{"id":291020,"date":"2026-05-31T18:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291020\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:13:13","slug":"miami-defense-and-pitching-falters-lose-22-10-to-rival-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291020\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami defense and pitching falters, lose 22-10 to rival Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>David Lebowitz, Photo Editor\/ The Hurricanes meet on the mound on April 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Miami Hurricanes fell to their rival Florida Gators 22-10 in game two of the Gainesville Regional.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a Miami fan, you know what the Hurricane-Gator rivalry means to fans, especially in baseball. That energy was radiating at the Condron Family Ballpark as Gator fans flooded the stadium\u00a0 to cheer on their team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing that we did the three game sweep, great feeling. I\u2019m glad we were able to do it,\u201d Florida\u2019s Kyle Jones said after the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What was a tied game at 8-8 entering the sixth inning ended in a Miami loss by 12 runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The night had an explosive start when Jake Ogden hit a solo home run to get the \u2019Canes on the board right off the bat against Florida\u2019s SEC pitcher of the year, Aaron King, who had only let up three home runs in the season previously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Gators responded in the first inning with a statement. After getting on the board via a Miami error by shortstop Vance Sheahan and a sacrifice fly, Florida\u2019s Cade Kurland hit a three-run homerun out of Condron Ballpark, giving the gators a commanding 6-1 lead..\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second inning didn\u2019t bring any promise for the Hurricanes as King had a 1-2-3 inning for the Gators and Miami looked to the bullpen early on, replacing starter AJ Ciscar with relief pitcher Sebastian Santos-Olsen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just gotta keep fighting here,\u201d Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga said to his team when facing a six run hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly what the Hurricanes did.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: @Canesbaseball via X \/\/ members of the Miami Hurricanes baseball team celebrate at home plate in round one of the Gainesville Regional against the Troy Trojans at Condran Family Ballpark on Friday, May 29, 2026.<\/p>\n

In the third inning, Miami put three runs on the board to get back in the game with an RBI double by Alex Sosa and a two-run single by Alonzo Alvarez.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the fourth, Gabriel Milano pitched in with an RBI single and Fabio Peralta and Ogden contributed two successful bunts to get the bases loaded with no outs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s offense proved to be consistent, despite defensive struggles, as the inning was the second straight where it put four consecutive hits together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida looked to their bullpen after King gave up five runs on eight hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miami continued to \u201cjab\u201d at pitches, fighting its\u00a0 way back against the Gators\u2019 early lead. Heading into the sixth inning, they tied it 8-8, and a classic rivalry game was what seemed to be ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the sixth inning, Miami was deep into their defensive struggles, rotating in their fifth pitcher, Ryan Bilka, from the bullpen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A familiar stat that continues to hold true with this Miami team is their errors. Following tonight\u2019s game, the Canes are now leading the ACC in errors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sheahan\u2019s crucial error on a ground ball, combined with pitching, led to the Hurricanes letting seven runs go on one hit in the sixth inning alone. Out of the 22 runs given up Saturday evening, 11 were earned.<\/p>\n

In the seventh, pitcher Tate DeRrias came into the game and had the only 1-2-3 inning for the Hurricanes before chaos erupted in the eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Gators put together five\u00a0 home runs against the Miami pitcher in the bottom of the eighth, including a homer by former Hurricane Blake Cyr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just gotta play cleaner baseball,\u201d Arteaga said after the game \u201cOur defense has been our Achilles\u2019\u00a0 heel all season. We just gotta clean it up and play better baseball.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the loss, the Hurricanes know what\u2019s at stake for the rest of the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told the team, if we win, we keep playing. If we lose, we go home and the season\u2019s over,\u201d Arteaga said. It\u2019s a situation we put ourselves in and we gotta figure it out tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have a chance for redemption Sunday against the Troy Trojans, who they defeated in game one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the Hurricanes can shake off last night\u2019s harrowing loss and take down the Trojans, they will face the Gators again this evening in game four.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this team especially has had some losses and we immediately bounce back,\u201d Max Galvin said \u201cWhat\u2019s done is done and all of our focus is on tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Phot Credit: Ava Stroshane \/\/ Sophomore pitcher Lazaro Collera pitches against the Lafayette Leopards on Saturday, Feb. 21 at Mark Light Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Lebowitz, Photo Editor\/ The Hurricanes meet on the mound on April 12, 2026. The Miami Hurricanes fell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-291020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291020","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=291020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}