With two outs and two runners on — together with the tying run at second — redshirt junior Brian Walters appeared to flee the jam and ship Miami into the winners’ bracket. On a 1-0 pitch, Alabama left fielder Kade Snell hit a fly ball to the deepest a part of the yard, however Michael Torres made the catch on the wall for the ultimate out.
The Hurricanes started their journey to Omaha on Friday, Could 30, on the Hattiesburg Regional within the 2025 NCAA baseball match. Coming into because the No. 3 seed, Miami opened with a 5-3 victory over No. 2 seed Alabama. The opposite two groups within the regional are the host, No. 1 seed Southern Mississippi, and No. 4 seed Columbia. Regardless of a climate delay, early offense and robust pitching propelled Miami to the win.
Tasked with being the sport 1 beginning pitcher for the ’Canes was freshman phenom AJ Ciscar. Ciscar completed the season with a 5-1 file, 3.78 ERA, and member of the 2025 ACC All-Freshman crew. He appeared to make noise in his first profession NCAA match look.
Ciscar labored shortly in his first three innings, throwing fewer than 40 pitches and permitting no runs. He hit a tough patch within the backside of the fourth, permitting three runs on three hits, together with one to former Hurricane Jason Torres. Holding a 4-3 lead after 4, Ciscar dealt for 3 extra innings. He completed the sport pitching seven innings of six-hit ball, hanging out eight, permitting three runs, and throwing 97 pitches.
Miami’s offense obtained rolling early within the prime of the primary. Junior Jake Ogden led off with a five-pitch stroll, and Max Galvin adopted that up with a single to proper discipline that superior Ogden to 3rd. Sophomore standout Daniel Cuvet made essentially the most of his first postseason motion. He hit a towering three-run blast to proper discipline that obtained Miami as much as a 3-0 lead.
Alabama (41-17, 16-14 SEC) beginning pitcher, Riley Fast, was hitting 99 mph along with his fastball, however that was unable to gradual the Miami hitters down early within the sport. Miami did injury within the first and scored a run within the third and fifth innings off Fast. He went on to throw six innings, permitting 5 runs, eight hits, and 4 walks on 108 pitches.
Senior Derek Williams picked up his first hit since his damage in mid-April within the first inning.
Miami’s third-inning run got here off the bat of Renzo Gonzalez on a single up the center that scored Cuvet from second. Cuvet picked up his second hit of the afternoon on a double to left-center.
Within the fifth, the Hurricanes scored because of Max Galvin’s dwelling run to right-center. After 5, Miami (32-24, 15-14 ACC) held a 5-3 lead and by no means appeared again.
Within the backside of the eighth, Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga known as on Carson Fischer. Fischer, working right into a little bit of hassle, was pulled with two outs within the body. Rob Evans struck out Brady Neal emphatically to finish the inning. Within the ninth, Walters picked up the save in dramatic trend.
With the 5-3 win, the Hurricanes earned respiration room within the double-elimination format. Subsequent, they’ll face the winner of Southern Mississippi and Columbia on Saturday at 9 p.m. Japanese.