HURRICANES LOOK TO REMAIN ALIVE AT MCWS
June 18, 2008
Game 64
Wednesday: Miami vs. Stanford
June 18, 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (ET) (Rosenblatt Stadium)
Radio: WVUM (90.5 FM), WQAM (560 AM),
Spanish Radio WWWK (102.5 FM) and WPIK (104.5 FM)
TV: ESPN2
Probable Starting Pitchers:
STANFORD:
Danny Sandbrink, Fr., RHP (2-1, 2.85 ERA)
UM:
Enrique Garcia, Sr., RHP (7-2, 4.56 ERA)
No.1 overall national seed Miami (53-10) faces Stanford (40-23-2) in its second elimination game of the 2008 Men’s College World Series. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m. (ET)/6 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised live on ESPN2. Mike Patrick has the play-by-play while Oral Hershiser will serve as the color analyst and Erin Andrews as the sideline reporter.
MCWS GAME 2 RECAP
Jemile Weeks and Blake Tekotte both homered and the Hurricanes held off a fierce rally from rival Florida State to hold on to win, 7-5, in the first elimination game of the 2008 Men’s College World Series.Jason Hagerty added a key two-run single in the seventh inning as Miami built a five-run lead. Sophomore lefty Eric Erickson won for the ninth time this season and picked up his fourth win over the Seminoles in four career appearances. He allowed just one run in five innings of work and struck out six.
MCWS GAME 1 RECAP
Georgia scored four runs in the ninth inning – two on Miami closer Carlos Gutierrez’s throwing error – and the Bulldogs came from behind to beat the top-seeded Hurricanes 7-4 in the College World Series on Saturday night. Gutierrez came on to start the ninth to protect Miami’s one-run lead. Miami lost for the first time in 46 games in which it led after eight innings.
Georgia’s Bryce Massanari singled up the middle leading off the ninth. Pinch-runner Adam Fuller moved over on Matt Cerione’s sacrifice, and Robbie O’Bryan reached when he swung at Gutierrez’s wild pitch on strike three, putting runners at the corners.Lyle Allen singled in the tying run before David Thoms grounded to Gutierrez (5-4), who threw far wide of first baseman Yonder Alonso. Two runs scored as the ball rolled into the Georgia bullpen. Thoms ended up on third and scored on Ryan Peisel’s single to left.Joshua Fields (3-2) pitched 1 1-3 innings of shutout relief to get the win. Alonso, Jemile Weeks and Blake Tekotte homered, accounting for all of Miami’s runs. Alonso ended Georgia left-handed reliever Alex McRee’s night by launching a 1-1 pitch into the seats in left-center field with two outs in the seventh. The shot broke a 3-3 tie and was his third in three games, his 18th in his last 32 games and 24th of the season.
UPDATING THE CANES AT THE MCWS
Miami is now 47-37 all-time at the Men’s College World Series. The Hurricanes are 7-12 all-time at the CWS when losing the first game.
ALONSO CLOSE TO SCHOOL HR RECORD
Miami first baseman Yonder Alonso needs just one home run to tie Phil Lane’s single season record (25) which he set in 1982. Alonso actually would already have the single season school record. Back on March 23, 2008, he homered twice in the first three inning of the second game of a doubleheader with Wake Forest. But due to inclement weather and a travel curfew, the game was called in the bottom of the fourth inning (five innings is considered a complete game). Alonso lost two home runs as did sophomore designated hitter Joey Terdoslavich. Junior centerfielder Blake Tekotte lost one home run as well with Miami leading 9-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
ALONSO SECOND IN SINGLE SEASON IN WALKS
Miami first baseman Yonder Alonso leads the nation with 76 walks, which is second all-time at Miami in a single season. Pat Burrell walked 83 times in 1997 to hold the school record.
HOMERING AWAY
The 2008 Hurricanes have hit 105 home runs on the season, which ranks second in school history. The 1998 UM team hit 139 to set the school record.
BELLAMY SIGHTING
In just his second season with the Hurricanes, sophomore reliever Kyle Bellamy is in the record books. Bellamy leads the nation with 43 appearances which is tied for eighth all-time at UM in a season and sixth all-time in appearances in relief. One more appearance will move him into a tie for fourth place.
MORRIS TIES MARK
Miami won its 53rd game of the season, which ties for the most wins in a season by a Jim Morris coached team. His 2001 team went 53-12 and won the national title.
