No. 8 Baseball to Host FAU in Midweek Finale
| THE CANES | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes 38-13 (19-8 ACC) | ||||||||||||
| Roster | ||||||||||||
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| THE GAME | ||||||||||||
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| Miami Hurricanes vs. FAU Owls | ||||||||||||
| When: May 12, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Where: Mark Light Field | Coral Gables, Fla. | ||||||||||||
| Miami against FAU: 56-13 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 | ||||||||||
Season Rubber Match
• No. 12 Miami carries an eight-game winning streak into Tuesday’s season series finale against FAU. The game was originally supposed to be played on April 22, but was postponed due to weather.
• Miami dropped the first of three head-to-head games on Feb. 18 by a final score of 5-3 at FAU Baseball Stadium, but rebounded to win the second game 4-3 on a walk-off single from George Iskenderian in the 10th inning at Mark Light Field on April 8.
• UM holds a commanding 56-13 all-time lead over FAU, including a 47-10 mark in games played at The Light. Miami has won 16 of the last 20 head-to-head matchups dating back to 2009.
• With a 36-14 record and a 17-10 mark in C-USA play, FAU is ranked No. 20 in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll. FAU is led by Brendon Sanger (.365, six HR) and Ricky Santiago (.328, 38 RBI).
Coastal Division Champions
• No. 12 Miami clinched its second straight ACC Coastal Division title over the weekend, locking down the No. 2 seed of the ACC Baseball Championship next week in Durham, N.C.
• The Hurricanes, who won the 2014 ACC Regular Season Championship with a 24-6 ACC record, enter their final week of the regular season up 5.5 games on second-place UNC. Louisville, owners of a 23-4 record with one ACC series remaining will be the No. 1 seed.
• The Coastal Division title is the third for Miami since joining the conference prior to the 2005 season.
Power Surge
• Miami’s 8.1 runs-per-game average is third-best in the nation.
• After connecting for eight homers in its series against NYIT, Miami now has 47 home runs in 2015 – the third most of any ACC team. The Hurricanes had just 25 homers in all of 2014.
• The Hurricane bats combined to hit just .264 through the first 51 games of the 2014 season, but are hitting over 50 points higher (.311) for the best team batting average in the ACC this spring.
• Only four players had more than home run at this point in 2014, and the team had just 19 total. Seven players have multiple home runs this spring, with UM home runs up 123% (from 21 to 47).
• Miami’s offense is averaging 8.13 runs per game (compared to 5.76 at this point in 2014), and its slugging is up nearly 100 points to .462 (from .367 in 2014).
