Regional Baseball: Miami Plays DartMouth in Opener, FIU Takes Texas A&M

Miami will play Dartmouth in the first round of the regionals starting this Friday June 4th. FIU will also play at Mark Light Field in the the regionals against Texas A&M. Whittle for FIU is now on a 54 game hitting streak just 4 shy of the college record set by Robin Ventura.

Miami To Host 23rd Regional Baseball Tournament Starting friday June 4th

The University of Miami as been chosen to host their 23rd NCAA Regional baseball tournament at Mark Light starting this Friday June 4th. The Canes have advanced to the College World Series 18 of the 22 times they have hosted a regional. The regional tournament will need to be a "showcase" for the Canes, as they need to impress by dominating the competition. Their loss to Virginia in the tournament was the third time the Canes were beat by the Cavs in 10 day period, and the 4th loss in the that ten day span as well.

Tickets for the regional tournament go on sale tomorrow Tuesday June 1st.

Ticket packages for the entire Coral Gables Regional are $90 for field box, $60 for chairback, $45 for adult general admission and $30 for youth, seniors and students

Hurricanes Baseball: Miami Has Chance For Acc Finals, Virginia Stands In The Way

The Canes go into their matchup against Virginia at 12 noon Saturday with "'Must Win" mind frames. They are preparing to battle with the top ranked team in the country for the top spot in the ACC division A bracket. This will and must be a battle royale, a cage match, a no holds barred showdown with bats swinging and arms flinging.

Virginia is going to lay it all on the line that's for sure.

They are coming off their series win against Miami just last weekend. However that series was hard fought and Miami's hitting let them down while the Cavs remained just consistent in the series not spectacular, which happened to be just enough to get them the series win.

Tomorrow "just enough" won't cut it for either team.

Miami certainly has was it takes to beat Virginia. The Cavs haven't looked overly impressive the past week after the close series against Miami and a loss to Florida State two days ago in the tourney. Miami needs to keep its bats hot and get out to an early lead, starting pitching will be very important for the Canes. The relief staff will most likely determine the outcome of this game however. If the middle relievers and closers can keep the game in check by limiting their pitch counts with no walks and lots of ground outs we will be ok. The hitting has to be there as well, we cannot be sporadic with our hitting and run support. We need RBI's all day long and no runners left on base without just cause. We have already shown that even 10 runs isn't enough sometimes so we must score a minimum of 8 runs to win tomorrow's matchup.

Our Prediction: Miami 8, Virginia 7.

(ACC Tournament Baseball Tournament)

University of Miami vs Boston College

2010 Saturday May 29, 2010 12:00 Noon

Miami Needs FSU Win Over BC Today. Canes Must Beat Virginia Saturday To Advance.

The Round Robin ACC Tournament format has 8 teams divided into two different divisions.

Here are the current standings:

Pool Play Standings (thru Game 6)
Division A #1 Virginia 1-1 #4 Miami 1-1 #5 Florida State 1-1 #8 Boston College 1-1	Division B #6 Virginia Tech 1-0 #7 NC State 1-0 #2 Clemson 0-1 #3 Georgia Tech 0-1

In order for the Miami Hurricanes to win their division the following must happen. Miami needs FSu to beat BC today, and the Canes must beat Viiginia Saturday. Florida State plays Boston College today at noon and both teams have one loss. Florida State lost to Miami already and Boston College lost to Virginia.

The way the tie-breaker rules work for the tournament are as follows:

Two Teams Tied:

• The team that won the head to head competition in championship games will advance.

This means if Boston College beats FSU and the Canes beat Virginia, Boston College would advance because they beat the Hurricanes head to head.

So in order to advance the Canes need BC to lose today to FSU, and the Canes must beat Virginia on Saturday. Can't believe were gonna root for the Noles' but its a must needed win for the Canes to continue on.

Road to The ACC Baseball Championship Just Got Tougher With Loss To Boston College for Miami

It took 12 innings to determine the outcome of Thursday's game against Boston College at the ACC tournament for the Canes. The outcome was not good. The game was lost on a bottom of the 12th inning home-run by the Boston College Eagles. This game saw more power than Tim "the tool man" Taylor.

It took the Hurricanes 6 innings to get things going. Yasmani Grandal helped get things going with a solo blast giving the Hurricanes their first run of the game after Boston had put on 4 runs in the first 5 innings. After that Harold Martinez singled, then Pelaez walked. Nathan Melendres came up and hit an RBI single, 4-2 Miami. After a sac bunt and a sac fly, Pelaez scores as well. 4-3 Canes. Stephen Perez then hit a single which brought in the Canes 4th run of the game. Game tied 4-4.

BC added one run in the 7th inning making it 5-4, and then the Hurricanes powered back up in the 9th inning with 3 singles in a row from Lawson, Grandal, and Martinez. Melendres then walked bringing in another run, 5-5 now. Next up was Zeke "Redemption Song" Devoss who had been moved from his lead-off batter position this game after poor performances the past few games. Zeke hit in the 8th position yesterday and he hit a monstrous Grand Slam in that position to bring in 4 runs for the Canes. They added one more making the game total 10-5 Canes lead going into the bottom of the 9th.

All of sudden BC decides to follow in Miami's footsteps and they put up 3 singles with only 1 out. After a walk and fielder'c choice BC added 2, its now 10-7 Miami. Then comes Spatola for Boston College who is batting (.324, 71Hits, 57RBI's.) and he hits a 3 run home-run to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th, (10-10).

What a crazy matchup this was. This game was exciting to the very end, one of the most nail bitting games of the season.

On to the 12th inning.

Stephen Perez was has walked for the Canes and stole 2nd base. Man on 2nd, 2 outs. Frankie Ratcliffe hits a ball that allows him to reach on an error and in the process Stephen Perez rounds third and is waived home by the third base coach Mercandante. The play was at the plate and Stephen Perez was tagged out by a foot, inning over.

In the bottom of the 12th with 1 out, Boston College's Lawrence hit a 2 run HR to give the BC Eagles the win. Heartbreak for Miami as they let the game slip away, and now a tough road ahead to win the tournament.

BC BEATS UM: University of Miami vs Boston College Eagles: ACC Tournament Live Game Blogging / Recap

Top 1st 1st Inning -

2 pop up outs for Miami, Yasmani Grandal singles. He is left stranded. No runs.

Bottom 1st Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Boston College singles, runner advances to third. Throwing error by Chris Hernandez causes 1 run to score. Another run scores on single. Boston College ends inning leading 2-0. Chris Hernandez has 1 strikeout.

Top 2nd Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

2 walks gives Miami two base-runners. Miami leaves both stranded. No runs.

Bottom 2nd Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Chris Hernandez strikes out 1. Line drive out to end the inning. No runs. BC leads still 2-0.

Top 3rd Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Frankie Ratcliffe hits long fly out to back of the warning track, 1 out. Scott Lawson its pop up to Shortstop. 2 outs. Yasmani pops up to 2nd base. 3 down. Nathan Melendres pops out over 1st base. 2 outs.

Bottom 3rd inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Garrett Smith pops out to shallow right field, Frankie Ratcliff make play from 2nd base. 1 out.Robbie Anston walked. Man on 1st, 1 out. Chris Hernandez makes pickoff to first, Robbie Anston gets caught in run down. 2 outs now. Heads up Play for Canes. Chris Hernandez strikes out Matt Hamlet for 3rd out. 3 strikeouts for Chris Hernandez.

Top 4th Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Harold Martinez pops out to shallow center. 1 out. Single up the middle for Chris Pelaez, 1 man on. Nathan Melendres pops out. 2 outs. Michael Broad singles, man on 1st and 2nd. Zeke Devoss strikes-out leaving 2 stranded. 3 outs.

Bottom 4th inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Hernandez gets Boston College Eagles big hitter Mickey Wiswall swinging, 1 out. Hernandez has 4 strikeouts. Spatola grounds out to Shortstop. 2 outs. Melchionda lined out to shortstop. 3 outs.

Top of the 5th Inning-(BC 2 - UM 0)

Stephen Perez strikes-out swinging. Frankie Ratcliffe hits long line drive out to warning track. 2 outs. Scott Lawson hits a frozen rope at the 1st basemen who tags Lawson running by him. 3 outs.

Bottom 5th Inning- (BC 4 - UM 0)

Watson singles for Eagles, 1 man on. Lawrence hits dribbler in front of plate, Yasmani Grandal throws out runner at 2nd. 1 out. Zapenas singles. Runners on 1st and 2nd. Garret Smith doubles, 1 run scores. Boston College leads 3-0. Robbie Anston grounds out brings in Zapenas, 1 run scores. 2 outs. Boston Leads 4-0 now. Hamlet grounds out. Inning over.

Top of the 6th Inning- (BC 4 - UM 4) - 4 Run Inning For Canes

Yasmani Grandal goes deep with a tomahawk home-run. Canes on the board, 4-1 Boston. Harold Martinez hits monster foul ball which was questionable as to whether or not it was a homerun. He then singles after that. 1 runner on 1st base. No outs. Chris Pelaez walks. Runners on 1st and 2nd. No outs. RBI single for Nathan Melendres. Canes score 1. 4-2 Boston College Lead. 2 runners still on. No outs. Sacfrice bunt from Michael Broad moves runners to 2nd and 3rd. 1 out. Sacrifice Fly from Zeke Devoss scores Chris Pelaez. 4-3 Boston. Stephen Perez singles to score another run. TIE BALL GAME. (4-4). Ratcliffe grounds out. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 6th Inning-(UM 4 - BC 4)

Hernandez walks Mickey Wiswall to start the inning. Man on 1st. Spatola grounds into double-play, Wiswall is out. 2 outs. Dribbler back to pitching mound, Hernandez throws out runner. 3 outs. .

Top of the 7th Inning-(UM 4 - BC 4)

Scott Lawson grounds out. 1 out. Yasmani Grandal walked. Runner on 1st. Harold Martinez fans on high heater. Yasmani Grandal advances on steal. 2 outs.

Bottom of the 7th Inning-(BC 5 - UM4)

Watson Hits single Home-run for Boston College. BC leads 5-4. Lawrence flies out. 1 out. Zapenas grounds out to shortstop. 2 outs. Garrett Smith singles to center. 1 runner on. 2 outs. Chris Hernandez leaves game after 7 innings of pitching. Sam Robinson in to pitch for the Canes. Robinson strikeouts batter. 3 outs.

Top of the 8th Inning-(BC 5 - UM5)

Melendres Grounds out for Canes. 1 out. Michael Broad lines out to right. 2 outs. Stephen Perez RBI single to scoree tying run. Ratcliffe grounds out. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 8th Inning - (UM 5 - BC 5)

Hamlet singles. Wiswall singles. 2 men on. Spatola infield fly. 1 out. Melchionda struck out swinging. 2 outs. Watson strikes out. 3 outs.

Top of the 9th Inning - (UM 10 -5)

Lawson singles. Grandal singles. Harold Marinez RBI Single. Nathan Melendres walks. Michael Broad Strikes out swinging. 1 out. Zeke Devoss hits GRAND SLAM. Canes lead 10-5. Stephen Perez grounds out. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 9th Inning - (UM 10 -10)

Lawrence strikes out swinging. Zapenas singles. Smith singles. 2 runners on. 1 out. Anston singles, 1 run scores. Hamlet reaches on fielders choice. Harold Martinez makes out to 2nd. Wiswall walks. 2 runners on. Tying run at plate for Boston College. 2 outs. 3 run homerun BC. Tie game 10-10. Groudn out. 3 outs.

Top of the 10th Inning - (UM 10 - BC 10)

Ratcliffe flies out. 1 out. Lawson grounds out. 2 outs. Yasmani Grandal grounds out to shortstop. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 10th Inning (UM 10- BC 10)

Watson grounds out. 1 out. Lawrence singles. 1 runner on. Zapenas flies out. 2 outs. Garret Smith grounds out. 3 outs. Moving to the 11th.

Top of the 11th Inning - (UM 10 - BC 10)

Harold Martinez strikes out. Chris Pelaez grounds out. 2 outs. Nathan Melendres grounds out. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 11th Inning (UM 10- BC 10)

Hamlet grounds out for Eagles. 1 out. Sac bunt moves runner. Double play turned. 3 outs.

Top of the 12th Inning (UM 10 - BC 10)

Broad flies out for Canes. 1 out. Zeke Devoss hits ground out. 2 outs. Stephen Perez walks. Ratcliffe reaches on error, Stephen Perez gets thrown out going for home. 3 outs.

Bottom of the 12th Innning (BC WINS 12- 10)

Melchionda flies out. 1 out.Watson walks. Lawrence hits HR to rightfield. GAME OVER, BC beats UM.

ACC Tournament News: Canes Beat FSU. Two More To Go. Boston College Up Next

The Canes handed a proper beat-down to the Seminoles today in Greensboro, NC, winning 9-3. This game went well for the Canes pretty much from the start. The Second inning for the Canes saw a serious burst of well needed power as Nathan Melendres hit a two run homerun over the right field wall. Next up was Michael "I can do what you can do better" Broad. Broad gave the Canes back to back homeruns by adding another shot right over the wall about 370 feet from where it started. The Canes jumped out to a 3-0 lead going into the second and then FSU tacked on two in the 3rd inning to pull within 1 run.

In the fourth Miami added two more runs to make it 5-2. The Seminoles added 1 more after a triple from Devin Travis, a sacrifice fly, and a throwing error from Chris Pelaez. Harold "Hay-Mart" Martinez came right back in the fifth with a 3 run blast that put the Canes in a commanding 8-3 lead. The Canes never looked back after that and the Seminoles were dealt their first loss of the tournament.

Now we look ahead to Boston College tomorrow, game time 12 noon. The Miami Hurricanes played the Boston College Eagles back in mid March, taking 2 out of 3. The first game the Eagles won 3-0, and the next two the Canes took 7-1 and 11-4. Yasmani Grandal went 7 for 11 in the series, so look for him to be hot again tomorrow.

The bullpen did not give up an earned run during the BC series and saw multiple pitchers throw scoreless innings. We need the bullpen to remain strong throughout the tournament in order to keep the Canes in contention late in the game. The bullpen has had its share of troubles throughout the season but they have come on strong at the end of the year. Sam Robinson has been good for the Canes as a 1 or 2 inning specialist. He has an era of 0.81 in 22 innings of relief work and he usually throws in the 6-8th innings. EJ Encinosa has also done well in recent performances and threw well tonight against FSU for two scoreless innings

The Big hitters for the Boston College Eagles are:

Anthony Melchionda - batting .368, with 77 hits, and 41 RBI's.

Robbie Anston - batting .325, with 75 hits, and 33RBI's.

John Spatola - batting .324, with 71hits, and 57RBI's.

Mickey Wiswall - batting .299, with 69 hits, and 60 RBI's with 18 HR's.

Here We Go Again....Its Time For The Canes And Noles To Collide On The Diamond

The Miami Hurricanes take on the Florida State Seminoles today at 4pm in the ACC tournament. Fresh off a series just a month ago, the Canes were dealt two heartbreaking losses as the Noles took the series 2-1. All three games were decided by just 1 run. The Canes took the first game 6-5 and the Noles took the last two 8-7 , 7-6 . The Noles won the second game with a double straight up the middle in the bottom of the 9th and they took the third game on a walk-off home-run by Mike Mcgee.

Today's game should prove to be nothing other than spectacular. Both teams are coming in with high motivations to beat their opponent. This tournament has implications on regional & super-regionals draws, not to mention ACC and in-state rivalry bragging rights. The Canes were not great in the last two games they played against Virginia this past weekend. They failed to give proper run support to their pitching staff by leaving men on base. Virginia was a good team but the Canes gave away the series with their lack of hitting and run scoring. We stranded more runners in that series than Oceanic flight 815; we were lost between the base-paths and we didn't have enough Jack.

We cannot strand runners today and we need to turn in at least 6-8 runs to be safe. Yasmani Grandal has just been named ACC player of the year and hopefully he will show off that talent immediately by jumping on FSU today in game 1. Eric Whaley is scheduled to start for the Canes today and FSU is throwing Sean Gilmartin.

The Bleacher Report's Matt Reed Highlights Top Football Recruit Targets for Canes in 2011

With spring games over and the beginning of fall practices months away, college football coaches across the nation are trying to convince high school juniors and seniors to commit to their respective universities.

Head football coach at the University of Miami, Randy Shannon, has arguably more pressure than any other coach in the nation to sign a top five recruiting class.

Since Shannon’s 2008 recruiting class which ESPN ranked the #1 recruiting class in the nation, Shannon has struggled to bring the top talent in the nation to Coral Gables.

Ivan McCartney, Sheldon Richardson, Seantrel Henderson, Frankie Telfort, Matt Elam, and Jeff Luc all chose other schools over Miami. Shannon defended his recent recruiting struggles to the fact that several recruits were concerned with how long Shannon would be at Miami.

With Shannon’s recent four year contract extension...

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Miami Hurricanes: Freshman pitcher Eric Whaley will start for the Hurricanes against FSU in the first round of the ACC Tournament. - South Florida Sun

by Shandel Richardson - Sun Sentinel

Miami Hurricanes pitcher Eric Whaley figured he might as well begin the preparation early. During last weekend's series against Virginia, he learned he would start the opener in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament against Florida State on Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C. Moments after the regular season concluded, he threw about 20 pitches in the bullpen.

"To get me ready for the next start," Whaley said. "I found out that I would be starting a game in the ACC [tournament] so I was getting ready for that. I wasn't expecting it, but I feel I am ready for it."

ACC Match-ups Set, Canes Take on Florida State Day 1

The ACC tournament matchups have been set, here they are:

2010 ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Wednesday (May 26) - Sunday (May 30)
NewBridge Bank Park
Greensboro, N.C.

Wednesday's games
Noon - No. 1 Virginia (45-10, 23-7) vs. No. 8 Boston College (29-26, 14-16)
4 pm - No. 4 Miami (39-15, 20-10) vs. No. 5 Florida State (39-16, 18-12)
8 pm - No. 2 Clemson (37-19, 18-12) vs. No. 7 NC State (36-20, 15-15)

Thursday's games
Noon - Miami vs. Boston College
4 pm - Virginia vs. Florida State
8 pm - No. 3 Georgia Tech (44-11, 21-9) vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech (36-19, 16-14)

Friday's games
Noon - Florida State vs. Boston College
4 pm - Clemson vs. Virginia Tech
8 pm - Georgia Tech vs. NC State

Saturday's games
Noon - Virginia vs. Miami
4 pm - Clemson vs. Georgia Tech
8 pm - Virginia Tech vs. NC State

Virginia Hands The Canes An Untimely Loss, 7-3

The Canes have officially put themselves into quite a difficult position going into the ACC tournament after losing 2 out of 3 to Virginia. It looks like the Canes just might be playing our top in-state rivals in the first round. As of today it looks like we might get paired up against Florida State to start the ACC tournament and if we are inconsistent with our hitting as we were this weekend we will be in trouble.

(We will talk about the upcoming ACC tournament in another post very soon).

Back to the game....

Virginia jumped all over us today which is exactly opposite of what needed to happen because we never closed the gap. We stranded baserunner after baserunner, 6 in the first 3 innings. We failed to come through in clutch situations many times this afternoon. Virginia was just, well, incredibly average. Oh yeah, they did rack us for 7 runs. Other than that though, they did nothing really superb other than just play consistent baseball which the Hurricanes did not do at all this series.

David Gutierrez started strong with 4 strikeouts in the first 2 innings but it was completely overshadowed by the 2 runs he gave up in the first and the 2 runs in the second which gave the Cavaliers all the padding they needed. Danny Hultzen pitched for the Cavaliers and allowed two runs on four hits from the Canes. This was once again a weak hitting performance from the Canes whose bats really let them down the last half of this series unfortunately.

So the Cavaliers overall looked consistent but they didn't look like the #1 seed in the nation. The ACC tournament is about to get real exciting for baseball fans and Canes fan. It is time to rise to the occasion, or we will be left behind very quickly..

More to come on the ACC TOURNEY>>

Canes Looking to Take the Series from Virginia Saturday

Our Miami Hurricanes are looking to starter David Gutierrez Saturday to get things going in the right direction. We need at least 6 good innings from David, who is 5-0 with a 4.0 ERA. The heat is sure to be factor today with a 12 noon start time and this should give the Canes a slight advantage over Virginia, but it won't be enough alone. The Canes need to jump on the Cavaliers early and it needs to be right from the start. The first 2-3 innings needs to be be full of offensive power . A home-run here, a double there, and a couple RBI's anywhere will put us in good shape and place the pressure back on Virginia early, hopefully rattling their pitching staff.

The Canes are looking to keep a high spot in the ACC tournament by taking 2 of 3 from top ranked Virginia. Danny Hultzen is pitching for the Cavaliers, he is 7-1 with a 1.98 ERA.

Yasmani Grandal who is one of the best players in all of baseball needs to step up today and show everyone why he is garnering such high remarks. We need Harold Martinez to add to his Home-run total and give us number 18 for the year.

We need Zeke on base early; Pelaez to get hot; and support from Lawson & Ratcliffe if the Canes are gonna get the runs needed to secure a victory.

Come on Canes.......Lets get it done...

Why The Canes Lost To Virginia Friday Night

In order to win friday night we detailed the keys to success, let's see how the Canes matched up to our predictions.

Yesterday we said, "Here is the recipe for success Friday night:"

---6-7 innings from Chris Hernandez ,

(Chris gave us 6 innings. )

---Hopefully 8 strikeouts or more from Chris. No more than 2-3 runs.

(Chris had 9 strikeouts. He gave up 3 runs, only 1 earned)

---We will need at least 10 hits.

(We had 4 hits total)

---We need 3-4 runs early, and 3-4 late. Let's say 8 runs total.

(We only scored 1 run, not until the 6th)

---The Middle relievers cannot give up more than 1-2 runs.

(Sam Robinson pitched 1 scoreless inning)

The closers need to limit runs to less than 2.

---(EJ Encinosa had 5 strikeouts, no runs allowed)


We were right on with the pitching and despite the three early runs from the Cavaliers our pitching staff did well throughout the game. Surprisingly, Murphy and his Law made a guest appearance Friday night when the Hurricanes bats failed to show up for the game. The Canes had incredibly hot bats coming into Friday, but the hitting just wasn't there for us. The un-impressive hitting performance hurt the Hurricanes, the Cavaliers couldn't put up any more runs after the 4th inning and the door was wide open for Miami for the rest of the game.

In the 8th inning the Miami Hurricanes had a chance to tie the game and pull ahead when the bases were loaded with 1 out. Unfortunately a ball was hit directly to the pitcher who turned the 1-2-3 double play ending any hopes the Canes had.

The 9th inning came and went and that's all she wrote for the Canes hopes of a sweep. No brooms this weekend for the Canes and we can hear a faint cheer from the Yellow Jackets who were undoubtedly watching what Miami is doing this weekend.

As Murphy lurks around the corner, dare we say that Saturday is once again all about the pitching. We can't see hitting being the reason we lose again Saturday as the Canes will be looking to make up for Friday's lackluster performance.

(More on Saturday's game in next post.)

How Miami Will Beat Virginia Friday Night

After the incredibly exciting 11Th inning victory over the Virginia Cavaliers last night, the Miami Hurricanes are riding high and ready to do it again. Chris Hernandez steps on the mound for the Canes Friday night and looks to keep his strikeout count high and earned runs low. Chris is 8-2 with a 3.04 ERA.

In order to beat the Cavaliers Friday night the Canes will need to jump out early, hopefully tacking a few unanswered runs on in the first couple of innings. Chris Hernandez needs to be incredibly selective with his pitching tonight and paint the corners taking away as much power from the hitters as possible. If Chris can put up his usual 7 or 8 strikeouts tonight, we will be in good shape.

The real test will come with our relief team. Our relievers have been responsible for most of the blown games this year, at least 8 that we can count of so far. Our coaching staff has been sporadic to say the least with our choice of relievers which hasn't given anyone much confidence. The relief staff however has not been consistent, which gives the coaching staff no reason to place their confidence in anyone, so we need the pitching to step up big time late in the game.

We no longer have a dominating closer like Kyle Bellamy so this is a major issue, but if we can just get the middle relievers and closers to throw well, we will win tonight.

We have shown over the past few weeks that our bats will not let us down, so the hitting will be there tonight. It all comes down to the pitching.

Here is the recipe for success Friday night:

6-7 innings from Chris Hernandez , Hopefully 8 strikeouts or more. No more than 2-3 runs.
We will need at least 10 hits.
We need 3-4 runs early, and 3-4 late. Let's say 8 runs total.
The Middle relievers cannot give up more than 1-2 runs.
The closers need to limit runs to less than 2.

If this happens we will tonight 8-5 and the Canes will roll into Saturday with the motivation they will need to sweep the Cavs.


It's all about the U......Chris Hernandez....and our relief staff. Lets Go CANES...

Canes Beat Virginia in 11 Innings -( Video)

Stephen Perez hits an RBI in the 11th inning to help the Miami Hurricanes win. The top ranked Virginia Cavaliers fall, after a 2 run homerun from Scott Lawson late in the game to tie it up. Stephen Perez comes through in the 11th inning to extend the Canes home winning streak to 18. We also broke the 14 game winning streak the Cavaliers had coming into tonights matchup.

Canes Baseball Has a Huge Series VS. Virginia Starting Tonight

The Canes kickoff the first of 3 games against Virginia Thursday night at the Light. Virginia is 43-9 and looking to close out as the top team in the ACC, needing only one win against the Canes. The Canes are coming into a 17 game winning streak at home and are hoping to extend it with the hot bats of Yasmani Grandal, Chris Pelaez, Harold Martinez, Nathan Melendres and others.

Georgia Tech and Miami both need to sweep their series to take over the top ACC spot this weekend, this will be a daunting task. If the Canes can keep their pitching under control and stay away from giving up the late inning runs we might have a chance. Virginia is a strong team however and they will put up a fight. Not to mention Virginia has won 14 straight games coming into the series, so the Canes will need to deflate their confidence by giving them a loss tonight.

The big guns for the Cavaliers are Phil Gosselin who is batting (.386, 7 HR, 47 RBI), Jarrett Parker (.337, 8 HR, 48 RBI) and Steven Proscia (.325, 8 HR, 55 RBI).

Yasmani Grandal leads the ACC in hitting at (.432), with a slugging percentage of (.784) and on-base percentage (.555). Yesterday he was named as a semi-finalist for the Johnny Bench Award. Nathan Melendres has a hot bat coming into the series as well with a 10 game hitting streak.Miami pitching has the lowest ERA in the ACC, so if we can keep the runs low this weekend we should put up a great series.

Chris Hernandez is starting for the Canes Friday night, Thursday game starts at 7pm.

Friday the game starts at 7pm, and the final game is Saturday at 12 noon.



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Miami Takes on Georgia Tech this Weekend: Game Updates Here

The Miami hurricanes take on the Georgia Tech yellow jackets this weekend. The Canes have put on a good end of the season run propelling them into the NCAA top ten. The yellow jackets have been very strong this year and have remained in the top 10 almost entire season. Georgia Tech is 40-9 this season and their 18-7 in ACC play. Yasmani Grandal comes into the series with a hot bat; the hottest bat in the Canes lineup. We need our pitchers to remain strong with high strikeout counts if we are going to hold off the Jackets and win the series.

UPDATE: Canes lose opener 14-3

Yasmani Grandal had a home-run and a double for The Hurricanes, but unfortunately there wasn't much else to mention. The Hurricanes got racked with 3 pitchers giving up a combined 14 runs. Santana started for Miami and he pitched 2 2/3 innings. Iden Nazario came in for 3 innings, then Joe Levecchio closed it out. No one was on their game Friday. This will have to change if we are going to Win Saturday and Sunday. Chris Hernandez will take the mound for the Canes Saturday he is (7-2), he will face Mark Pope who is undefeated for the Jackets this year, he is (7-0).

Canes win Second game 9-2

The Hot Bat of Chris Pelaez who went 3-5 with a Hom-erun helped the Canes even up the series. Chris Hernandez pitched and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, with 6 strikeouts through 6 innings of pitching. Harold Martinez added his 16th home-run of the season.

Canes Lose Final 6-3, Jackets Take The Series

Although Chris Pelaez, Scott Lawson and HaroldMartinez each had great performances the Canes couldn't hold the Yellow Jackets. Miami led 3-0 through 5 innings until Georgia Tech put together a four run 6th inning. From there the Canes just couldn't add any more runs. The Yellow Jackets added 2 more runs to end the game 6-3. Harold Martinez had his 16th homerun of the season for the Canes.

Miami Sweeps Maryland in Baseball, Pelaez Hits Grandslam

The Miami Hurricanes swept the Maryland Terrapins this weekend as they continue their drive towards hosting a regional and super regional.

Chris Pelaez hit a grand slam for the Canes on Sunday, here is the clip:




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