Miami Completes Sweep of Jacksonville, 7-4
May 9, 2004
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The fourth-ranked Miami Hurricanes completed a series sweep of Jacksonville on Sunday with a 7-4 win in front of 877 fans at Mark Light Field.
The Hurricanes won their sixth game in a row to improve to 36-9 on the season. The loss drops Jacksonville to 21-28 on the season.
Brandon Camardese pitched 5.1 innings to earn his fifth (5-1) win of the season. The junior allowed two runs on four hits, walked two and tied his season-high with six strikeouts.
Kyle DeVries took the loss to fall to 3-8 on the season. He pitched 5.2 innings, allowing six runs on 11 hits, while walking one and striking out six.
Adam Ricks, Jon Jay, Jim Burt, Brian Barton and Erick San Pedro all collected two hits each in Miami’s 14-hit attack.
Ricks finised the three-game series with Jacksonville 8 for 12 with a home run, double and six RBI.
The Hurricanes busted things open in the sixth inning with three runs – two coming across the plate with two outs – with RBI singles from San Pedro and Jon Jay along with a RBI double by Ricks.
Miami jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning with the help of two hit batters and singles from Jay and Barton.
Camardese pitched his way out of a jam in the fifth inning, after the first two hitters reached base. The left-hander recorded two strikeouts and San Pedro threw his second base runner of the day out at third base.
Jacksonville finally got to Camardese in the sixth inning. After hitting the leadoff batter, Camardese surrendered a home run to Larry Best-Berfet, allowed a single to Orlando Diaz and walked Gordie Gronkowski before left-hander Chiqui Chirino came on in relief.
Chirino induced a ground ball to second base for the second out of the inning and was replaced by right-handed reliever Ricky Orta, who picked Diaz of third base to end the inning and preserve a 3-2 Miami lead.
Orta would pitch a perfect seventh inning before giving way to Alex Blanco in the eighth inning. Blanco gave up a two-run home run to Diaz with two outs after a Best-Berfet double to bring the Dolphins within two runs at 6-4.
UM added an insurance run with a RBI single from Roger Tomas in the eighth inning, scoring Joey Hooft who led of the inning with a single.
The Hurricanes play host to 16th-ranked North Carolina next weekend, beginning Friday, May 14, at a special 8 p.m. start time. The game will broadcast nationally on College Sports Television. Former Hurricane tight end and Cleveland Browns’ first-round draft pick Kellen Winslow will be on hand Friday night to throw out the first pitch.
