operations job open. And now it’s filled as it was announced that former UConn player and assistant coach Karl Hobbs will fill the position.

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Here’s the release from UConn:

STORRS, Conn. – Karl Hobbs has been named to the position of Director of Men’s Basketball Administration at the University of Connecticut, it was announced today by head coach Jim Calhoun. Hobbs spent the previous ten seasons as the head coach at George Washington University.

“I am very excited to have Karl rejoin our staff here at UConn,” said Calhoun. “Karl is a proven professional and is a Husky. He will be a great fit and I know that the team and staff will benefit from his return.”

“I am blessed with the opportunity to work with such incredible coaches, administrators and student-athletes,” said Hobbs. “I consider everyone at UConn to be family to me and I take great pride in returning under the tutelage of such a phenomenal Hall of Famer and mentor in Coach Calhoun. I credit Coach for so much of the success that I have had in my career and to be back working for him is a thrill. It is an exciting time to be at UConn, under the direction of new President Susan Herbst, and I have such gratitude and respect for Jeff Hathaway and the impact that he has had on my career. I look forward to getting started and jumping in with both feet, getting to know the players and reconnecting with the many people still on the staff from my previous time on campus.”

In his ten seasons at GW, Hobbs led the Colonials to unprecedented heights, capturing a pair of Atlantic 10 Tournament titles, one regular season championship and making five postseason appearances, including three straight NCAA Tournament trips from 2004-06. Hobbs compiled a record of 166-129 in his ten seasons.

Hobbs spent the 1993-94 through 2000-01 seasons as an assistant coach for UConn, helping the Huskies earn five BIG EAST Regular Season titles, three BIG EAST Tournament crowns and the 1999 NCAA National Championship. UConn had a record of 216-56 in his eight seasons on the staff.

A native of Roxbury, MA, Hobbs attended Connecticut where he was a four-year starting point guard, earning All-BIG EAST honors in 1983-84.

He played point guard for the Huskies from 1981-84 and was captain of the team as a senior in 1983-84. He never missed a game in four seasons and started 104 of 113 games. He led the team in assists for four consecutive seasons totaling 534 assists. He currently ranks fifth on the UConn career assists list. He scored 900 points (8.0 ppg) and averaged 30 minutes per game during his college career.

Hobbs, who played with Patrick Ewing and for Mike Jarvis at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in the late ’70s, helped lead his team to the Massachusetts State High School title. He was named Massachusetts Schoolboy Player of the Year in 1979-80.

Prior to joining Calhoun’s staff at UConn, Hobbs served as an assistant coach at Boston University for six years (1988-93). Boston University won the North Atlantic Conference title twice and advanced to the NCAA Tournament first round in two of Hobbs’ four seasons in Boston.

Hobbs and his wife, JoAnn, have two daughters: RaShauna and Kaliah.

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Given the fact the Boston Red Sox didn’t arrive to the hotel in Baltimore at 6 a.m. on Monday morning, you could forgive them if they looked a little sluggish Monday night. And for the first two innings in the eventual 15-10 win, it looked like it might be a long night for the offense.

But then again, when you’re playing the Orioles anything is possible.

After firing blanks in those first two innings, the Red Sox responded with six runs over the next three innings in the sweltering Mid-Atlantic heat. Unfortunately, it also looked like that heat got the better of Tim Wakefield as well even though after the game he said it didn’t affect him.

Coming off the 16-inning marathon on Sunday night, Terry Francona needed Wake to give them 6-7 innings. But with Wake’s knuckleball not doing much in the humidity, he was only able to give them 4 2/3 innings.

He gave up two runs in the 1st on a Derrek Lee triple that Josh Reddick may or may not have misplayed. It was the 5th inning though that would ultimately do Wake in.

He started the inning off by striking out Felix Pie only to have the ball get past Jarrod Saltalamacchia allowing Pie to reach. He rebounded to strike out Robert Andino only to hang a pitch to J.J. Hardy who blasted it out of the ballpark to cut the lead to 6-4. After a Nick Markakis groundout, Wake threw a flat knuckleball that Adam Jones feasted on with a solo shot.

Matt Wieters and Lee followed the home run up with singles and a walk to Mark Reynolds loaded the sacks up for Nolan Reimold. Wake would be chased from the game trailing 7-6 after Reimold’s bases clearing double.

Sans Randy Williams, the Red Sox bullpen was outstanding after that.

Dan Wheeler was outstanding throwing 2.1 innings of hitless relief. He allowed just a walk while striking out three. Williams was roughed up for three runs in the 8th but Morales finished the game off by striking out the side in the 9th.

Even without David Ortiz, the Red Sox offense took care of business. They would put away this game in the 8th with an eight-run inning off of three Orioles relievers.

And who else but the Laser Show or the Muddy Chicken, Dustin Pedroia to get the job done. Michael Gonzalez had loaded up the bases and gave way to Mark Worrell. The sidearmer left a pitch out over the plate to Pedey who took it the opposite way for a 2-run double. Kevin Youkilis would make the Orioles pay for an intentional walk to Adrian Gonzalez with a two-run single to push the lead to 11-7.

Carl Crawford would add an RBI single and Darnell McDonald, who had pinch-hit earlier in the inning for J.D. Drew and walked, cleared the bases with a double to make it 15-7.

Obviously right now, there is no player that is any hotter than Pedey on the Red Sox. He willed the Red Sox on to a win on Sunday night and he did the same thing last night. During his 16-game hitting streak, he’s seen his average climb all the way up to .295, a far cry from the .240’s he was hitting earlier in the season.

With the peace of mind from knowing he couldn’t hurt his knee anymore, Pedroia just gets the job done. Gonzalez may have been the first half MVP for the Red Sox, but right now Pedey is the early clubhouse leader for MVP in the second half for the local nine.

We’ll be back later with this evening’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day. But for now, enjoy the overnight links from the media by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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Red Sox in comfortable position as trade deadline looms [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

Pep club [Boston Globe]

He grabs games in the clutch [Boston Globe]

Beckett’s start went long way [Boston Globe]

Perfectly happy to manage incredible 16-inning game [Boston Globe]

Summering with the Sox [Boston Globe]

Sox run on Dustin [Boston Herald]

David Ortiz’ ban begins [Boston Herald]

Kyle Weiland ready after historic Sox debut [Boston Herald]

Reddick the right choice [Boston Herald]

Hits must keep coming [Boston Herald]

Sox belt Baltimore, 15-10 [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Wakefield disappointed in start [CSNNE.com]

Rapid Reaction: Red Sox 15, Orioles 10 [ESPN Boston]

Buchholz: ‘It’s another step’ [ESPN Boston]

Video: How good are the Sox? [ESPN Boston]

Dan Wheeler a hidden contributor in Boston Red Sox win [ESPN Boston]

Matt Albers not surprised Orioles were miffed at him [Full Count]

Closing Time: Pedroia keeps motoring as Sox beat Baltimore [Full Count]

This is what an Adrian Gonzalez slump looks like [Full Count]

Video: Terry Francona Knows It Might Take Time for Carl Crawford to Find Swing Upon Return, But Happy to Have Him Back in Lineup [NESN.com]

Video: David Ortiz Wants to Get Suspension Over With to Continue Season, While Orioles’ Kevin Gregg Still Deflects Blame [NESN.com]

Video: Carl Crawford Says Hamstring Feels Good Following Rehab Stint, Only Concern Going Forward Is Winning Games [NESN.com]

Red Sox Back to Taking Advantage of Overmatched Orioles, Pound O’s Again in Series Opener [NESN.com]

Video: Tim Wakefield Disappointed He Couldn’t Work Deeper Into Game One Night After Marathon at Tampa Bay [NESN.com]

Will David Ortiz Crack the 40-Home Run Plateau This Season? [NESN.com]

Boston’s bats leave no doubt [Providence Journal]

Crawford’s return a boost to Sox [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Ortiz will miss Orioles series [Providence Journal]

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Who’s NEXT in the Big East? [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]

Summer Kickoff Preview No. 1: Coaches’ Corner [BigEast.org]

UConn Football Player In The Spotlight: Center Moe Petrus [Hartford Courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Lamb’s ‘Extraterrestrial’ Dunk [David Borges – New Haven Register]

2011 Greater Hartford Pro-Am Highlights [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Moore’s Jersey Is No. 1 In The WNBA [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Stefanie Dolson, Bria Hartley going great distances to improve [New Haven Register]

After finishing up a marathon last night in St. Pete, the Boston Red Sox made their way north for another AL East battle in Baltimore. Tonight they’ll take on the Orioles in the first of a three-game set at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Tonight’s first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the game will be broadcast in the Red Sox television market on NESN. If you live in the Orioles television market, you can watch the game on MASN. And if you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2011 Red Sox Radio Network.

Tim Wakefield goes in search of career win 199 today in his 12th start (21st appearance) of 2011. In his previous 20 appearances (11 starts), Wake is 5-3 with a 4.74 ERA. He’s made one appearance against the Orioles this year back on 4/27 when he threw a scoreless inning. Wake has made 50 career appearances (35 starts) against the Orioles and is 16-13 with a 4.13 ERA. He’s made 26 appearances (20 starts) in the Charm City and is 10-5 with a 3.29 ERA.

Brad Bergesen makes his first start since May 28th in his 18th appearance (10th start) of 2011. In his previous 17 outings (nine starts), Bergesen is 1-6 with a 5.65 ERA. In his lone start against the Red Sox this season, he allowed two runs in six innings as he didn’t factor in the decision on 4/28. He’s made seven career starts against the Red Sox and is 2-3 with a 3.27 ERA. Five of those seven starts have been quality starts.

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Here are this evening’s lineups:

57-36		38-54
1. Jacoby Ellsbury	DH	1. J.J. Hardy	SS
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Nick Markakis	RF
3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B	3. Adam Jones	CF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Matt Wieters	C
5. Josh Reddick	CF	5. Derrek Lee	1B
6. Carl Crawford	LF	6. Mark Reynolds	3B
7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	7. Nolan Reimold	DH
8. J.D. Drew	RF	8. Felix Pie	LF
9. Marco Scutaro	SS	9. Robert Andino	2B
Tim Wakefield	SP	Brad Bergesen	SP

And here is how the hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

Check back and/or refresh often as more links will be added if/when they become available before game time.

With Crawford coming off of the disabled list, Drew Sutton was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket to make room for him on the 25-man roster.

Also, David Ortiz and Kevin Gregg had their suspensions reduced to three games and will both begin serving them starting tonight.

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Reddick vs. Drew? For the Red Sox, there’s no dilemma [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]

David Ortiz, Kevin Gregg to start serving 3-game suspensions tonight [Clubhouse Insider]

Pedroia comes up big to save Sox [CSNNE.com]

Nation STATion: Love that Muddy Chicken [CSNNE.com]

Ellsbury to DH in the absence of Ortiz [CSNNE.com]

Ortiz’s suspension reduced to three games [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Crawford returns to Red Sox lineup [CSNNE.com]

Ortiz penalty cut to 3 games; sits out here [ESPN Boston]

Crawford wants to put first half behind him [ESPN Boston]

Lester to go Monday, not Tuesday [ESPN Boston]

Will the Orioles forget? [Extra Bases]

Pre-game notes from Camden Yards [Extra Bases]

Trade Deadline: Red Sox called Cardinals about Colby Rasmus [Full Count]

Crawford: Feeling ‘real close to myself’ [Full Count]

Progress for Buchholz, a new day for Lester [Full Count]

Aceves has the top all-time winning percentage [HardballTalk]

All Aboard The Lavarnwagon [Heard It From Hoard]

Josh Beckett’s Low Win Total Likely to Unfairly Hurt His Chances in Cy Young Discussion [NESN.com]

Red Sox’ Upcoming Schedule Presents Opportunity for First-Place Club to Continue Surge [NESN.com]

Video: Managing Bullpen, Keeping Daniel Bard Fresh Among Difficult Duties for Red Sox Pitching Coach Curt Young [NESN.com]

David Ortiz Gets Suspension Reduced to Three Games, Will Sit Out Rematch With Orioles [NESN.com]

Red Sox Reliever Alfredo Aceves Earns Amica Pitcher of the Week Honors [NESN.com]

Red Sox Can Use David Ortiz’s Absence to Their Advantage [NESN.com]

Joe Maddon’s Positivity Is to Be Expected, But AL East Is Becoming Two-Team Race Between Red Sox, Yankees [NESN.com]

A Series Matter: Red Sox-Orioles and Fatigue [Projo Sox Blog]

Ortiz’s suspension reduced to three, starting Monday [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox tired but ready [Projo Sox Blog]

Lester to start July 25 [Projo Sox Blog]

Wakefield aims to edge closer to 200th win [RedSox.com]

Facing O’s is now normal for Albers [RedSox.com]

Crawford returns for series opener vs. O’s [RedSox.com]

Ortiz begins serving three-game suspension [RedSox.com]

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With the MLB July 31 non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching you have to wonder what Red Sox Vice President and General Manager Theo Epstein and his staff are working on.

Early in the season everyone felt the pitching and hitting were good it was the catching that was going to kill this team. Catchers Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jason Varitek got off to horrible starts both at the dish and defensively slowly over time the duo began to break out of it. Manager Terry Francona has found a good balance for the two backstops and they both simultaneously turned around their slow starts.

Mind you they are not hitting .300 with great power numbers but with the lineup Francona puts on the diamond each and everyday you can afford to have the backstops hitting in the .250 range.  Now that they appear settled behind the plate, Colorado seems willing to trade Connecticut-native Chris Iannetta.  While down in Pawtucket Ryan Lavarnway has exploded since his promotion to Triple A and looks to be making the leap that may find him paired with Saltalamacchia in the not so distant future.

So with catching not a priority as we thought it might be where does Epstein look to improve the club?  Let’s start with right field.  Current starter J.D. Drew is having an abysmal season.  The former two-time first round draft pick is hitting just .228 with 4 HR and 18 RBI in 74 games.  His numbers have consistently started to drop off since he signed with Boston prior to the 2007 World Championship season.  In fact at times he looks totally disinterested in playing, much more than he does on a regular day. Since he came to Boston he has never hit higher than .280 topped out at 24 HR’s in one season and has never driven in more than 68 runs.  But here’s where the sabermetricians goo all over themselves, he’s had a season OBP of .408 and another of .392 while his slugging percentage those years were .519 and .522 in 2008 and 2009.  This year his OBP is .326 and his slugging percentage is a lowly .317.

So who is available in right field? 

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Well they could go with prospect Josh Reddick who has played very well since his Triple A recall and use journeyman outfielder Darnell McDonald as the right-handed option.  But it makes more since to go get a bat.  Some of the outfielders rumored to be potential trade candidates include Los Angeles Dodgers Andre Ethier, New York Mets Carlos Beltran, San Diego’s Ryan Ludwick and the Chicago Cubs Jeff Baker.

From what I’ve heard Chicago doesn’t want to deal Baker, while Ethier and Beltran are going to cost you some and both are impending free agents at the end of the season.  That leaves Ludwick, who happens to play for the Red Sox West.  He would also be a short-term solution as he is on a one-year contract for $6.78M that in Boston is pocket change.  He wouldn’t cost you a boatload of prospects to get either as you could probably pry him away from the Friars for McDonald and a decent minor leaguer and/or some cash.  Epstein and his counterpart Jed Hoyer could do this over a day of surfing and Jamba Juice at Coronado.

Ludwick would be a good fit, good clubhouse guy, former Tony LaRussa player which means his head is on straight and a right handed bat who is hitting .238 with 11 HR 56 RBI .306 OBP and .376 SLG in a pure pitchers park, PETCO Field.  You could expect those numbers to increase some playing in hitter friendly Fenway Park.  In fact in 2008 with St. Louis the 33-year old had career highs of .299 with 37 HRs and 113 RBI a .375 OBP and SLG of .591.

So with the outfield hole potentially fixed you always need to look at pitching.  In going through some stuff for this article I didn’t really find anything in the way of bullpen help that mentioned the Red Sox in the last week to ten days.  I’d imagine Epstein would look at shoring up the pen a bit, as Bobby Jenks is back on the DL, Dan Wheeler has been awful and Alfredo Aceves may melt on the mound one day down the stretch.  And by melt I mean like ice you ever seen that dude sweat?  While the lefty reliever spot has been unsettled all year as we’ve seen Dennys Reyes, Hideki Okajima, Randy Williams and Franklin Morales fill that role at some point this year.  But as we all know lefty pitchers, especially situational relievers, are in short supply if you want a good one.  There are always several situational guys available at the deadline, expect the Sox to take a long hard look at a few of them.

I’ve seen some rumblings of the Sox, amongst a lot of teams, looking at Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez, who we all recall had an electric 2010 but has fallen off the map in 2011.  Jimenez is signed though 2012 with club options through 2014.  He isn’t that expensive contract wise but his deal says if he is traded the options for 2013 and 2014 become player options.  Plus Colorado is rumored to want the World and more for him.  According to reports they told the New York Yankees they wanted their top four prospects for him.  No one will give the Rockies that much for a pitcher you need to straighten out during the intensity of the pennant chase.

Also reportedly Epstein has kicked the tires on the Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda.  Kuroda is older, 36, a starter who has a full no-trade clause and has been known to say he will not waive it for an East Coast club.  He is a steady even performer and his numbers are always similar year in, year out.  He is currently on a one year $11.77 M deal with Los Angeles who let’s face it is looking to dump some payroll.

Whatever happens in the next two weeks will be done in the interest of making the team better and getting to playoffs with a chance to win it all.  I trust Epstein will make a move or two, how big they are will depend on the circumstances.  Keep this in mind though; the Red Sox will have a numbers crunch with the 40-man roster come this winter.  They will have too many players that, due to service time, are required to be placed on the 40-man roster.  With that said they do have some major room to make a big deal and add an impact player either prior to this season’s deadline or during the off season.

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For the first eight innings last night, neither the Boston Red Sox nor the Tampa Bay Rays could mount anything substantial against the starters Jeff Niemann and Josh Beckett respectively. And all though the Red Sox had numerous opportunities to put the game away after that, it took until the 16th inning for the first run of the game to cross the plate.

Fortunately for the Red Sox, the run scored was by them.

The Red Sox managed just five hits last night off of nine Rays pitchers. Three of them though came off the bat of the white-hot Dustin Pedroia who oh by the way flashed some serious leather last night as well.

After leaving the bases loaded in the 9th and 11th innings as well as runners on base in the 10th, 13th and 15th innings, they finally broke through against Adam Russell in the 16th.

Josh Reddick worked a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second by Jason Varitek. Marco Scutaro hit a high chopper in the infield that he beat out with Reddick heading to third. Jacoby Ellsbury made the second out of the inning when he flew out to left on a ball that was not deep enough to score Reddick from third base.

Russell fell behind Pedroia 1-0 and then saw Pedey take his next pitch the opposite way for a single to bring in Reddick for the first and what turned out to be the only run of the night.

Jonathan Papelbon made sure the Red Sox would get the win as he worked a 1-2-3 16th to preserve the win for Alfredo Aceves as he picked up his 21st save at approximately 1:54 a.m. this morning.

If there were any worries about the left knee of Beckett, I really don’t think there should be now. He never showed any signs of discomfort during the game other than the two balls that his ankle.

The last time Beckett faced the Rays, he threw a complete-game one-hit shutout at the Trop. The only hit in that game was an infield single. It was the same thing on Sunday night as well. The only hit Beckett would allow in eight innings of work was an infield single by Evan Longoria and that came back in the 1st inning.

Beckett was like a surgeon last night. He was throwing his fastball with pinpoint accuracy to where ever Jason Varitek was calling for it. He was also able to use other his pitches effectively due to the strength of his fastball. Hopefully there will be no lingering effects with the knee when Beckett awakes today.

The outing from Beckett was just what the doctor ordered. With the rotation in a state of flux right now, Beckett’s strong outing makes sure there is one less thing to worry about. And with Jon Lester slated to come back on July 26th, the band should all be back together.

Now we just need some strong outings from Tim Wakefield, Kyle Weiland and Andrew Miller over the next three days in Baltimore.

We’ll be back later with this evening’s lineups, batter/pitcher matchups and links from the day. But for now, enjoy the overnight links from the media by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

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Sweet 16! Sox outlast Rays [Boston Globe]

They’d like him up to speed [Boston Globe]

Date is set for Lester’s return [Boston Globe]

Red Sox go deep to beat Rays [Boston Herald]

Better late than never [Boston Herald]

Orioles’ anger at Red Sox hasn’t cooled [Boston Herald]

Dustin Pedroia leads 16-inning, 1-0 win — and ‘Muddy Chicken’ is born [Clubhouse Insider]

Jason Varitek after catching 16 innings: ‘I feel like a spring chicken’ [Clubhouse Insider]

Sox win in 16, 1-0 [CSNNE.com]

Notes: Beckett shines, Reddick climbs [CSNNE.com]

Pedroia wins Boston Marathon [ESPN Boston]

Varitek good to the finish [ESPN Boston]

Love that Muddy Chicken? [ESPN Boston]

Video: ESPN crew on Beckett, Pedey [ESPN Boston]

The Muddy Chicken to the rescue [Extra Bases]

A few thoughts…. [Extra Bases]

Closing Time: Red Sox claim a victory, reclaim an ace [Full Count]

Jose Iglesias looking to rebound in second half [Full Count]

Will There Be Any Ejections During the Orioles-Red Sox Series? [NESN.com]

Carl Crawford Eager to Come Off Disabled List After Lifting Concerns Over Hamstring [NESN.com]

With a single run, Red Sox win 16-inning battle at the Trop [Providence Journal]

Peace of mind is helping Pedroia put together one of his best streaks [Providence Journal]

Orioles’ anger at Red Sox hasn’t cooled [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Crawford remains on pace to return Monday [Providence Journal]

Red-hot Reddick could create outfield logjam [RedSox.com]

What we learned about Dustin Pedroia’s new nickname and the Red Sox’ latest win [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]

For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE,  ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

The Huskies By Numbers [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Player Profile: Alex Oriakhi [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn moved up among college basketball elite at Arizona’s expense [Tucson Citizen]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Maya Moore Making Money For Minnesota [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Sun’s Tina Charles continues to raise her game [New Haven Register]

Sun’s Tina Charles humbled by All-Star selection [Norwich Bulletin]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. UConn’s John Andreoli having success in Cape Cod League [College Baseball Daily]