Baseball to Host Top 25 Showdown vs. #21 FAU
| THE CANES | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes 24-9 (11-4 ACC) | ||||||||||||
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| THE GAME | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes vs. FAU Owls | ||||||||||||
| When: April 8, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Where: Mark Light Field (4,999) Coral Gables, Fla. |
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| Miami against FAU: 55-13 all-time series lead | ||||||||||||
| WATCH & CONNECT | ||||||||||||
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| Radio | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) | |||||||||||
| @CanesBaseball | ||||||||||||
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| @TheUBaseball | ||||||||||||
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||||||||||||
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| Game | Miami | FAU | ||||||||||
| Tuesday | LHP Danny Garcia | LHP Sean Labsan | ||||||||||
Nine-Game Homestand Continues
• After sweeping its ACC weekend series against Duke, #11 Miami continues its nine-game homestand Wednesday with a midweek game against FAU. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Mark Light Field.
• The Hurricanes hold a commanding 55-13 all-time series lead against the Owls, but dropped the first head-to-head matchup 5-3 back on Feb. 18. The season series finale is in Coral Gables on April 22.
• Miami is 17-2 in games played at Mark Light Field this season, and has won eight straight home series dating back to 2014.
• FAU is 26-6 overall this season with a 9-3 record in C-USA play. Baseball America ranked FAU #21 in its top 25 released Monday.
Simply The Best
• Redshirt junior Andrew Suarez put together one of the best outings of his career vs. Duke on April 4, and was recognized with ACC Pitcher of the Week honors two days later.
• Suarez struck out a career-high 12 batters in 8.0 innings, allowing two runs (none earned) while walking just one. He threw 105 pitches, and struck out the side looking in his final inning of work.
• 8.0 innings represented a season-long outing for Suarez.
• The weekly honor was the third for a Hurricane this season – David Thompson was recognized as ACC Player of the Week (March 16) and ACC Co-Player of the Week (March 23) in back-to-back weeks.
Saving The Best for Last
• Senior Garrett Kennedy has been one of Miami’s top contributors in his final season, hitting a team-best .378 in 25 starts.
• Kennedy, who batted just .231 in his junior season, was bumped to the No. 2 spot in the lineup prior to the April 4 game vs. Duke. He responded with back-to-back three-hit games against the Blue Devils.
• Miami finished 4-0 in its most recent week, and Kennedy led all players with nine hits in 13 at bats (.692 average) with eight RBI.
• Kennedy has already tied or set new career highs in runs (20), doubles (six), triples (one), home runs (three) and RBI (20). He is just one hit shy of his 2013 career-high total of 35 hits.
• Through 33 games last season, Kennedy was batting just .212 (18-for-85) with two home runs and 12 RBI.
• Miami’s staff ERA to open the week (3.42) was the fifth-best mark in the ACC.
