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Victor Mederos pitches against Duke on April 3 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Alex Carnochan Miami freshman pitcher Victor Mederos took the mound in Pittsburgh on Saturday looking to help Miami even the three-game series, but after a one-two-three first inning, the right-hander failed to maintain momentum in the second and No. 17 Pittsburgh held off No. 20 Miami 6-4 Charles L. Cost Field. Mederos (1-3) was lifted after only two innings, allowing four earned runs and walking two batters, as ...

A last-minute pitching scratch put the Miami Hurricanes in a bind early at Pittsburgh. With Alejandro Rosario set to make his first start Friday in two weeks after recovering from an oblique strain, No. 18 Miami replaced Rosario at the 11th hour and used Jake Garland on the mound instead. Per Christopher Stock of InsideTheU, Rosario was unavailable due to an illness. It may have been an omen. No. 24 Pittsburgh pulled away after a grand slam Friday, beating the Canes 12-6 in Game 1 of the three-...

No. 18 Miami may have found winning formula in series sweep of Duke Victor Mederos pitched five innings and surrendered four hits and four runs on Saturday, April 4 against the Duke Blue Devils at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Alex Carnochan This weekend represented the first genuine series sweep all season for the No. 18 Miami Hurricanes and head coach Gino DiMare. Though they had defeated Wake Forest in both games played at Mark Light Field in mid-March, three conference wins could not have...

Canes fall below .500 after lackluster pitching performance Daniel Federman allowed five runs and four hits through three innings of work on 72 pitches as Miamis starter in the loss. Photo credit: Josh Halper Miami had all week to think about last weekend’s series loss to Virginia Tech and how to move on from it. But if what happened at Doak Field at Dail Park Friday afternoon reflects Miami’s fortunes throughout the rest of the weekend or beyond, the No. 6 Hurricanes are in trouble. There ...

Fresh off triumph at Florida, Miami turns attention to Virginia Tech Raymond Gil hits a home run during the weekend series against the Florida Gators in 2020 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Josh Halper The Miami Hurricanes won the annual three-game series against in-state rival Florida last weekend for the first time since 2014. Last weekend’s dispatching of the consensus preseason No. 1 team has earned UM glittering accolades of their own. But the Canes—ranked as high as first by Colleg...

‘One of the best hitters we’ve had here’: Adrian Del Castillo ready for best season yet Junior catcher and team captain Adrian Del Castillo posted a team-best .358 batting average in 16 games last season. Photo credit: Josh Halper If you’ve watched almost any baseball game at Miami over the past two seasons, the chances of missing the hitting performances of catcher Adrian Del Castillo are likely slim to none. The Miami native recorded .331 batting average and racked up 72 RBIs while st...

Daniel Federman will be the Friday night starting pitcher for the 2021 season. The senior has a 2.76 career ERA at Miami. Photo credit: Miami Athletics A very familiar face and two newcomers will make up Miami’s starting weekend pitching rotation in 2021. Head coach Gino DiMare announced the three-man rotation will include senior Daniel Federman on Fridays, freshman Alejandro Rosario on Saturdays and freshman Victor Mederos on Sundays. Federman earned the coveted Friday starting job after s...