UConn Baseball’s 2018 Season Defined By More Than Ugly End

It was a bitter way to end UConn baseball’s magical 2018 season. The final out came earlier in the tournament than many expected — dreams of a Super Regional or even forcing a win-or-go-home game on Monday were dashed when they fell 9-6 to Washington.

But few could have predicted the way Jim Penders’ team fell, as the Huskies made numerous uncharacteristic, back-breaking mistakes over and over again. They ran into five outs on the base paths and made four errors in the field — including two from typically lights-out shortstop Anthony Prato.

“Our infield defense kind of fell apart,” Penders said. “We haven’t seen that all year and even when the ball was hit at us, we weren’t making plays.”

Even…