DiMare Is Delivering

The wind was blowing out Sunday afternoon and the Miami Hurricanes hit a pair of homers to secure a 9-6 win over Georgia Tech.
 
Miami's bats came alive in the series finale, as the Canes (12-3, 2-1 ACC) smacked 10 hits and put up nine runs to secure a series win in their first weekend of ACC play. The Hurricanes needed every bit of their offensive explosion, as the Yellow Jackets (10-6, 1-2 ACC) made a late charge in the ninth to try and steal a win on getaway day.  

"It's a good start, especially after losing the first game and it was a hard-fought where we almost had a chance to win it at the end in the last at-bat," head coach Gino DiMare said. "For us to bounce back and win it in the last at-bat the next night, that makes that home run even bigger now because it gave us an opportunity to win the series and we did and that's a great start."
 
Georgia Tech's Tristin English continued his torrid series against Miami, hitting a two-run homer in the first inning off Hurricanes' starter Brian Van Belle. The blast was English's third of the weekend and gave the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead.
 

"I just wanted to keep the ball down," Van Belle said. "On that pitch, I hung a change-up and I knew he got all of it. After that, my main focus was to keep the ball down and attack the hitters low in the zone." 
 
But Saturday night's hero Freddy Zamora stayed hot in his first at-bat Sunday, mashing a two-run homer over the scoreboard in left field that landed on the Cobb Stadium track and tied the game at 2-2.
 
"He's definitely the best player in the series, for sure," DiMare said. "Freddy has made some big strides lately. I can tell in practice and pregame, just his preparation has been outstanding. If he keeps that up, he could be the best shortstop in the country."
 
Gabe Rivera, who made his first start of the season Sunday, hit a two-out triple to center that drove home Michael Amditis and extended Miami's lead to three, 5-2. Tech starter Brant Hurter hit Jordan Lala with a 1-1 fastball and GT head coach Danny Hall lifted the left-hander in favor of right-handed pitcher Amos Willingham.
 
Vilar plated two more runs in the sixth, as the freshman ripped a 1-2 pitch from Willingham for a double off the left field wall that gave the Hurricanes a 7-2 advantage.
 

"It gives you a lot of momentum," Van Belle said of the team's prolific offense. "I feel like at any time in the game, anyone in the lineup from top to bottom can crank one and that's exactly what happened in the first inning. I gave up a two-run bomb and then when we came up to bat Freddy cranked one and put us back in a good spot."

With two outs in the Alex Toral crushed a solo homer off reliever Micah Carpenter that hit off the third deck of the parking garage beyond the right field fence to make it 8-2. But the first baseman's team-leading eighth homer of the season was Miami's sixth of the series and 23^rdof the year, tying the 2018 Hurricanes' total season homer tally.
 

"It says a lot about the job [Norberto Lopez] has done as a hitting coach and what [Brian Gabriel] has done as our strength coach and the work they've done getting stronger, but, most importantly, it says a lot about our players and how they've made a commitment," DiMare said.

"One of the things we stressed was that we needed to be better offensively and they're working behind the scenes to make sure we are. They're working their tails off doing early work on their own before practice and extra work after practice to get better and you can see the fruits of their labor coming to fruition. It's amazing that we have tied that already."
 
The Canes will wrap up a nine-game homestand this coming Tuesday and Wednesday, as they welcome Jackson State to The Light for a midweek series. Both games are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

Comments

[DallasTX Cane]

A-Rod. BOOM!

CANES baaaaby!!

[Tsully76]

Boom Baby! Keep up the great work Canes!

[thirstybuzzardcane]

The only weakness on this team is the bullpen. Hopefully, these young kids can turn it around!

[nemo2002]

4 me

[raizecane]

This time change still has me whacked.....

[Go Canes!!]

Watched Toral hit bombs as a high school freshman and thought he was destined for baseball superstardom. As a sophomore there was talk about him perhaps being a Top 10 pick in the MLB draft.

But for some reason his play tapered off dramatically and he ended up at the U because of where he was drafted.

Would love to see that kid reach his max potential. He's incredibly talented.

[Go Canes!!]

Win totals via @betonline_ag

Alabama 11
Auburn 8
Boise 8.5
Clemson 11
Florida 9
Georgia 10½
LSU 9
Miami 8½
Michigan 9½
Miss St 8
Notre Dame 9½
Ohio St 10
OU 10½
Oregon 9½
Penn St 8½
Texas 9½
Texas A&M 7½
UCF 10
USC 8½
Washington 10
Wash St 8½
Wisconsin 8½

[BigWindyCane1]

Miami 8½

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Posted by: Go Canes!! | March 11, 2019 at 09:44 AM

Go, 8.5 wins is actually not a bad estimate for a team that only had 7 wins last season, uncertainty at QB and OL, and a first year coach. Of course, our Canes fans expectations are higher.

[Terrance Sullivan]

BWC1 Its about right. That's a great over/under I was actually expecting the over under to be 7.5 with all the question marks especially at QB, OL, ST.

[raizecane]

So will we deem a 9 win season a successful season with the new coaches / possible new QB, etc... in place?

[Go Canes!!]

Posted by: raizecane | March 11, 2019 at 02:58 PM

This is the most talented team we've had here in a long, long time.

With this schedule, three losses in 2019 would be an epic fail.

[Go Canes!!]

Talked about finding/developing QBs yesterday. Thought this was interesting.

Number of QBs who started 25+ games since 2007:

NCSU - 4
GT - 4
Duke - 4
FSU - 4
Clemson - 4
UNC - 3
WF - 3
Miami - 3
Pitt - 3
Cuse - 2
Lville - 2
VT - 2
BC - 1
Virginia - 0

[Terrance Sullivan]

LOL if #5 is starting at QB we will be lucky to only have 3 losses. U aint winning with a Dude completing 50.5% of his passes.

[orange 'n green in the vein]

https://accsports.com/acc-news/duke-tops-acc-basketball-preseason-media-poll-maye-voted-poy-barrett-roy/

Picked to finish 10th with Dewan in the lineup and finishes . . . 11th without him playing a minute even with the meltdown against the Deacons on the road being the only thing keeping them out of meeting pre-season predictions.

Sure dumbass, that's a sign of a coach who can't get the most out nothing in the ACC, have another BEER and make sure to puke it up all over yourself like you do the ignorant commentary about who's got the only conference title in program history. Take all the shots at his lineup rotations as you want because he can't get over his infatuation with midget guards but he did an amazing coaching job this regular season after Fake Lames got the FBI investigation to produce no evidence and still lose the team's best player to NCAA suspension. At least he didn't screw the aligator on the football season opener with yet another ticket debacle, oops! Too late for that too!

[VA Cane]

You got it TSully....Pornboy aint gonna cut it much less win. Way to occupied doing porn and money skits on that phone.....damn ragu headed idiot. He does not care about winning or the team.....
Fire up the plane...new sign Drop Pornboy and Potboy .....Amen brother!!

IJS!!

[Terrance Sullivan]

Preach VA!

[VA Cane]

You and me brother.....I want guys who are all for TEAM.....not guys who are all about ME....going into my 42nd year of coaching I do not take ME guys on my teams...have not had one for a long time....but I am an SOB when it comes to running ME people off....I make them quit.....hard to do but Ive done it with 8th graders HS and college guys....will not have egos.
Thats why I despise Gruden...hes a me guy who really is not a good coach....and now I have AB on The Raiders....hope he gets a Stingley Tatumizer in pre season and never sees the field...I hate the guy so much....BOOM! Tatum paralyzer!!!

[Herbieibis]

Regardless, who our QB is, the ones here prior to Enos getting here were robbed of a true QB coach, that being said, u can't be lazy eff-ups and expect to be a QB here. Rosier won the job by default because those other 3 we're lazy minded and had no motivator to push them. The result was a bunch sad sacks who couldn't throw a dam beach ball in the ocean. Hopefully Martel doesn't get the shaft from the NCAA.

[86Cane]

#NepotismSucksAndCanGetUFired

[86Cane]

Unless U resign first.

[86Cane]

Miami 34 - Florida 13

Read it HERE first!

[VA Cane]

Hope so Soup....we need to pound Dem Gatas!!!!!!!!

[nemo2002]

Basketball game today at noon on ESPN.
The Canes ought to win this one.

[BigWindyCane1]

Miami 34 - Florida 13

Read it HERE first!

Posted by: 86Cane | March 11, 2019 at 10:50 PM

Sounds about right!

[BigWindyCane1]

The Canes start spring practice in one week!

Below is the list of UM’s 15 spring practice sessions:

· Practice 1: Tuesday, March 19 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 2: Wednesday, March 20 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 3: Friday, March 22 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 4: Tuesday, March 26 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 5: Thursday, March 28 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 6: Saturday, March 30 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 7: Tuesday, April 2 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 8: Thursday, April 4 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Scrimmage 1: Saturday, April 6 (closed to public and media)

· Practice 10: Tuesday, April 9 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 11: Thursday, April 11 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Scrimmage 2: Saturday, April 13 (12 p.m., Traz Powell Stadium, 11380 NW 27th Ave., Miami, FL, 33167)*

· Practice 13: Tuesday, April 16 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Practice 14: Thursday, April 18 (9:30 a.m., Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility)

· Scrimmage 3: Saturday, April 20 (12 p.m., Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place, Orlando, FL, 32805)*

*Open scrimmage

[Old Skool]

This should get interesting. According to CNN Dozens charged in college entrance scheme

Of the defendants, several are employed as sports coaches or administrators at the University of Southern California, UCLA and Yale and Wake Forest universities.

[VA Cane]

While I like the optimism, the score will not be good if Pornboy is at QB.

Bottom line he sucks AZZ. He came in with so much ceiling, but has failed to live up to any decent expectations. I refuse excuses....he is not a good player and he is a sorry azz person. Get rid of this jerk....he is a cancer that needs to be sent packing! Maybe some are tolerant; I have seen enough. yank the free ride and cut his sorry azz.

[Terrance Sullivan]

VA Preach Brotha

[HawaiiCane]

This is ridiculous! A quarterback camp featuring Kevin Olsen and his dad from a company titled Champions Sports Performance???

https://www.championssportsperformance.com/olsen-champions-quarterback-academy

The kid says he was a Miami QB. I mean I guess if you call getting an offer and kicked off the team for numerous violations and not contributing then understandable.I got nothing but love for G-Reg of the 7th Floor Crew (if your hoe [gardening tool] only knew...LOL), but really?!?!?

[Go Canes!!]

Tens of millions of tax dollars spent so they could bust Aunt Becky and Frank Gallagher trying to get their kids into USC?

[Old Skool]

Aunt Becky dropped some serious cash to get her daughter into USC

Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, the University of Southern California, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators, the release says.

While Huffman, 56, allegedly gave $15,000 “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter,” Sofia Grace, 18, the indictment states, Loughlin, 54, and husband Mossimo Giannulli allegedly gave $500,000 to say their child was part of the rowing team, when that was not true, the indictment states.

[TonyCane]

Herbi...Malik may not have been the most talented QB, but he probably worked harder and was a better leader than any other QB on the roster. He probably would have been more serviceable in a more advanced offensive scheme. LOL on the beachball comment. Watching our offense last year was like watching a volleyball game using a 5 foot wide beach ball in a stiff breeze.

[nemo2002]

Miami wins 79-71.
We play VT tomorrow.

[TonyCane]

VA Cane...I would say he is immature, and probably not been pushed too hard at HS. My guess is that Richt was not as outwardly hard on him as he could be, perhaps trying a more passive aggressive approach to get Perry to mature. Someone with Perry’s talent might take losing to Malik as an affront and dedicate himself to improving and proving his coach wrong (this certainly would have been Malik’s mindset). Or if he is immature or overconfident, he might just continue on in his ways and expect to eventually get the job by default.

Hopefully Enos, Diaz, and the arrival of Tate are that wake up call that Perry needed. IMO he has the bigger mountain to climb - he has to toss aside bad habits and rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the carryover staff. Jarren and Tate are gunning for his job. He can’t expect to win it with what he had been doing previously, and he has to dedicate himself. Now. Maybe he’s gotten the wake up call now.

[Old Skool]

Dayum ...

"This is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense, to cheat the system and set their children up for success with the best education money could buy — literally,"

Some parents sent as much as $200,000 to $6.5 million for "guaranteed admission,"

[BigWindyCane1]

Great win by the men basketball team. A win is a win, and I will take it. Next game against VT doesn't look to promising, but its good for the team to play for the seniors and give it their all.

[Old Skool]

Apparently, all the defendants in the college entrance scheme are charged with felonies. Aunt Becky could soon join the cast of Orange is the New Black.

[Sarasota 'cane]

What ISN'T rigged in this country would be an easier list to compile than what IS rigged.

[86Cane]

Orange is the New Black.

Posted by: Old Skool | March 12, 2019 at 05:14 PM

I can dig it!

[Go Canes!!]

Imagine what’s coming out of IMG soon:

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/high-schools/2019/03/13/img-academy-suspends-mark-riddell-after-college-admissions-bribery-scandal/

[Go Canes!!]

And so it begins, as if on que:

Wilson: Miami DL commit Tre'von Riggins tweets he's going back to St. Petersburg Lakewood. @VonRiggins spent the last two years at Bradenton IMG Academy.

[nemo2002]

UM losing to VT 11-0.
Not good!

[nemo2002]

Now it's 33 - 13 in favor of VT.
Not good!

[Old Skool]

38 21. Miami playing as if they're the Washington Generals

[nemo2002]

Canes coming back - down by only 7.
Very good!

[nemo2002]

Canes sliding back - down by 14.
Not good!

[nemo2002]

Down by 21.
5:25 left.

[86Cane]

· Scrimmage 3: Saturday, April 20 (12 p.m., Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place, Orlando, FL, 32805)*

*Open scrimmage

Posted by: BigWindyCane1 | March 12, 2019 at 10:50 AM

This SMART as hell! U already know why. I will be there for sure. Gonna be fun.

[86Cane]

Down by 21.
5:25 left.

Posted by: nemo2002 | March 13, 2019 at 04:08 PM

La gorda esta cantando!

[Sarasota 'cane]

Time for the "down by 20" speech!

"THERE IS NO TOMORROW!"

"CUT ME MICK!"