Canes Sneak By Rutgers 10-8

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The 12th-ranked University of Miami baseball team scored double-digit runs for the second straight night to open the season as the Hurricanes downed Rutgers, 10-8, Saturday night at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.


For just the second time in head coach Jim Morris' 17 seasons in Coral Gables and the sixth time in school history, the Hurricanes scored double-digit runs in back-to-back games to open the season - scoring 10 a night after plating 12 runs in the opener on Friday. The win also secured a series win for the `Canes - the second straight year Miami opened its season with a series win over the Scarlet Knights.

Junior leftfielder Chris Pelaez and senior second baseman Scott Lawson led the offensive charge for the `Canes. Pelaez finished the night 3-for-3 with a double, two singles, a hit-by-pitch, three RBI and a run scored while Lawson also went 3-for-3 with a triple, two singles, two hit-by-pitches, three runs scored and a run batted in. Through UM's first two games, Lawson and Pelaez have combined to reach base in 12-of-16 plate appearances.

Eric Whaley (1-0) earned his first career win as a Hurricane, allowing two runs on one hit while striking out three in two innings of work. David Gutierrez came on in the ninth with the `Canes up two and retired the Scarlet Knights in order to record his first save of the season and the second of his career.

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