FGCU Baseball vs Miami Preview

The FGCU baseball will somewhat have another hurdle in their season in the Miami Hurricanes. After a three-game sweep over Jackson State, FGCU (22-3) looks to extend their winning streak to nine games.

Still leading the pavement on the offensive side is redshirt senior Nick Rivera. Rivera is only four games away from breaking the all-time program record in career games played and is three RBIs away from breaking the program record in RBIs. Rivera still leads the team in home runs (5).

Head coach Dave Tollett will send Mario Leon (2-1, 3.33 ERA) to pitch against Miami. Leon's last start was against USF. He earned the win after throwing six innings, giving up one run on eight hits with eight strikeouts.

Miami (11-13, 4-5 ACC) already started conference and recently faced conference rival UNC. The Hurricanes lost two of the games to UNC.

The Hurricanes will send freshman Greg Veliz (2-1, 2.70) to face Leon. Veliz's last start was against FAU in non-conference play. Veliz threw 5.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits, walking two and striking out seven.

Offensively, Romy Gonzalez leads the team with five home runs and 19 RBIs.

Overall, Miami leads FGCU 16-2 in the series between the two teams. Last time FGCU beat Miami in the series was in 2015 where they won 8-1 when Miami was No. 13 in the nation.

The game starts at 6:30 pm and it is a blueout, so marketing is encouraging fans that attend the game to wear blue at the game.

2 comments:

Matt Rothman said...

This is very good. I have read a lot of your articles this year and you seem to be getting better as you go. I would recommend writing for Eagle News if you haven't already. You can get service learning hours with it.

Sir Halpern said...

I have to say that I didn't understand a thing you said, but that's because I don't know anything about baseball hahaha But you have a good writing style that kept me interested throughout, and that's actually amazing since I don't know baseball! You're doing well, Patrick. Keep on going!

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