No. 16 Miami Takes Two From Pitt

Saturday, May 2

Pittsburgh, Pa.

4:45 PM

Pitt

16-28, 6-17

Miami

33-13, 18-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Miami	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	12	13	1
Pitt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1

No. 16 Miami Takes Two From Pitt

5/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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May 2, 2015

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PITTSBURGH -- In its first trip to Charles L. Cost Field, nationally-ranked No. 16 Miami swept a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on Saturday, May 2.

The Hurricanes (33-13, 18-8 ACC) stole a victory from the Panthers (16-28, 6-17 ACC) in game one by scoring five runs in the final two innings to complete a 9-5 come-from-behind victory. In the second game, Miami finished the sweep with a 12-0 victory behind a strong start from Andrew Suarez (5-1).

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Senior Boo Vazquez and junior Alex Kowalczyk were the only Panthers to record hits in both games. Vazquez went 2-for-3 in game two and finished the day with three hits and a run batted in. Kowalczyk had two hits in the first game, including his third home run of the season, and recorded three hits between the two games.

GAME ONE
Miami scored five runs between the eighth and ninth innings, tying the score in the eighth, before adding four more runs in the ninth to steal a victory from the Panthers.

Entering the ninth with the score even 5-5, the Hurricanes tagged relief pitcher senior Hobie Harris (3-3) for four runs on four hits straight hits.

Miami put the go-ahead run on base with one out in the ninth on George Iskenderian's fourth hit of the game. Iskenderian moved to third on a bloop single by Jacob Heyward and came home to score on a liner to left by David Thompson, giving Miami a 6-5 edge, its first lead since the third inning.

The bleeding wouldn't end there, however. Willie Abreu doubled off the left field wall to drive in Heyward and put two runners in scoring position. A ball off the bat of Garrett Kennedy went to senior Jordan Frabasilio at second, and he elected to go home. But the throw was off the mark as Thompson crossed the plate. Brandoz Lopez drove in the final run of the game with a sacrifice fly, making the score 9-5.

Michael Mediavilla (3-1), who entered the game in the eighth, retired the side in order in the ninth to earn the win.

Kowalczyk led the Panthers with a 2-for-4 effort and a two-run homer, his third blast of the season. Freshman Charles LeBlanc was the other repeat performer, going 2-for-4 with a triple and a run. Vazquez had a RBI single in the game and junior Aaron Schnurbusch had a hit and scored twice.

Sophomore T.J. Zeuch, who made the start on the mound for Pitt, allowed five runs, only one earned, on nine hits in 7.0 innings. He struck out a season-low two batters. Zeuch's counterpart, Thomas Woodrey, also gave up five runs in 7.0 innings, while striking out five.

The Hurricanes were in position to grab a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Iskenderian sent a hit up the middle with a runner on second, but Schnurbusch came up firing and gunned down the runner at the plate to keep Miami off the scoreboard.

The following inning, Miami jumped out to a 4-0 lead, with all four runs being marked as unearned.

After getting the first out, Zeuch beaned the next batter, and Garrett Kennedy executed a textbook hit-and-run with a single through the right side that placed runners on the corners. Lopez then hit a dribbler that was fielded cleanly by Zeuch, but in an attempt to go home, he made an errant throw and Abreu was safe at the plate. The error also allowed Kennedy to scoot to third and later score on a single by Carl Chester, making it 2-0.

Following an infield single to load the bases with two outs, Iskenderian came through with a two-run single off the glove of junior Ron Sherman to double Miami's lead to 4-0.

Looking to answer back in the bottom half of the inning, the Panthers put two runs on the scoreboard.

Schnurbusch and Kowalczyk started off the frame with back-to-back singles. With one out, Frabasilio sent a pitch out to center, deep enough for Schnurbusch to tag and score Pitt's first run of the game. On the next pitch, Sherman roped a single back up the middle, plating Kowalczyk from second and cutting Miami's lead in half to 4-2.

Behind a two-run homer by Kowalczyk in the bottom of the third, the Panthers grabbed a 5-4 lead by the conclusion of the inning.

Continuing to attack Woodrey, Leblanc smashed a one-out triple to right center and came in to score during the next at bat when Vazquez pushed a bunt into no man's land and beat the throw to first for a single. Two batters later, Kowalczyk hammered an offering over the wall in left field to give the Panthers the lead, erasing a 4-0 deficit.

Neither team produced much in the ensuing innings as Zeuch and Woodrey combined to shutout opposing batters for the until the eighth inning.

Zeuch was locked in after his shaky second inning. He retired the side in order in both the third and fourth innings and had sat down eight straight before Iskenderian got aboard with his third hit of the game in the fifth. A double play, however, erased the runner. Woodrey, Zeuch's counterpart, settled down after the Kowalczyk homer as well, retiring nine in a row, and 13 of the next 14 batters he faced, hitting just Schnurbusch in the sixth.

Already over 100 pitches, Zeuch came back out for the eighth and gave up a leadoff triple to Zack Collins that bounced off the wall in right field out of reach by a diving redshirt freshman Frank Maldonado. With the infield drawn in, Thompson singled to short where Leblanc made a diving play to save a run at the time. That hit prompted head coach Joe Jordano to turn to redshirt freshman Josh Mitchell to face the lefty Abreu, who was walked to load the bases.

After Mitchell recorded the first out, he was replaced by Harris. With the tying run on third, Lopez slapped a single through the right side, knotting the score at 5-5. Harris struck out the next batter, then got Ricky Eusebio to ground out with the bases loaded after falling behind in the count 3-0.

Harris stayed out for the ninth inning and retired the first batter before things unraveled as Miami scored four times for the come-from-behind win.

Iskenderian, who went 4-for-5, was one of nine Hurricanes with a base hit in the contest. Thompson and Kennedy each had two hits apiece.

GAME TWO
Miami scored runs in each of the first three innings, racing out to a 5-0 lead early in the game and tacked on six more runs in the final inning to cruise to a 12-0 victory.

Vazquez had three of Pitt's five hits in the second game, raising his batting average by 11 points to .271. He also reached a third time on a walk.

Suarez silenced the Panthers bats in game two, allowing only two hits in 7.0 innings, while striking out four. He combined with two other relievers for the five-hit shutouts.

A bright spot for the Panthers in the second game was some effective relief pitching, which threw four straight shutout innings. Junior Rich Condeelis pitched a career-high 2.0 innings and was one of four pitchers to throw a 1-2-3 inning out of the bullpen, along with senior Nick Parnell and freshmen Isaac Mattson and Ryan Campbell.

Eusebio led off the game by drawing a walk, went to second on a sacrifice bunt and came around to score on a single to right by Kennedy. In the next inning, the Hurricanes loaded the bases with one out following a pair of walks and a single. Eusebio drove in the second run of the game with an RBI single and Christopher Barr brought in another on a fielder's choice.

After two quick outs recorded by Sandefur to begin the third, Abreu doubled off the wall in left and came home on Collins' single to right. During the ensuing at bat, Collins swiped second, getting into scoring position and allowing him to touch home on a single by Lopez to center and extend Miami's advantage to 5-0.

Following a scoreless fourth from Condeelis, the Hurricanes were back at it again in the fifth, getting another run to go up 6-0. Thompson led off the frame with a double off the wall in left and was replaced on second by Chester, who doubled to right. Miami went on to load the bases, but Condeelis struck out his first batter of the game to escape the jam.

Through the first four innings, Suarez faced the minimum 12 batters thanks in part to the defensive play of his catcher Collins. In the first he caught Vazquez stealing and two innings later he picked off sophomore Manny Pazos, who had got on base with Pitt's first hit of the game.

Pitt had something brewing in the fifth as Kowalczyk walked and Schnurbusch reached on an error to begin the frame. A groundout advanced both runners into scoring position, but with two outs, Collins picked off his second runner of the game, this time throwing behind Kowalczyk at third for the final out.

Four Panthers pitchers combined to quiet the Hurricanes bats over the next four innings. After Condeelis gave up a run in the fifth, Pitt's pitchers combined to retired 10 straight batters.

With the outcome all but determined, Miami scored six times in the ninth inning, setting the final score at 12-0. A pair of walks and a single loaded the bases for Collins, who unloaded on an offering and hit a grand slam off the scoreboard in left. Two more runs scored on an RBI groundout by Eusebio and an RBI single by pinch hitter Peter Crocitto.

Ten Miami players had a hit in game two, including Collins, Lopez and Chester, who all finished with two hits. Collins' five RBIs was the most in the game.