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Anthony Vilar bats during Miami s game against Duke on April 3 at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Alex Carnochan
The Hurricanes got off to an encouraging 4-0 start Sunday afternoon versus the Pittsburgh Panthers, but they ultimately fell 12-5 in a blowout loss, resulting in a weekend series sweep.
Miami came into the contest with a vengeance, looking to pounce on the Panthers after dropping Friday and Saturday’s games.
In the top half of the second, the Canes did just that and cracked the scoreboard with a four-run frame. Christian Del Castillo led off the inning with a two-bagger perfectly placed in the right-center field gap. He was then brought in to score on an RBI knock from Alex Toral. However, the loudest swing of the inning came off the bat of Dominic Pitelli, who crushed a three-run home run over the right field wall to blow the game open for Miami at 4-0.
April 11, 2021
Joe Musgrove came into the season viewed by many as a breakout candidate, and it’s easy to see why. The 28-year-old Pirate-turned-Padre possesses plus stuff, and the change of scenery from Pittsburgh to his hometown of San Diego, no less portends more success…. particularly in the won-loss column. Musgrove went a paltry 1-5 with the N.L. Central cellar-dwellers in 2020, while his new club is poised to win, per our projections, 94 games in the current campaign.
By and large, the breakout has already happened, and not solely because the 6-foot-5, 235-pound right-hander hurled the year’s first no-hitter on Friday night. His 2020 peripherals were those of a pitcher who’d turned the corner. With the caveat that it was a pandemic-shortened season, Mugrove set career-bests in ERA, FIP, and strikeout rate, and more importantly, he did so with improved pitch profiles. Per StatCast, the spin and movement of his offerings were better than they’d ever been.
Maria Simonetti sat at a table in her familyâs new Punta Gorda pizzeria, cradling her cell phone in one hand, massaging her rotator cuff with the other.
âIâm on hold. Iâve been trying to get an appointment for my shoulder,â she explained. âItâs just the three of us working right now. We had somebody apply to do dishes for $15 an hour, but they said, âIt has to be on my terms, on days I want to work.ââ
Sal, Maria and Lucia Simonetti are running Santa Lucia Pizzeria in Punta Gorda by themselves for now. SUN PHOTO BY SUE WADE
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a protest near a North Naples Wendy’s as a push to get the fast-food company to join the Fair Food Program.