Ramirez, J. Miller hit three-run homers - Juan C. Rodriguez, Sun Sentinel
It didn't go on long enough to violate any noise ordinances, but Hanley Ramirez and a couple of his Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! teammates made quite the racket at Roger Dean Stadium on Wednesday. With the University of Miami in town for an exhibition game, Ramirez along with Dan Uggla and Jorge Cantu took some batting practice swings with aluminum bats.
"It's like a thunderbolt was going off when they were hitting them," first baseman Gaby Sanchez said.
The sounds dulled but were no less pleasing for the Marlins once they switched back to maple and ash for the game. Ramirez's three-run, first-inning homer sparked the Marlins to a 19-3 romp over the 10th-ranked Hurricanes.
Ramirez hadn't swung aluminum since little league, saying: "It's so much different, the sounds, the ball carries more. It's light. You have more control of the bat."
The reigning National League batting champion, Ramirez does just fine with wood. He lined a 1-0 pitch off Miami freshman lefty Jerad Grundy over the left field wall as a part of a 2-for-2 day. The Marlins also got a three-run homer from outfielder Jai Miller during a six-run eighth.
"That's the situation with men in scoring position," Ramirez said. "That's my job, RBIs. I made a good swing and the wind was blowing out, so even better."
Prompting Cantu to chime in: "If he doesn't get [the RBIs] I'll get them. He knows that. He better get them."
It seemed like everybody got them as the Marlins totaled 21 hits during a blustery, teeth-chattering afternoon. Seven players, including non-roster infielder Brian Barden (3 for 3), tallied at least two hits.
The regulars each logged a pair of at-bats and starter Ricky Nolasco allowed a single and struck out two over two scoreless innings. Nolasco threw first-pitch strikes to all seven batters he faced. Just seven of his 23 pitches were outside the zone.
In the past the Marlins generally have started one of their pitching prospects in this game, saving their rotation for Grapefruit League action. That Nolasco hadn't thrown to aluminum bat-wielding hitters since high school didn't faze him, but he did find the experience odd
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Miami Hurricanes supply offense, but suffer first loss of year
UM used seven pitchers in Sunday's loss to Manhattan in the weekend series finale. `When you score seven runs, you've got to win,' Hurricanes coach Jim Morris said.
BY JUDY ERWIN, Miami Herald
The University of Miami sent seven pitchers to the mound in Sunday's series finale against Manhattan.
But none of them could stop the potent Jasper offense, as Manhattan avoided the sweep, defeating the Hurricanes 12-7 at Alex Rodriguez Park. The loss was the first of the season for the 10th-ranked Hurricanes.
After two nights of struggling offensively, Manhattan's bats came alive in Sunday's afternoon game. The Jaspers (1-2) belted a dozen hits through the first five innings, which was two more than they had in the previous two nights combined.
UM starter Jason Santana had a less-than-stellar performance, giving up six runs on nine hits to take the loss. He was relieved by Daniel Miranda, who also struggled. He gave up two hits and walked two against the four batters he faced.
``When you score seven runs, you've got to win,'' Hurricanes coach Jim Morris said. ``The majority of the guys did not throw good. We didn't play good as a team [Sunday].''
Eric Whaley, the third Hurricane to pitch in the fourth inning, gave up one hit before getting out of the inning. But the Jaspers scored seven runs to take a 9-2 lead.
The Hurricanes (5-1) bounced back though. In the fifth inning, Scott Lawson and David Villasuso went deep to cut the Jaspers' lead to four runs.
After leadoff batter Zeke DeVoss was hit by a pitch, Lawson made Manhattan pay by blasting a line drive over the right-field wall. Villasuso's home run, his third of the season, was hit the other way, clearing the left-field wall.
The Canes were also productive in the sixth inning. With Chris Pelaez and Michael Broad on base, Rony Rodriguez hit a shot up the middle.
Both runners scored, making the score 9-7.
But after Whaley was removed after 2 1/3 innings, things went south again.
Iden Nazario gave up three runs on two hits while recording just one out. E.J. Encinosa followed, giving up a double and a walk before being replaced by Sam Robinson, who got the Canes out of the inning. Freshman Jerad Grundy closed out the game for UM, giving up two hits and striking out two in two innings.
Despite scoring 32 runs during the weekend, Morris was not pleased after Sunday's loss. ``You've got to sweep at home,'' he said. ``You can split on the road. But at Miami, you've got to sweep.''
Steven Perez (Miami Gulliver Prep) had his first multihit game with three singles in the loss.
Austin Sheffield, his former teammate at Gulliver, led the Manhattan offense with three doubles and three RBI.
BY JUDY ERWIN, Miami Herald
The University of Miami sent seven pitchers to the mound in Sunday's series finale against Manhattan.
But none of them could stop the potent Jasper offense, as Manhattan avoided the sweep, defeating the Hurricanes 12-7 at Alex Rodriguez Park. The loss was the first of the season for the 10th-ranked Hurricanes.
After two nights of struggling offensively, Manhattan's bats came alive in Sunday's afternoon game. The Jaspers (1-2) belted a dozen hits through the first five innings, which was two more than they had in the previous two nights combined.
UM starter Jason Santana had a less-than-stellar performance, giving up six runs on nine hits to take the loss. He was relieved by Daniel Miranda, who also struggled. He gave up two hits and walked two against the four batters he faced.
``When you score seven runs, you've got to win,'' Hurricanes coach Jim Morris said. ``The majority of the guys did not throw good. We didn't play good as a team [Sunday].''
Eric Whaley, the third Hurricane to pitch in the fourth inning, gave up one hit before getting out of the inning. But the Jaspers scored seven runs to take a 9-2 lead.
The Hurricanes (5-1) bounced back though. In the fifth inning, Scott Lawson and David Villasuso went deep to cut the Jaspers' lead to four runs.
After leadoff batter Zeke DeVoss was hit by a pitch, Lawson made Manhattan pay by blasting a line drive over the right-field wall. Villasuso's home run, his third of the season, was hit the other way, clearing the left-field wall.
The Canes were also productive in the sixth inning. With Chris Pelaez and Michael Broad on base, Rony Rodriguez hit a shot up the middle.
Both runners scored, making the score 9-7.
But after Whaley was removed after 2 1/3 innings, things went south again.
Iden Nazario gave up three runs on two hits while recording just one out. E.J. Encinosa followed, giving up a double and a walk before being replaced by Sam Robinson, who got the Canes out of the inning. Freshman Jerad Grundy closed out the game for UM, giving up two hits and striking out two in two innings.
Despite scoring 32 runs during the weekend, Morris was not pleased after Sunday's loss. ``You've got to sweep at home,'' he said. ``You can split on the road. But at Miami, you've got to sweep.''
Steven Perez (Miami Gulliver Prep) had his first multihit game with three singles in the loss.
Austin Sheffield, his former teammate at Gulliver, led the Manhattan offense with three doubles and three RBI.
Manhattan baseball team upsets No. 10 Miami Hurricanes for first win over ranked team since 2006
Manhattan baseball team upsets No. 10 Miami Hurricanes for first win over ranked team since 2006
Sean Brennan, Daily News Sports Writer
Like many kids growing up in Miami, Kevin Nieto dreamed of the day he would don the green and orange of the University of Miami and live out his childhood fantasy of playing baseball for the Hurricanes.
But the Hurricanes had other ideas and those did not include Nieto. So Sunday, Nieto exacted a modicum of revenge as the Manhattan College senior centerfielder went 3-for-6, including a leadoff double that jump-started a two-run first inning, as the Jaspers pounded out a 17-hit attack Manhattan shocked Miami, the nation's 10th-ranked team, 12-7, at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Fla.
The win is Manhattan's first over a ranked baseball team since the Jaspers knocked off No. 6 Nebraska and Joba Chamberlain in the NCAA tournament in 2006.
"They've always been my team, they've always been my school when I was growing up," said Nieto, the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year. "But they didn't want me. So playing down here, in front of my family and friends, I mean, we only won the third game (of the three-game set) but we're not supposed to beat them. But we played well, we executed and we played a complete game. This feels great."
Knocking off the No. 10 team in the country is one thing, but doing it with virtually no outside practice time due to all the snow is quite another. The Jaspers managed just two days of practice outside and had to work extra in order to make even that happen.
"We only got out once or twice," Nieto said. "But to do that we had to shovel off the lacrosse and soccer fields first. All we could really do was take ground ball, it's not like we could play a simulated game or anything. I'm from Miami, so this is all different to me. But we adjusted."
Miami (5-1) had taken the first two games of the series, 7-3 Friday night in a game that was tied at 3-3 in the seventh inning, before the Hurricanes blew away the Jaspers, 18-1, Saturday. So, how does a team from the snowy Northeast with little practice time bounce back from an 18-1 shellacking to take down a national power?
Timely hitting and superb relief pitching are two ways to do it and Manhattan did both Sunday as the Jaspers posted a seven-run fourth inning to take the lead for good while freshman reliever John Soldinger pitched four scoreless innings in his collegiate debut. Not a bad way to break in.
"I was really impressed the way we bounced back," Manhattan head coach Kevin Leighton said. "You get beat up like we did (Saturday) and you figure Sunday morning you're going to be depressed and out of it. But they came out excited to be there, played well and it was good to see them bounce back like that."
The game was tied at 2-2 entering the top of the fourth inning when Manhattan blew the game open. The Jaspers (1-2) got RBI singles from Mark Onorati (4-for-6, 3 doubles, 2 runs), Anthony Armenio and Nick Camastro and a two-run double by Austin Sheffield to key the inning and take a 9-2 lead.
But Miami clawed back within 9-7 after getting three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth inning and that's when Leighton went to Soldinger for his first collegiate closeup.
"He pitched really well, was locating and had a very good curveball," Leighton said of Soldinger, who hails from Bay Shore. "He came in at 9-7 and held it for us. He kept them off balance. It was nice to see a freshman come in and pitch that well against a team like Miami."
Soldinger went four innings and allowed four hits and struck out five to earn the save. Mike McCann had an RBI single and Chad Salem added a two-run double in a three-run seventh to give the Jaspers some breathing room and Manhattan was on its way to one of its greatest wins in program history.
"It feels pretty good, especially after a close game Friday night and getting beat pretty badly Saturday," Leighton said. "That's a big win for us. When you say University of Miami baseball, you think of the College World Series every time."
Nieto, who no longer dreams of playing for the Hurricanes, this victory tells a lot about this Jaspers team.
"It shows a lot," Nieto said. "We all came together and we're a tough bunch. This team never gives up."
Sean Brennan, Daily News Sports Writer
Like many kids growing up in Miami, Kevin Nieto dreamed of the day he would don the green and orange of the University of Miami and live out his childhood fantasy of playing baseball for the Hurricanes.
But the Hurricanes had other ideas and those did not include Nieto. So Sunday, Nieto exacted a modicum of revenge as the Manhattan College senior centerfielder went 3-for-6, including a leadoff double that jump-started a two-run first inning, as the Jaspers pounded out a 17-hit attack Manhattan shocked Miami, the nation's 10th-ranked team, 12-7, at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Fla.
The win is Manhattan's first over a ranked baseball team since the Jaspers knocked off No. 6 Nebraska and Joba Chamberlain in the NCAA tournament in 2006.
"They've always been my team, they've always been my school when I was growing up," said Nieto, the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year. "But they didn't want me. So playing down here, in front of my family and friends, I mean, we only won the third game (of the three-game set) but we're not supposed to beat them. But we played well, we executed and we played a complete game. This feels great."
Knocking off the No. 10 team in the country is one thing, but doing it with virtually no outside practice time due to all the snow is quite another. The Jaspers managed just two days of practice outside and had to work extra in order to make even that happen.
"We only got out once or twice," Nieto said. "But to do that we had to shovel off the lacrosse and soccer fields first. All we could really do was take ground ball, it's not like we could play a simulated game or anything. I'm from Miami, so this is all different to me. But we adjusted."
Miami (5-1) had taken the first two games of the series, 7-3 Friday night in a game that was tied at 3-3 in the seventh inning, before the Hurricanes blew away the Jaspers, 18-1, Saturday. So, how does a team from the snowy Northeast with little practice time bounce back from an 18-1 shellacking to take down a national power?
Timely hitting and superb relief pitching are two ways to do it and Manhattan did both Sunday as the Jaspers posted a seven-run fourth inning to take the lead for good while freshman reliever John Soldinger pitched four scoreless innings in his collegiate debut. Not a bad way to break in.
"I was really impressed the way we bounced back," Manhattan head coach Kevin Leighton said. "You get beat up like we did (Saturday) and you figure Sunday morning you're going to be depressed and out of it. But they came out excited to be there, played well and it was good to see them bounce back like that."
The game was tied at 2-2 entering the top of the fourth inning when Manhattan blew the game open. The Jaspers (1-2) got RBI singles from Mark Onorati (4-for-6, 3 doubles, 2 runs), Anthony Armenio and Nick Camastro and a two-run double by Austin Sheffield to key the inning and take a 9-2 lead.
But Miami clawed back within 9-7 after getting three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth inning and that's when Leighton went to Soldinger for his first collegiate closeup.
"He pitched really well, was locating and had a very good curveball," Leighton said of Soldinger, who hails from Bay Shore. "He came in at 9-7 and held it for us. He kept them off balance. It was nice to see a freshman come in and pitch that well against a team like Miami."
Soldinger went four innings and allowed four hits and struck out five to earn the save. Mike McCann had an RBI single and Chad Salem added a two-run double in a three-run seventh to give the Jaspers some breathing room and Manhattan was on its way to one of its greatest wins in program history.
"It feels pretty good, especially after a close game Friday night and getting beat pretty badly Saturday," Leighton said. "That's a big win for us. When you say University of Miami baseball, you think of the College World Series every time."
Nieto, who no longer dreams of playing for the Hurricanes, this victory tells a lot about this Jaspers team.
"It shows a lot," Nieto said. "We all came together and we're a tough bunch. This team never gives up."
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Walk Off Blast Sweep Rutgers
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Trailing 7-5 with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth, freshman centerfielder Zeke DeVoss smacked a three-run, walk-off homer to propel No. 12 Miami to a 9-7 victory Sunday afternoon over Rutgers at Alex Rodriguez Park.
Down two with one out in the bottom of the ninth, junior leftfielder Chris Pelaez started the rally with single to center of Rutgers reliever Charlie Law. After a wild pitch moved Pelaez over to second, Harold Martinez flew out to right for the second out of the inning but was able advance Pelaez over to third. With no more room for error, Frankie Ratcliff kept the rally alive with a walk, putting runners on the corner with two outs. Nathan Melendres followed with a hard grounder to third that got through third baseman Russ Hopkins, allowing Ratcliff to move to third and Melendres to second. Down a run at this point, DeVoss - UM's No. 9 hitter - smacked a outside fastball on a one-and-one count over the wall in left to give the `Canes the two-run win.
The win for Miami (3-0) secured the series sweep of the Scarlet Knights (0-3) in both team's 2010 season-opening weekend series.
Pelaez, who went 8-for-11 on the weekend in his first action as a Hurricane, finished the day 4-for-5 with a homer, a double, two singles, two runs scored and a run batted in. David Villasuso, who got his first start at catcher this season, went 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBI.
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Down two with one out in the bottom of the ninth, junior leftfielder Chris Pelaez started the rally with single to center of Rutgers reliever Charlie Law. After a wild pitch moved Pelaez over to second, Harold Martinez flew out to right for the second out of the inning but was able advance Pelaez over to third. With no more room for error, Frankie Ratcliff kept the rally alive with a walk, putting runners on the corner with two outs. Nathan Melendres followed with a hard grounder to third that got through third baseman Russ Hopkins, allowing Ratcliff to move to third and Melendres to second. Down a run at this point, DeVoss - UM's No. 9 hitter - smacked a outside fastball on a one-and-one count over the wall in left to give the `Canes the two-run win.
The win for Miami (3-0) secured the series sweep of the Scarlet Knights (0-3) in both team's 2010 season-opening weekend series.
Pelaez, who went 8-for-11 on the weekend in his first action as a Hurricane, finished the day 4-for-5 with a homer, a double, two singles, two runs scored and a run batted in. David Villasuso, who got his first start at catcher this season, went 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBI.
http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022110aae.html
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.
http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022110aab.html
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.
http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/022110aab.html
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Canes Open Season with 12 -1 Win
Miami hurricanes Stater left-hander Eric Erickson pitched 5 2/3 innings in his first start in two years as Miami defeated Rutgers, 12-1, in the season opener for both teams at AROD Park at the Light.
Erickson has missed almost two solid years following Tommy John Surgery gave up only 2 hits and 1 uneared run in the game. Rutgers starter Casey Gaynor (0-1) lasted 4 1/3 innings. He gave up four runs all of which were earned on seven hits.
Sophomore Harold Martinez smacked two deep homers to left was the biggest Highlight of the game. He had only 9 HR all of last season as a Freshman. In all 9 Canes had at least one hit on the night.
The Hurricanes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights will play again Saturday at 7 p.m.
Erickson has missed almost two solid years following Tommy John Surgery gave up only 2 hits and 1 uneared run in the game. Rutgers starter Casey Gaynor (0-1) lasted 4 1/3 innings. He gave up four runs all of which were earned on seven hits.
Sophomore Harold Martinez smacked two deep homers to left was the biggest Highlight of the game. He had only 9 HR all of last season as a Freshman. In all 9 Canes had at least one hit on the night.
The Hurricanes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights will play again Saturday at 7 p.m.
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