Baseball Set for Weekend in Charlottesville
MiamiatNo. 10 Virginia
| SERIES INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Friday: | May 12 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday: | May 13 | 4:00 p.m. |
| Sunday: | May 14 | 1:00 p.m. |
| Site: | Davenport Field |
| Tickets: | VirginiaSports.com |
| Series Notes | Season Stats | |
| THE BROADCAST | |
|---|---|
| TV: | ACC Network Extra: Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Student Radio: | WVUM 90.5 FM (all games) |
| Live Stats: | VirginiaSports.com |
| PROJECTED STARTERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Miami | Virginia |
| Friday: | LHP Jeb Bargfeldt | LHP Daniel Lynch |
| Saturday: | RHP Greg Veliz | RHP Noah Murdock |
| Sunday: | RHP Jesse Lepore | LHP Adam Haseley |
CANES SET FOR TRIP TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
• After dropping a midweek game with UCF to cap a four-game homestand, Miami travels to Davenport Field for a weekend series with Virginia beginning Friday, May 12 (6 p.m., ACC Network Extra).
• Virginia leads the all-time head-to-head series by a slight 26-24 margin, including an 11-10 lead in games played at Davenport Field. Miami dropped two of three in Coral Gables in the 2016 series.
• The game is a matchup of two of the top three teams in the ACC Coastal Division; Virginia enters in second place with a 14-10 record in conference play, while Miami is third with a 12-11 ACC record.
• Junior LHP Jeb Bargfeldt (5-3, 2.45 ERA) will oppose Virginia lefthander Daniel Lynch (6-2, 5.11 ERA) in the series opener Friday.
SECOND-HALF SUCCESS
• Miami has not lost a series since March 30, winning four of its last five and splitting a weather-shortened two-game set vs. Florida State.
• After going 12-16 through the first half of the season, the Hurricanes have since posted a 12-8 record and are 9-5 in their last 14 games. Miami is 12-11 in ACC play, good for the sixth-best record in the ACC and third in the ACC Coastal.
WEEKEND REWIND: MIAMI TOPS WILDCATS
• The Hurricanes won their fourth series in the last five tries last weekend (May 5-7) at Mark Light Field, taking two of three games from visiting Bethune-Cookman in a nonconference series.
• Miami scored two runs in the seventh and plated the go-ahead run in the eighth to come back for a 6-5 win in Game 1. Sophomore Romy Gonzalez homered twice and sophomore closer Frankie Bartow recorded his 11th save of the year in the win.
• Making his second start on the weekend staff, freshman Greg Veliz tossed six dominant innings to win the rubber match.
HEATING UP: CABEZAS SHINING IN BULLPEN
• Sophomore Andrew Cabezas has been Miami’s top reliever. In the last 20 games, he has made 12 appearances, is 4-0 and totaled 31 strikeouts compared to six walks in 21.0 innings with a 0.86 ERA.
• Miami lefthander Jeb Bargfeldt has been the most consistent weekend starter for the Canes. In eight ACC starts, Bargfeldt is 4-2 with a 1.81 ERA. He is holding ACC opponents to a .188 average.
• Junior Hunter Tackett broke out for a big weekend on the road at Boston College (April 28-30). Tackett batted a team-best .545 (6-for 11) for the weekend and hit his first two homers as a Hurricane. He had one double, six RBI and a .615 on-base percentage.
THREE-TIME DEFENDING COASTAL CHAMPS
• Miami won its third straight ACC Coastal Division title in 2016, posting a 21-7 record in ACC play to earn the division crown.
• The Hurricanes have won 67 ACC games in the prior three seasons – the most wins in a three-year stretch by any program since ACC expanded to a 30-game conference schedule in 2005.
• Miami has won the ACC Regular Season Championship three times, most recently in 2016 when the Canes finished 21-7.
• Since the beginning of the 2014 season, Miami has won 28 of its past 38 ACC series. The Hurricanes went 8-2 in ACC series in 2014, 7-3 in 2015, 9-1 in 2016 and are 4-3-1 in 2017.
