Canes Lose Short Game, Win Series

Disappointing end to a relatively successful weekend in Raleigh for the Miami baseball team. After defeating the Wolfpack 12-5 and 2-1 in earlier games, Miami lost tonight's game 11-10 on a late home run in the 8th inning. The game was called shortly thereafter due to time constraints.

I'm not sure who schedules the games, the times, and the flights for road teams, but I think it's ridiculous a game had to be called after 8 innings because Miami had to catch their flight. It's one thing if there is severe weather, it's another if somebody goofed on the logistics.

In any case, the Canes left with a solid weekend. Aside from Enrique Garcia's really rough start today (4 ER in 1 1/3 innings pitched), Miami got some great pitching from the starting rotation. Freshman sensation Chris Hernandez continued his great start to the season by pitching 7 1/3rd great innings on Saturday.

There is some cause for concern in that one of the Canes' strong suits, relief pitching, failed to keep runs off the board. Still, 2 out of 3 on the road in the ACC is always a good thing.

The Canes now host a pair of games against NJIT and Cornell before opening a 3 game home series against Wake Forest on Friday. Miami is currently ranked 5th and 7th in the major polls, but I have no idea how this latest loss will affect their rankings.