Miami 8, UMBC 2: McKendry Earns His Third Straight Win

Credit: Miami AthleticsMiami moved to 7-2 on the season with a win over the UMBC Retrievers in the first game of a three-game series. The Hurricanes played very sloppily defensively in this game, especially early on, but nevertheless recovered and cruised to the victory.

The top of the first got off to a rocky start for Miami’s defense. An infield single started the inning, but the second batter knocked a textbook double play ball to Anthony Vilar. Vilar didn’t field the ball correctly however, and UMBC had runners on first and second with no outs. Evan McKendry got a strikeout for the first out in the inning, and then a groundout for the second out. Unfortunately, the ball was too weakly…