Miami Hurricanes infielder Yohandy Morales (35) reacts towards the dugout as he circles the bases after hitting his third house run of the sport in the course of the seventh inning of the Coral Gables NCAA baseball regional sport in opposition to the Canisius Golden Griffins at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Gentle Discipline in Coral Gables, Florida, Saturday, June 4, 2022.
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SAM NAVARRO
Particular for the Miami Herald
A little bit deluge by no means intimidated Yohandy Morales.
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Miami baseball not solely survived a storm that pounded South Florida with torrential rain, 30-mile-an-hour gusts and loads of flooding, it additionally survived a tiny, non-public Jesuit College from Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday night time with a come-from-behind 11-6 victory over Canisius Faculty within the Coral Gables Regional opener.
Led by Yohandy Morales’ three house runs and 5-RBI night time, the No. 6 nationwide seed Hurricanes overcame an early 4-1 deficit to advance to the winners’ bracket of the double-elimination event that was postponed a day due to the climate deluge.
“Spectacular,’’ UM coach Gino DiMare understated, when requested to make use of one phrase to explain third baseman Morales’ offensive efficiency. “Superb,’’ Morales answered, ratcheting it up a notch.
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“Two phrases: not stunned,’’ stated Jacob Burke, who additionally had an impressive night time on the plate.
UM (40-18) will meet the winner of Saturday’s late sport between No. 2 seed Arizona and No. 3 seed Ole Miss on Sunday at about 3:06 p.m. — or 55 minutes after the 11 a.m. Sunday elimination sport between No. 4 seed Canisius (29-24) and the loser of the late Saturday sport. A 3rd sport between the loser of the 11 a.m. sport and UM’s sport will play at 7 p.m. All of the video games are broadcast on ESPN+.
Morales’ three-homer feat at Mark Gentle Discipline for a team-leading 17 marked the primary time a Miami participant has hit three house runs in a single sport since David Thompson did it in 2015. He turned the fourth Cane all-time with three house runs in a postseason sport.
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His first house run to proper area within the first inning reduce the Canisius result in 2-1. His second house run, a two-run blast to heart that scored CJ Kayfus (single), reduce the deficit to 4-3. Two batters later, Jacob Burke’s homer to heart tied it at 4-4. Morales’ third homer, once more to heart, scored Kayfus (single) within the seventh, adopted by Dorian Gonzalez’s 2-RBI single for a four-run body that gave UM an 8-4 cushion, made even cushier with three unearned runs within the eighth.
Grifs coach Matt Mazurek stated he thought of deliberately strolling Morales after his first couple of homers, however determined in any other case. “We struggle by the adage if you wish to be the very best you gotta beat the very best… We don’t again down from these challenges.’’
Canes ace nearer Matt Walters changed reliever Alex McFarlane with one out within the eighth to ultimately earn his 14th save. Proper-handed freshman reliever Gage Ziehl (2-2, 3.86 ERA), the fourth of six UM pitchers Saturday, allowed one hit in two innings for the victory.
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Canisius reliever Tom Peltier allowed 4 earned runs on three hits and a stroll in solely a 3rd of an inning to take the loss.
“Canisius is an efficient staff,’’ DiMare stated. “That’s a veteran staff — battled. Very, very assured staff. They gave us all we might deal with. They jumped out early on us and I used to be blissful to see our guys come again. Clearly Yoyo had an unbelievable sport, however we additionally received some [other] massive hits. And we had insurance coverage runs that have been big late within the sport.’’
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UM’s right-handed freshman starter Karson Ligon, who got here into the sport with three consecutive losses, was instantly pummeled by the Grifs. Ligon allowed 4 earned runs on six hits in his 1 1/3 innings earlier than being changed by Ronaldo Gallo.
The UM sport initially was scheduled for midday Friday after which rescheduled for 10 a.m. Friday and once more for midday Saturday. The tarp was faraway from the sphere by 2 p.m. Saturday — then put again on the sphere earlier than 5 p.m. Lastly, at 5:30 p.m., postseason baseball started for the Hurricanes.
The weekend’s double-elimination occasion is one in all 16 four-team regionals across the nation, with every winner advancing to eight tremendous regionals June 10-13. The eight tremendous regional winners earn berths within the Faculty World Collection in Omaha, Nebraska.
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As a result of the Hurricanes earned one of many prime eight seeds within the event, ought to Miami win its regional, it might host the best-of-three-game tremendous regional. UM’s opponent could be the winner of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, regional that features No. 11 nationwide seed host/No. 1 regional seed Southern Mississippi (43-16), No. 2 regional seed LSU (38-20), No. 3 regional seed Kennesaw State (35-26) and No. 4 regional seed Military (31-23).
Because the video games in UM’s regional go additional into the week, that might clearly take a toll on the successful pitching workers for the tremendous regional.
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This story was initially printed June 4, 2022 9:09 PM.
Miami Herald sports activities author Susan Miller Degnan has been the Miami Hurricanes soccer beat author since 2000, the season earlier than the Canes gained all of it. She has gained a number of APSE nationwide writing awards and has lined the whole lot from Canes baseball to the Faculty Soccer Playoff to main marathons to the Olympics.
MIAMI – A Miami woman was arrested on Sunday for an armed robbery at Mercy Supermarket.
According to her arrest report, on June 18, a clerk was cleaning the market, located at 6600 Biscayne Blvd., when Sheina Reyes, 36, knocked on the front door, which the clerk had locked. The clerk unlocked the door for her, and two masked burglars entered the store and pushed the clerk behind the counter, it states.
One burglar held the clerk at gunpoint while the other took money from the cash register and lottery tickets from a room in the back, according to the arrest report. The thief holding the clerk at gunpoint pistol-whipped him various times on his head, it states.
“He’s lucky he was not shot,” Asad Hossain, another clerk who works at the market, said.
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Hossain conveyed his uneasiness with the incident and said that the clerk involved in the robbery has worked there for seven years and this is not his first time being a target of crime.
“I don’t want to continue working here,” he said.
Authorities said the thieves collected the money and fled the store. The clerk flagged down an onlooker who called the police, according to the report. The clerk also told police that the robbers were in the store earlier in the day, but did not take anything, it states.
The clerk was transported by Miami Fire Rescue to North Shore Hospital, because of a gash on the back of his head, where police later interviewed him, authorities said.
Footage from CCTV cameras in the area shows Reyes walking to the store followed by the two other thieves, who hid themselves in darkness next to the door while Reyes knocked, according to the arrest report.
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More footage from CCTV cameras shows Reyes walking to the store earlier that day wearing different clothes with two masked and gloved individuals behind her who enter the store while she doesn’t, police said. The masked individuals quickly leave without buying anything after seeing customers inside.
Based on the surveillance footage it is clear that Reyes worked with the two unidentified individuals to help them get into the store to commit the robbery, authorities said.
Police discovered through surveillance footage that the car involved in the robbery was a gray 2006-2011 Honda Civic with a temporary tag and a BOLO was given to the city of Miami Tactical Robbery units for the car, according to the report.
A detective saw a 2008 Honda Civic with a temporary tag traveling northbound on Northwest 22nd Avenue and 50th Street on Sunday and a record check showed that the tag was not registered to the Civic, police said.
Police pulled the car over on Northwest 27th Avenue and 55th Terrace and a record check showed that the car was not registered, according to the report. The Civic was towed to Miami Auto Pound and Reyes was charged for traffic offenses and taken to the city of Miami Police Robbery Office for more questioning, it states.
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Reyes made an admission to the police, however, her exact statement was omitted from the publicly-released arrest report.
Reyes faces four charges: one count of felony armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon, one count of felony burglary with assault or battery, one count of felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of failure to have a vehicle registration.
As of Monday, Reyes was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond.
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COLERAIN TOWNSHIP (WXIX) – The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was pulled out of the Great Miami River in Colerain Township.
According to the coroner’s sheet, Gopal Pradham, 49, of Cincinnati, drowned on Sunday, June 23.
FOX19 NOW’s previous story says Pradham was fishing at the Great Miami River that afternoon. Police at the scene were told he went into the water for a bucket and never resurfaced.
Colerain Township crews recovered the 49-year-old man’s body near Heritage Park later that day, Colerain Police spokesman James Love said.
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When divers pulled him out, he was confirmed dead.
Love says Pradham’s family was there and was notified of his death, Love said.
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