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3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

Another week, another long-odds road challenge for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. Miami (34-25) will play at Louisville (38-21) on Friday, starting a best-of-three super regional, with the winner advancing to the College World Series next week in Omaha. Here are two reasons why Miami is an underdog:1: Louisville is 27-7 at home. 2: Miami is 7-14 on the road. Then again, Miami beat the odds this past weekend, winning the four-team Hattiesburg Regional as the three seed.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

Disaster struck quickly on Sunday night for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. Freshman starter Tate DeRias could not survive the first inning, allowing a shocking nine runs on seven hits, one walk and one hit by pitch. Miami never recovered. Host and top-seeded Southern Miss rolled to a 17-6 win over the third-seeded Hurricanes. “It’s not how you draw it up,” Miami coach J.D. Arteaga said of the nine-run barrage. “It’s tough to come back from that. “We were in a tough spot.

3 weeks ago | baseballamerica.com | Walter Villa

“Josh is very mature,” Allen said. “When he was 16, it was like you were talking to a 33-year-old.  “He has a low pulse rate—doesn’t get rattled. He just needed to work on his coordination because he’s a big guy.”Ekness, who is 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, struggled throughout his college career, which included two years at Lamar and one at Houston. The Marlins drafted him in the 12th round in 2023. Yet, Houston coach Todd Whitting said he saw the potential.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Walter Villa

The Miami Hurricanes baseball team — quite surprisingly — is just one win from its first NCAA regional title since 2016. Second baseman Dorian Gonzalez Jr. drove in a career-high eight runs, and Griffin Hugus fired a 123-pitch complete game as third-seeded Miami defeated the fourth-seeded Columbia Lions 14-1 late Saturday night.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Walter Villa

The Miami Hurricanes baseball team — quite surprisingly — is just one win from its first NCAA regional title since 2016. Second baseman Dorian Gonzalez Jr. drove in a career-high eight runs, and Griffin Hugus fired a 123-pitch complete game as third-seeded Miami defeated the fourth-seeded Columbia Lions 14-1 late Saturday night.