Canes Win, Canes Win, Canes Win!

The Miami Hurricanes jumped out to an early lead and held on to capture their second straight series Saturday afternoon, taking the rubber match against Pittsburgh, 5-3, at Charles L. Cost Field.

Boosted by another impressive start from junior lefthander Michael Mediavilla, Miami rebounded from a 10-3 loss in the opener Friday afternoon to win the final two games and earn their third ACC series win of the season.

"It was a big win for us, no question," head coach Jim Morris said. "I think Pitt has the best club they've had since we've been playing them in the ACC. They have a good club and really good pitching."

Redshirt senior Edgar Michelangeli provided some late insurance with a two-run home run - his second blast of the series - in the eighth inning to widen Miami’s lead.

Mediavilla (4-4) delivered an efficient start for the visitors, tossing 5.2 innings on four days’ rest. The Hialeah, Fla., native, who started Monday’s series finale against Duke earlier in the week, surrendered just five hits and one run with four strikeouts.

Miami’s bullpen once again came up clutch, with sophomore Frankie Bartow tossing the final two innings for his second save in as many days.

"I'm very proud of the way our guys bounced back," Morris said. "We got some big hits and our pitchers pitched well after that first game. It was a great series for us."

The Panthers made things interesting in the ninth, cutting the Miami lead to two runs on a sacrifice fly. But Miami’s infield turned a game-ending double play behind Bartow to seal the win.

The Hurricanes (17-19, 9-9 ACC) opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the game’s first inning off Pitt starter Josh Falk.

Miami connected for four singles in the inning, with RBI basehits coming from sophomore Romy Gonzalez and freshman Nico Baldor.

Senior Randy Batista opened the game with a single to left to reach base for the 15^th straight game.

Falk (3-4) settled down the rest of the way, and would go on to toss six innings. He allowed just one hit after the first - a double from junior James Davison - and struck out four batters.

The visitors missed a chance to pad their lead in the fifth. Miami loaded the bases on walks from redshirt senior Edgar Michelangeli and junior Carl Chester sandwiched around a double off the wall in left by junior James Davison, but Falk struck out Gonzalez to hold the deficit at 2-0.

Pittsburgh (15-17, 7-11 ACC) got a run back in the fifth on an RBI single from Jacob Wright off Mediavilla. But with two runners on, the laidback lefty buckled down, retiring three-hole hitter Nick Banman on a foulout to keep his team ahead by a run.

Sophomore Andrew Cabezas entered in relief of Mediavilla in the sixth and with a runner on third base. After falling behind 3-0 in the count, Cabezas struck out Alex Amos to maintain the 2-1 lead.

Comments

[Dude]

^^^ There IT is.

[TonyCane]

Awesome on Mallory. A half stocked Miami team with alternative coaching was regularly able to beat most ACC teams and take FSU to the wire. What will happen now that we have an aggressive SEC caliber staff and a fully armed and operational Hurricanes squad?

That growing darkness in Tallahassee is the result of that window of opportunity closing.

[Terrance Sullivan]

Lol SEC caliber I hope the staff is better than Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, U know that's the SEC. By the way Clemson is the National Champs was the runner up last year and gave us our worst beating ever but hardly gets mentioned. Sometimes I shake my head with the rhetoric on here. Do better.

[WWIN]

Dre reference?

Posted by: 1mg Of epi | April 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM

Posted by: 1mg Of epi | April 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM

Hell yeah

Posted by: Dr.Dre | April 21, 2017 at 09:40 PM

Did that answer your question? 😂😂😂

[SOUP]

K.I.S.S. DEFENSE:

Solid Middle

Fast To The Edges

Pressure The QB

Head Hunters In Back

#SmellsLikeVictory

[Go Canes!]

Keep 90% of this class and it's full chubby time.

[Dude]

^^^ We aint even done yet.

[Dude]

Watching as much tape as I can find on Mallory & Jordan. Both are elite talents and match up nightmares. It seems like all of these recruits right now are total studs.

[Dude]

Dennis Briggs could be in this class. 3* SDE that looks pretty solid.

[1mg Of epi]

Al Golden really was just the worst.

[1mg Of epi]

Dre reference?

Posted by: 1mg Of epi | April 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM

Posted by: 1mg Of epi | April 21, 2017 at 09:34 PM

Hell yeah

Posted by: Dr.Dre | April 21, 2017 at 09:40 PM

Did that answer your question? 😂😂😂

Posted by: WWIN | April 21, 2017 at 11:34 PM

And here I was thinking he was dead in a basement.

[1mg Of epi]

Lol SEC caliber I hope the staff is better than Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, U know that's the SEC. By the way Clemson is the National Champs was the runner up last year and gave us our worst beating ever but hardly gets mentioned. Sometimes I shake my head with the rhetoric on here. Do better.

Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | April 21, 2017 at 11:28 PM

Gotta agree w Sully. The SEC is Alabama. The ACC has been better as a conference (or at least as good) for a minute already.

[1mg Of epi]

Stars.

Do they still not matter?

[NicKane]

#recruitingstarsmatter ^^^^^^^^^^^ lol

[CoCane]

Espn thinks there are 46 CB's better then DJ Ivey??? Lol

('o')

Rankings ain't shyt...

[WWIN]

GOOD PLAYERS MATTER... whatever their rank or star is!!!

[Ohio_Cane]

Hey guys, we got ANOTHER commit lol

DE Gregory Rousseau. Super athletic, but raw. RS year needed to bulk up, but Kool loves this kid

[Ohio_Cane]

GOOD PLAYERS MATTER... whatever their rank or star is!!!

Posted by: WWIN | April 22, 2017 at 11:43 AM
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And the church said.... AMENNNNN!!

[jcane]

And now the U has enough depth on the DL that there is no emergency for immediate need but building for the future.

[WWIN]

Ohio... You see that Rivers kid? He's as big as Donaldson without pads on lol! And I think he's a 2020 prospect