Live Updates: Miami Vs. Duke Game 3
DATE: Saturday, May 20, 2023
WHERE: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, Coral Gables, FL
TIME/TV: 1:00 PM EST/ACCNX
LIVE AUDIO: 90.5 WVUM
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Miami (36-18, 17-12 ACC), pulled out a walk-off win in extra innings to take game two of the three-game series with Duke (35-18, 16-17 ACC).
The Hurricanes lost game one of the series Thursday night by the count of a 5-3 score.
The Hurricanes remain ranked at No. 11 for the third consecutive week. The Hurricanes are one of six ACC teams ranked in the top 25 this week (No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 7 Clemson, No. 16 Duke, No. 21 Virginia, and No. 22 Boston College).
The Hurricanes conclude its regular season Saturday against Duke at home. Miami's game one series loss to Duke and Virginia's two wins over Georgia Tech, grants the Cavaliers the Coastal Division championship.
The Cavaliers clinched the coastal because they owned the tiebreaker over Miami, sweeping the series over the Hurricanes earlier in the year.
The Hurricanes have 11 top-25 victories, trailing only No. 4 Florida, No. 12 Vanderbilt, and Duke, which has 13 ranked wins
Miami is second in the ACC and 9th nationally with 101 home runs. Canes have recorded 31 multi-homer performances. UM has totaled 18 come-from-behind victories, tallying six wins when trailing after the sixth, including four walk-offs.
The Hurricanes have qualified for the College World Series 25 times — the second-most of any program nationwide, trailing only Texas (37). Miami's four national championships (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001) are tied for fifth-most all-time.
Miami Team Leaders
Junior Yohandy Morales leads the team in batting average (.402), leads the team in hits (78), is tied for second in home runs (12), and is second in RBIs (52).
Morales also leads the team in on-base percentage (.469).
Junior CJ Kayfus is second on the team in batting average (.339), second in hits (65), tied for third in home runs (11), and tied for fourth in RBIs (36).
Freshman Blake Cyr is third in batting average (.313), is fifth in hits (51), leads the team in home runs (14), and leads the team in RBIs (53).
Junior Dominic Pitelli is fourth in batting average (.306), third in hits (59), tied for third in home runs (11), and third in RBIs (50).
Junior Zach Levenson is fifth in batting average (.301), fourth in hits (58), fourth in home runs (10), and tied for fourth in RBIs (36).
Carlos Perez is tied for second in home runs (11).
(Minimum 150 at-bats)
(Statistics are as of May 16, 2023)
The Opponent
Junior Alex Stone continues to pound the baseball around the yard this season, collecting a 25-game hitting streak heading to Coral Gables, Fla. The backstop is batting .361 during that stretch, driving in 31 runs and collecting eight home runs.
The Blue Devils have recorded 262 of their 411 runs scored so far this season from the fourth to eighth innings. That number accounts for 63.7% of the Duke runs.
Duke's pitching staff is having one of the best historical seasons under head coach Chris Pollard producing 563 strikeouts. That number moves into a tie with the 2021 squad that also posted 563 punchouts. The mark is now tied for third all-time in a single season behind the 2019 (598) team and the 2018 (575) team.
Sophomore Alex Mooney leads the team in multi-hit games this season, tallying his 20th of the year. He is followed closely behind by Stone (19) and Jay Beshears
(18).
The trio at the top of the lineup continues to produce for the Blue Devils, while Stone and Beshears have tallied a combined three games with four or more hits.
Starting Pitchers
Miami: RHP Ronaldo Gallo (1-3, 7.89 ERA) makes his 22nd appearance this season. In 29.2 innings pitched the junior has allowed 26 runs on 40 hits, striking out 35 and walking 15.
Duke: RHP Ryan Higgins (3-0, 3.79 ERA) makes his 17th appearance of the season. In 40.1 innings pitched the sophomore has allowed 19 runs on 30 hits striking out 32 and walking 13.
Miami Athletics Athletics and Duke Athletics contributed to this report
Photo Courtesy of Miami Athletics
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