Baseball Set for Series with Tech | CSS/ESPN3
Miami vs. Georgia Tech
May 16-18, 2013 | 7:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 1 p.m.
Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field | Coral Gables, Fla.
Radio: WQAM 560 (all three games) | WVUM 90.5 FM (all three games)
TV: CSS / ESPN 3 (all three games)
Twitter: @CanesBaseball
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Series Advantage: Miami leads 49-31-2
Miami Hurricanes 33-20 (12-15 ACC)
Roster | Coaches | Schedule & Results | Stats
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 32-21 (14-13 ACC)
Roster | Coaches | Schedule & Results | Stats
The Series
The Hurricanes own a 49-41-2 all-time advantage over the Yellow Jackets, but have dropped seven of the last 10 match-ups. Miami split the season series in 2012, but lost the grand finale 8-5 at the 2012 ACC Championship Game in Greensboro, N.C.
Projected Starters:
Miami SO. LHP Chris Diaz (5-4, 1.41 ERA) vs. GT RHP Buck Farmer (8-3, 2.49 ERA)
Miami JR. LHP Bryan Radziewski (8-1, 1.26 ERA) vs. GT RHP Dusty Isaacs (5-3, 3.57 ERA)
Miami SO. LHP Andrew Suarez (3-4, 3.13 ERA) vs. GT TBD
The Broadcast
WQAM 560 will carry all three games live, with Joe Zagacki (play-by-play) and Mike Levine (color) on the call. WVUM 90.5 FM will also broadcast all three games live on the radio. From the television booth, Jason Solodkin (play-by-play) and Randy Carroll (color) will call all three games live on CSS with simulcast set for ESPN3.
The Coach
Jim Morris is in his 35th season as a head coach and 20th with the Miami Hurricanes. He has a 1,518-649-4 (.701) career record, including a 883-341-3 mark at Miami, where he has guided the team to two National Championships (1999, 2001).
Storylines
• The Miami Hurricanes wrap up their regular season with a three-game series against conference foe Georgia Tech beginning Thursday, May 16. First pitch for Thursday’s series opener, slated for live coverage on CSS/ESPN3, is set for 7:30 p.m.
• With a single win in any of their three games against the Yellow Jackets, the Hurricanes can clinch a berth in the 2013 ACC Championship in Durham, N.C. Even without a win, Miami can still clinch a berth based off results of other conference match-ups this weekend.
• Boosted by some impressive wins in their conference schedule, the Hurricanes are ranked No. 18 in the newest WarrenNolancom Rating Percentage Index (RPI), while the team’s 2013 schedule is currently ranked the second-toughest overall.
• In addition to its own impressive RPI rank, the Hurricanes have seven wins against teams rated in the top 20 RPI and 13 wins against teams ranked in the top 50 RPI – both considered as important factors in postseason selection and placement.
• The Hurricanes will look to their weekend rotation of southpaws Chris Diaz, Bryan Radziewski, and Andrew Suarez to snap a two-game losing streak to the Jackets. Miami boasts a 49-31-2 all-time series advantage, but have lost seven of last 10.
• The weekend series will pit two coaches with nearly 60 combined years of Division I leadership: Jim Morris and Danny Hall. Morris spent 12 years at the helm of the Georgia Tech program before accepting the head coaching job in Coral Gables in 1994.
• The sixth-seeded Hurricanes and eighth-seeded Yellow Jackets met in the 2012 ACC Championship Game in Greensboro, N.C. After back-to-back wins in pool play, Miami fell to the Jackets in the championship finale 8-5 at NewBridge Bank Park.
