{"id":189554,"date":"2026-03-13T02:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189554\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T02:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:11:13","slug":"hurricanes-sweep-season-series-against-ucf-win-9-5-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189554\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes sweep season series against UCF, win 9-5 in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Miami Catcher Alex Sosa rounds the bases Saturday, Feb. 21 against Lafayette College \/\/ Photo Credit: Ava Stroshane<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks ago at Mark Light Field, Miami was down 7-6 in the bottom of the 13th inning as Alonzo Alvarez stood on second with Vance Sheahan at the plate. On a 3-1 pitch, Shehan cranked a ball over the left field wall for a walk-off home run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fast forward to Wednesday, March 11, the second and final matchup of the series was just as intense in Orlando.<\/p>\n

UCF tried to get redemption in its home ballpark but Miami got a much needed 9-5 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coming off a series loss to Boston College, the offense got started on a high note.<\/p>\n

On the second pitch of the night, Jake Ogden, the leadoff man, blasted a home run over the wall in left-center to give the Hurricanes an early 1-0 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UCF\u2019s starter Camden Wicker was solid through his three innings of work, only surrendering one run on the Ogden homer and two hits while striking out three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knights tied the game up in the bottom of the first on a home run from Andrew Williamson.<\/p>\n

Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga had a short leash on freshman starter Sebastian Santos-Olson, who in his third start did not have his best stuff, giving up four hits in 1.1 innings of work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game became a battle of the bullpens as UCF (9-6) used a total of 10 pitchers, six of them lasting two-thirds of an inning or less. For Miami, a bullpen that was lacking consistency, it seemed to find a rhythm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Miami baseball players embrace after each made it to home following a grand slam from freshman outfielder Dylan Dubovik during the Saturday, Feb. 21 game against Lafayette College.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s only real mistake in relief came in the bottom of the sixth inning. With two runners on and the count at 0-1, UCF\u2019s number nine hitter Austin Jacobs hit a three run home run to left field off Austin Peay transfer Lyndon Glidewell.<\/p>\n

Miami won the hitting battle tallying 14 to UCF\u2019s 12, five canes had two or more hits. First baseman Brylan West led the way with three hits.<\/p>\n

In the fourth inning with two runners on, West laced a ball through the hole on the left side to score Daniel Cuvet from second base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Designated hitter Alex Sosa scored on a passed ball and West touched home after a base hit from Alvarez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes scored one run each in the fifth and sixth inning, Daniel Cuvet and Alvarez picked up RBIs.<\/p>\n

Miami (13-4, 1-2 ACC)\u00a0 put the finishing touches on in the seventh inning. Ogden scored from second on a double from Cuvet followed by right fielder Derek Williams tacking on a key insurance run. And with the bases loaded, Alvarez drew a walk that allowed Cuvet to strut home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Graduate pitcher Packy Bradley-Cooney threw a stellar two innings in the seventh and eighth, allowing no hits and striking out three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes snapped UCF\u2019s five game winning streak.<\/p>\n

Miami will look to carry the momentum into its first ACC road trip of the season to Duke University in Durham, N.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Catcher Alex Sosa rounds the bases Saturday, Feb. 21 against Lafayette College \/\/ Photo Credit: Ava Stroshane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-189554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}