Live Game Thread: Miami Baseball vs. Duke in ACC Championship Semifinal

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The first pitch is set for 5 PM Eastern.

 

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The game in currently in a lightning delay.

 

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Game is scheduled to start at 7 PM Eastern.

 

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1-2-3 inning for both pitchers in the first. Hernandez had two strikeouts.

 

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No score after three in Charlotte. Seven strikeouts for Hernandez. No hits for either team yet.

 

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Miami leads 2-0 in the fourth inning.

Daniel Cuvet hits a two-run home run for the first hit of the game.

Cuvet now holds the record for the most home runs by a freshman in the history of the Miami baseball program.

 

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Miami leads 2-0 in the fourth inning.

Daniel Cuvet hits a two-run home run for the first hit of the game.

Cuvet now holds the record for the most home runs by a freshman in the history of the Miami baseball program.

 

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Make it nine strikeouts for Hernandez as we head to the fifth, pitching a no-hitter.

 

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First hit allowed by Hernandez comes in the 5th inning, single up the middle. Duke has two on with one out.

 

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Miami leads Duke 2-1 going into the sixth inning.

Hernandez walks in a run for the first run for the Blue Devils, 94 total pitches.

 

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Hernandez on the mound for the 6th.

 

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Hernandez, after throwing his 99th pitch, resulting in a walk, is removed from the ball game.

Hernandez pitches five innings allowing one run on one hit. He struck out nine and walked five.

Nick Robert on the mound for the Hurricanes.

 

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Jimenez turns a double play, and a flyout ends the inning.

We go to the 7th.

 

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Miami and Duke are tied at 2.

Duke ties the game with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 7th.

We go to the 8th.

 

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Carlos Perez is being subbed out for Jack Scanlon. Perez seems to be suffering from a shoulder injury.

Miami also changing pitchers.

Coach Areteaga is going with Myles Caba for the third straight game.

Robert pitched 2.1 innings, allowing one run on two hits.

One out one one in the bottom of the 8th.

 

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Duke leads Miami 4-2

Duke hits a two-run home run in the 8th inning to take its first lead of the game.

 

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Caba gets a strikeout for the second out of the bottom of the 8th, but is being replaced by Brandon Olivera.

Caba allowed one run on two hits.

 

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Duke leads Miami 6-2.

Blue Devils get another two-run home run to extend its lead.

 

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Duke leads Miami 7-2.

Cuvet bobbles a ground ball, which allows another run to score for the Blue Devils.

 

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Duke leads Miami 8-2.

Another single adds another run for the Blue Devils.

 

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Chris Diaz now on the mound for the Hurricanes to try and get out of the inning.

 

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Diaz gets a strikeout.

 

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Miami's season ends with an 8-2 loss to Duke in the ACC Championship semifinal.

1-2-3 inning in the top of the 9th. A sixth-run 8th ultimately ends Miami's season.