Florida survived extra innings on Friday and Saturday to outlast, outplay and outwit the Miami baseball team to capture victories. Each of the losses for the Hurricanes over the weekend was heartbreaking. Pitchers for both programs owned the three-game weekend series. The starting pitching was elite.
Miami was unable to capitalize on a second straight dominant performance by Brian VanBelle in the series opener. Van Belle pitched seven innings, allowing four hits, one run, unearned, with a walk and nine strikeouts. Florida scored an unearned run in the fifth. That was answered by a Raymond Gil sacrifice fly in the sixth.