THE SERIES |
Miami Hurricanes vs. Georgia Tech |
When: May 14-16, 2015 |
Where: Mark Light Field (4,999) |
Miami against GT: 52-35-2 all-time series lead |
PROJECTED STARTERS |
Game |
Miami |
Georgia Tech |
Thursday |
Thomas Woodrey |
Jonathan King |
Friday |
Andy Suarez |
Ben Parr |
Saturday |
Enrique Sosa |
Brandon Gold |
Wrapping It Up at The Light
• No. 8 Miami will wrap up its regular season with an ACC series against Georgia Tech at Mark Light Field beginning Thursday, May 14.
• The Hurricanes carry a nine-game winning streak into Thursday’s series opener against the Yellow Jackets. Miami, who clinched the ACC’s Coastal Division last weekend, will be the No. 2 seed in next week’s ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C.
• UM holds a 52-35-2 all-time series lead against the Jackets, but dropped three of four games last season. Miami won just one of three in a weekend series in Atlanta, and dropped a 6-3 decision at the 2014 ACC Baseball Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
• Georgia Tech is receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and has the No. 29 RPI. The Yellow Jackets are led by AJ Murray (.287, 14 HR, 49 RBI) and Kel Johnson (.310, 10 HR, 34 RBI).
Going Streaking
• Miami is riding a season-long nine-game winning streak into Thursday’s series opener against the Jackets. The Hurricanes are hitting .390 over the win streak and the team’s staff ERA is 1.78.
• Among Miami’s top offensive performers during the winning streak: Zack Collins (.514, 8 HR, 28 RBI), George Iskenderian (.600, 15 runs, .692 OBP) and David Thompson (.382, 5 HR, 17 RBI).
• Miami’s top performers on the mound over that stretch: Andrew Suarez (2-0, 0.69 ERA, 10 strikeouts), Derik Beauprez (8.0 IP, 0 R, 7 K’s), and Michael Mediavilla (5 K’s, .077 B/AVG in 4.1 IP).
• The Hurricanes bullpen has a combined 0.59 ERA over the winning streak, with 33 combined strikeouts and just five combined walks.
• Miami’s team OBP is .508 and slugging is .650 during the streak.
“Hits”-kenderian
• Junior infielder George Iskenderian has been one of Miami’s most reliable offensive contributors in his first season with the Hurricanes. The New Jersey native is hitting .396 – second-highest mark in the ACC.
• Iskenderian leads the ACC in both total hits (78) and runs scored (60), and ranks third in steals (20) and on-base percentage (.487). His .395 average in conference play is the best in the ACC, and he leads all Hurricanes with 19 multi-hit games this spring.
• Iskenderian set a new career high with five hits in a 14-6 win over FAU on May 12. It was the first five-hit game for a Hurricane since Nathan Melendres on April 23, 2011 vs. North Carolina.
• The junior, who has played third base, shortstop and second base, has nine two-hit games, six three-hit games, three four-hit games and one five-hit game.