Hurricanes Score Early And Often In 12-8 Win Against Maryland
April 30, 2005
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – The fourth-ranked Miami Hurricanes took advantage of four Maryland errors and pounded out 12 hits in a 12-8 win in front of 2,776 at Mark Light Field Saturday night. Miami scored 10 runs in the first four innings and improved to 33-10-1 overall and 17-5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Terps dropped to 20-26 overall and 6-20 in the ACC.
Miami moved into first place in the ACC for the first time this season, jumping a half-game ahead of Georgia Tech following the Yellow Jackets’ 6-5 loss to Clemson earlier in the evening.
Ryan Braun went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and five RBIs. Paco Figueroa went 3-for-4 with three runs and a run batted in, while Jon Jay smacked two doubles and scored to runs to lead the Hurricanes at the plate.
Elliot Singletary led the Terps with two RBIs, two doubles and two runs.
Miami freshman Manny Miguelez relieved starter Brandon Camardese in the third inning and went on to pitch three innings of scoreless relief for his first career win. Chris Bowen was charged with the loss for Maryland, giving up 10 runs on nine hits in three innings.
Singletary got Maryland off to a quick start with a double down the left field line. Truan Mehl followed with a RBI single for a 1-0 lead. The Terrapins loaded the bases with two outs, but Camardese was able to work his way out of the situation and retired Matt Maropis, looking, on a 3-2 pitch.
Miami answered with three straight singles from Danny and Paco Figueroa and Braun, the last of which scored Danny Figueroa to tie the game. Jon Jay laid a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners and reached base when Jordan Wilson dropped the throw from Bowen at first for a bases-loaded situation with no outs. Danny Valencia hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Paco Figueroa. Walter Diaz walked to load the bases. Alex Garabedian followed with a sac fly to right that scored Braun to give the `Canes a 3-1 lead heading into the second.
Singletary hit his second double of the game with one out in the second to score Bobby Ryan and cut Miami’s lead in half.
The Hurricanes tacked on three more runs in the second on a RBI single from Paco Figueroa that scored Eddy Rodriguez and a pair of run-scoring errors.
Danny Figueroa led off the Hurricane fourth, reaching base on an error and moved to third on a single by Paco Figueroa. Braun ripped a line drive that just cleared the wall in left in the fourth for his 13th home run of the season and 9-2 lead. Diaz grounded out to the shortstop to score Jon Jay for Miami’s 10th run.
Diaz cracked his fifth home run of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot to increase the lead to 12-2.
Maryland scored a run in the top of the seventh when Chad Durakis scored on a misplayed ball hit by Maropis. The Terps mustered five more runs in a ninth-inning rally, but were unable to overcome the nine-run deficit.
Miami and Maryland conclude their series with a 1 p.m. tilt Sunday at Mark Light Field.
Notes: Miami hit three sacrifices in an inning (first) for the first time in program history… It took 40 minutes to complete the first inning… Braun’s fourth-inning home run was the 40th of his career, tying him with Lale Esquivel (1997, ’99-2000) for fifth on Miami’s all-time list… Danny Figueroa set Miami’s all-time hit-by-pitch record in the fifth inning when Ryan Moorer plunked him for the 33rd time in his career.
