The past two seasons the Miami Hurricanes missed out on the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, snapping a record-setting 44-year postseason streak. Miami has not only cemented itself into the 64-team field, but the Hurricanes pulled themselves one step closer to being named one of 16 regional host sites. Sophomore right-hander Chris McMahon tossed five…
Hurricanes ace Evan McKendry made his first appearance Friday since April 19, when he left after just one inning against then-No. 8 Louisville due to elbow tightness. The junior right-hander cruised through his first three innings but ran into trouble in the fourth. After a quiet offensive showing the night prior, the Duke Blue Devils pounded…
It was not pretty, but the Hurricanes got the job done. Miami committed four errors against Bethune-Cookman, but the Hurricanes’ offense bailed out Gino DiMare’s squad from being upset Saturday evening. No. 21 Miami scored five runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Wildcats 12-7 in front of 2,266 fans at Mark Light Field….
Virginia Tech right-hander Nic Enright retired the first 10 Hurricanes he faced Sunday afternoon. After walking shortstop Anthony Vilar, fellow freshman Adrian Del Castillo made the Hokies’ hurler pay. Del Castillo smacked a two-run home run over the right-field field to lead No. 24 Miami to a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech at Alex Rodriguez…
The “Mark Light Mob” barked at Florida International University pitcher Will Saxton for one more walk and the southpaw delivered. With the bases loaded and one out, Saxton issued a free pass to Hurricanes outfielder Tony Jenkins, opening the floodgates in the fourth inning. No. 24 Miami used a seven-run frame to roar past crosstown…
“I thought there was good execution on both sides,” first-year head coach Manny Diaz said. “The big thing is are we starting to look like the Miami Hurricanes. I think in glimpses you can kind of see the improvements that this team has made. Now, if we stop here we have no chance.”
“I probably learned more about myself then, than I have ever,” Prather said. “It made me appreciate the game more.”
“I wouldn’t say it was rock bottom, but it’s very gritty,” Van Belle said. “You can’t take anything for granted. My freshman year, I will never forget every day before practice. We had to pick 12 weeds out in the outfield before the day started. You had to fix the mound yourself. Nothing is done for you.”
“I’m used to playing with a bandana,” Achong said. “It’s a habit. I’ve always played with a bandana since I was 12 years old.”
“We live in a small village…four thousand people live here,” her dad said. “A golf course was built here in 2006. The following year I first took her to the golf course to get to know what golf was.”
“It’s 24/7, 365 days of the year,” Perry said. “You’re always working. You’re always a quarterback. Everyone is going to look at you as the quarterback. So you have to be on your Ps and Qs at all times…I understand that it wasn’t acceptable for me and especially for my teammates. I feel like I disrespected them and I let them down, so I don’t want to do that anymore.”
“We by far and away did not play a complete game,’’ Hurricanes coach Gino DiMare said. “But at the end of the day, we still had a chance to win the game. We made a ton of mistakes, but we still had a chance to win at the end…Disappointing, because we had a chance to sweep.’’