Anthony Vilar, Adrian Del Castillo power Canes to series sweep over Wake Forest
Freshman Yohandy Morales went 1-4 with one RBI Saturday night in Miami s 6-3 win over Wake Forest at Mark Light Field. Photo credit: Tim Brogdon/Miami Athletics
Miami’s bats have been rolling all week, and Saturday night’s series finale versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons proved to be no exception.
After routing Florida Atlantic University on Tuesday with an 11-run outburst and stunning Wake Forest on Friday with a 10-0 shutout, the Canes busted out the bats again to win their second straight conference series with a 6-3 victory over the Demon Deacons.
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 (3-5, 1-3 ACC) 10-0 on Friday night.
“It’s all about just experience,” Rosario said. “I feel like every time I go out there, I’m just getting better. I feel good; I’m just trying to get the job done and help my team win.”
Miami continued its momentum from last weekend, winning its third straight game Tuesday night.
In an 11-2 victory of the Florida Atlantic University Owls at Mark Light Field, Anthony Vilar and Adrian Del Castillo logged three RBI, while the duo plus Christian Del Castillo smashed four hits each. It was No. 8 UM’s first mid-week game of 2021 and one of just 12 non-conference tilts in an Atlantic Coast Conference-heavy season schedule.
Miami batted a season-high .323 as a team and hit .400 with runners in scoring position. With both the bases loaded and with a runner on third with less than two outs, UM hit 1.000. The Hurricane leadoff hitters also went a combined 4-8.
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 home runs between the sixth and seventh innings, three of which came in dramatic back-to-back-to-back fashion.
Miami rallies late to take second game from NC State
North Carolina State first baseman Austin Murr’s fisted ball fell into Christian Del Castillo’s glove in right field, bringing a collective sigh of relief to the Miami dugout inside Doak Field at Dail Park on Saturday.
Losing the weekend opener for a second-straight week, the Miami Hurricanes baseball team sought to even its second Atlantic Coast Conference series in as many tries on the season.
Freshman first baseman CJ Kayfus hit a leadoff home run in the top of the eighth inning and No. 6 Miami (4-4, 2-3 ACC) defeated No. 24 NC State (4-5, 1-4 ACC) 6-4 in the second game of the series Saturday afternoon.