June 5 at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, FL
ESPNU
VCU was appearing in its first Super Regional, but the host Hurricanes used a three-run second inning and had just enough to hold off the Rams 3-2 in game one of the best-of-3 series.
Miami has made 23 College World Series appearances in its history, which is second all-time (Texas has 35), yet hasn't been to Omaha since 2008. That probably feels like 1908 to the folks in Coral Gables, but the Hurricanes are one step closer and can wrap up the program's 24th berth Saturday at noon.
In that second, No. 9 hitter Jacob Heyward delivered the big hit, ripping a two-out, two-run single to put Miami up 2-0. Ricky Eusebio followed with a single and it was a 3-0 game.
There was a 90-minute weather delay after that, then VCU got within 3-2 with a run in the sixth. Michael Mediavilla and Bryan Garcia combined for three perfect innings to close out the game one victory.
Anish Shroff/Danny Kanell
The broadcast team had a fine day splashing around in the Baseball Phrases kiddie pool. Let's take a look at their top 7:
7. "A fixture on the postseason front" (Shroff)
6. "A scrappy bunch" (Kanell)
5. "Tweener" (Kanell)
4. "Nibble their way back into this game" (Kanell)
And our VCU Top 3
3. "Darkhorse" (Shroff)
2. "A true Cinderella" (Shroff)
1. "David against Goliath" (Shroff)
Webb Bobo All Stars
We'd like welcome VCU southpaw JoJo Howie to the team. Howie went 6 1/3 innings and allowed the three runs in that second, but none were earned as a normally-strong Rams' defense made three errors Friday.
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
Mark Light Field - "The Light"
Why
it isn't a nickname: Because you just took one of the words in the name
of the park and added a "the" to it. Why not just call it The Mark or
The Field?
What about just one of the words?
"Welcome to Mark"
"Welcome to Light"
"Welcome to Field"
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