After final night time’s putrid 14-1 loss to No. 5 FSU, Miami was additional punished by having to face the highest arm on this yr’s draft, Jaime Arnold. Or so we thought. In opposition to all odds the Hurricanes secured their first ACC win of the yr, defeating the FSU Seminoles 9-6 on Friday night time in Coral Gables.
The upperclassmen stole the present tonight for the Hurricanes with Bobby Marsh and Derek Williams combining for six RBI’s and 5 of the ’Canes hits, whereas righty Griffin Hugus went 5 innings solely giving up two for the win.
Regardless of the win, issues started eerily much like final night time for Miami. A pair of singles adopted by a stroll loaded the bases for the Seminoles within the high of the primary, leaving followers apprehensive this recreation would flip into one other blowout. Hugus restricted the harm to 1, and from then on battled his approach by way of over 100 pitches to maintain FSU’s batters in verify for the subsequent 4 innings.
As talked about earlier than, the Seminoles had their ace Jaime Arnold on the mound and felt assured with the early lead. However Arnold merely didn’t have it tonight, scuffling with command and placement all night time. UM jumped on this chance and by no means seemed again. Manufacturing a run within the first earlier than displaying some energy within the second and third inning with a Williams homer and Marsh RBI double to make the sport 4-2 Miami.
Miami appeared to have shocked each Arnold and the Seminoles as an entire and stored up the momentum. Hugus battled his approach by way of 5, and the bats rewarded him within the backside half of the inning. The ’Canes teed off on Arnold with three hits bringing in three runs earlier than FSU introduced in Chris Knier to place out the fireplace.
After Hugus’s gutsy efficiency, head coach J.D Arteaga seemed to the bullpen to maintain the 7-2 lead. He introduced in freshman right-handed pitcher A.J Ciscar who dominated his first two innings out of the pen. Bobby Marsh rewarded him with a solo shot to left so as to add one other insurance coverage run, his sixth of the yr.
Arteaga opted to maintain Ciscar in for a 3rd inning within the eighth , and hassle started to emerge. A single, a double, and a hit-by-pitch later the Seminoles had the bases loaded. Will Smith was introduced into the sport to restrict the harm and restricted the scoring to 2 on a single.
Once more manufactured runs got here into play for the Hurricanes. After Jake Ogden stole third, freshman Fabio Peralta scored him with a sac fly to offer an important insurance coverage run.
That run was essential as Smith loaded the bases within the ninth with a trifecta of singles. He managed to strike out a batter earlier than giving up one other run which ended his night time. Arteaga introduced in senior Alex Giroux to get Miami out of the jam, which he did, securing the 9-6 win for the Hurricanes.
It wasn’t fairly however it labored out ultimately. A mix of sensible baseball, aggressive baserunning, and clutch pitching all got here collectively for this Miami win. If they’ll put extra video games like this collectively, UM might actually shock some groups throughout convention play.
Miami (14-10, 1-4 ACC) will tackle FSU (19-3, 4-1 ACC) tomorrow night time within the rubber-match, a recreation that might actually dictate the outlook on this Hurricanes season.