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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-...

The Hurricanes celebrate after sweeping Duke on Sunday, April 4 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Treasure Wilson The Hurricanes have won six consecutive games and eight of their last nine total matchups. UM now finds themselves back in the thick of an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division pennant race as they enter the back nine of ACC play. With an opportunity to further solidify its status as a conference contender, Miami will visit Charles L. Cost Field to face the Pittsburgh Panthers...

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...

Dubberly cruises, Morales homers in sweep over Duke Miami sophomore starting pitcher Jordan Dubberly pitched five innings with a career-high seven strikeouts in Miamis 7-1 win over Duke on April 4 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Treasure Wilson The Hurricanes have been a constant presence in the win column over the past couple of weeks and Sunday afternoon’s series finale versus the Duke Blue Devils proved to be no exception. Leading up to the contest, the Canes had won six of their last s...

Canes hit 19 singles, clinch series with win over Duke Jordan Lala bats during Miamis game against Duke on Friday, April 2 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Michael Mok The Hurricane bats were noisy early and often Saturday night as they clinched the weekend’s three-game series a night early, winning their second game over the Duke Blue Devils in as many evenings, 11-5. No. 19 Miami (15-8, 9-7 ACC) displayed an offensive clinic Saturday night, with 19 hits, all singles and tied for a season-...

Rosario pitches seven shutout innings in win over Wake Forest Miami’s true freshman starting pitcher Alejandro Rosario had already picked up a dominant win in conference play over Virginia Tech two weeks prior. Now the test was to see if the Miami native could open a weekend series under the brightest lights in south Florida at Mark Light Field. Rosario picked up his second win of the season, striking out seven through the same number of innings, and Miami (7-4, 4-3 ACC) shut out Wake Forest ...

Home run hat trick drives Canes past Wolfpack to take series finale Despite having to trudge through five scoreless innings on offense, a home run barrage for the Hurricanes proved to be the deciding factor in Miami’s 6-4 series win over North Carolina State Sunday afternoon. An offensive outburst in the top half of the sixth inning allowed the Canes to put a crooked five runs on the board over the Wolfpack heading into the late innings. After trailing for much of the game, UM clubbed four ho...

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...