Baseball Hosts No. 8 Florida State This Weekend
April 11, 2002
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – The University of Miami baseball team (18-15) host eighth-ranked Florida State (31-11) for a three-game series beginning this Friday night at Mark Light Stadium.
The three games with the Seminoles are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. All three games can be heard over the Internet at www.hurricanesports.com or on the student voice of the Hurricanes, WVUM 90.5 FM. The Saturday and Sunday games will also be televised on tape delay by Fox Sports Net Florida at 10 p.m. the same evening. UM’s Spanish Broadcast on WACC 830 AM Radio Paz will also broadcast the Saturday evening game.
Throwing out the ceremonial first pitches this weekend will be former Hurricane and NFL star Lamar Thomas on Friday, University of Miami President Donna Shalala on Saturday and St. Louis Rams MVP runningback Marshall Faulk on Sunday.
The three games with Florida State in Coral Gables will mark game No. 226-228 between UM and FSU since the 1951 season. FSU holds the lead over Miami, 117-105-3, but the Hurricanes lead 57-47-2 at Miami.
The Miami/FSU series is the second-oldest on-going rivalry on the Hurricanes schedule behind the Florida series (1940), but UM and FSU have played the most games (225).
UM head coach Jim Morris was the first assistant hired by FSU head coach Mike Martin in 1980. Morris served on the FSU staff for the 1980-81 seasons, with current FSU pitching coach Jamey Shoupe as a Seminoles pitcher. FSU assistant coach Chip Baker also served on Morris’ Georgia Tech staff. UM pitching coach Lazaro Collazo served one season, 1992, on the FSU staff. Both UM coaches Gino DiMare and Greg Lovelady played against various Seminole teams throughout their playing careers at Miami.
Miami is 33-23 overall vs. FSU during the Jim Morris era, including a 15-9 mark at Mark Light Stadium. Additionally, UM is 16-14 vs. FSU at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, as well as 2-0 vs. FSU at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE.
On the mound for the Hurricanes Friday night will be Sophomore RHP T.J. Prunty (4-2, 5.76 ERA). Sophomore RHP Dan Touchet (3-1, 3.92 ERA) will pitch Saturday night. Junior RHP Kiki Bengochea (2-4, 6.18 ERA) will get the start on Sunday.
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