2018 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

The 2018 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Morris, in his 25th and final season at Miami.

2018 Miami Hurricanes baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2018 record	28-26 (16-13 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Morris (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Gino DiMare (19th season) J.D. Arteaga (16th season) Norberto Lopez (3rd season)
Home stadium	Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			47	–	16		.746
No. 22 NC State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			42	–	18		.700
No. 23 Louisville ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	19		.703
Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	13		.552			43	–	19		.694
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	32		.439
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			24	–	30		.444
Boston College  ‍‍‍	7	–	22		.241			17	–	32		.347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			44	–	18		.710
No. 11 Duke ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11		.621			45	–	18		.714
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	16	–	13		.552			28	–	26		.519
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	27		.534
Virginia  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			29	–	25		.537
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			29	–	26		.527
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	33		.389
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 17, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Roster

2018 Miami Hurricanes roster[2]
	Pitchers 19 - Jeb Bargfeldt - Senior 52 - Frankie Bartow - Junior 35 - Andrew Cabezas Junior 36 - Jeremy Cook - Freshman 27 - Daniel Epstein - Junior 99 - Daniel Federman - Freshman 39 - Cooper Hammond - Senior 22 - Albert Maury Jr. - Sophomore 18 - Michael Mediavilla - Senior 14 - Evan McKendry - Sophomore 7 - Chris McMahon - Freshman 34 - Daniel Rivero - Sophomore 32 - Alex Ruiz - Freshman 0 - Gregory Veliz - Sophomore		Catchers 24 - Michael Amditis - Sophomore 31 - Isaac Quinones - Freshman 45 - Joe Sparber - Freshman Infielders 38 - Connor Allen - Freshman 9 - Willy Escala - Freshman 28 - Raymond Gil - Freshman 10 - Romy Gonzalez - Junior 13 - Tyler Paige - Freshman 47 - Michael Perez - Senior 30 - Alex Toral - Freshman 16 - Freddy Zamora - Freshman		Outfielders 4 - Michael Burns - Senior 44 - Dylan Cloonan - Freshman 37 - Kam Lane - Junior 51 - Tony Jenkins - Freshman 2 - Danny Reyes - Junior 43 - Gabe Rivera - Freshman 21 - Hunter Tackett - Senior

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Miami	Alma Mater
Jim Morris	Head Coach	25	Elon University (1973)
Gino DiMare	Assistant Coach	19	University of Miami (1992)
J.D. Arteaga	Assistant Coach	16	University of Miami (2002)
Norberto Lopez	Assistant Coach	3	Nova Southeastern University (1999)

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Schedule

Legend
	Miami win
	Miami loss
	Postponement
Bold	Miami team member

2018 Miami Hurricanes Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record February 16 Rutgers Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 7-1 Bargfeldt O'Reilly 3001 1-0 February 17 Rutgers Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 8-5 Hammond Brito Cabezas 2750 2-0 February 18 Rutgers Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 5-7 Heatter McKendry Blum 2257 2-1 February 21 Missouri Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 0-9 Sharp Mediavilla 2202 2-2 February 23 Florida Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 3-7 Singer Bargfeldt Mace 3596 2-3 February 24 Florida Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 2-8 Kowar Veliz Leftwich 4156 2-4 February 25 Florida Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 2-0 McKendry Dyson Cabezas 3388 3-4 February 28 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton,FL 4-5 Peden Mediavilla Schneider 1844 3-5
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record March 2 Maine Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 1-6 Geoffrion Cabezas 2290 3-6 March 3 Maine Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 7-6 Epstein Laweryson 2593 4-6 March 4 Maine Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 7-1 McKendry Murphy 2368 5-6 March 7 at FIU FIU Baseball Stadium • Miami, FL 3-5 Casey Federman 1715 5-7 March 9 Notre Dame Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 3-0 Bargfeldt Tully Hammond 2650 6-7 1-0 March 10 Notre Dame Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 9-0 McKendry Sheehan Bartow 7-7 2-0 March 10 Notre Dame Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 5-9 Vierling Cabezas 2573 7-8 2-1 March 14 at UCF John Euliano Park • Orlando, FL 4-3 Federman Sheridan Hammond 2188 8-8 March 16 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 3-4 Laskey Bargfeldt Labosky 531 8-9 2-2 March 17 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 1-4 Stallings McKendry Labosky 1006 8-10 2-3 March 18 at Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 8-2 Cabezas Day 1126 9-10 3-3 March 21 Florida Atlantic Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 9-11 Clemente Hammond Schneider 2831 9-11 March 23 Virginia Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 3-2 Bartow Abbott 2347 10-11 4-3 March 24 Virginia Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 1-0 McKendry Lynch Bartow 2962 11-11 5-3 March 25 Virginia Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 8-1 Cabezas Nicholson Hammond 2273 12-11 6-3 March 28 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium • Fort Myers, FL 0-1 Lumbert Federman Kenton 1982 12-12 March 30 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta,GA 1-6 Curry Bargfeldt 1191 12-13 6-4 March 31 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta,GA 4-13 Thomas McKendry 1648 12-14 6-5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record April 1 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta,GA 1-4 English Cabezas Archer 1137 12-15 6-6 April 4 FAU Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 4-7 Nowatnick Federman Schneider 2253 12-16 April 6 North Carolina Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 4-8 Hiatt Mediavilla 2599 12-17 6-7 April 7 North Carolina Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 6-9 Criswell McKendry 3175 12-18 6-8 April 8 North Carolina Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 7-5 Cabezas Lancellotti 2346 13-18 7-8 April 11 UCF Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 0-4 Finfrock Hammond 2366 13-19 April 13 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 12-11 Bartow Spiers 5350 14-19 8-8 April 14 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 6-1 McKendry Crawford 15-19 9-8 April 14 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 3-8 Higganbotham Cabezas 6513 15-20 9-9 April 18 FGCU Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 8-1 McMahon Gray 2197 16-20 April 20 Pittsburgh Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 1-2 Smith Federman Chentouf 2478 16-21 9-10 April 21 Pittsburgh Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 0-3 Pidich McKendry Freure 2066 16-22 9-11 April 21 Pittsburgh Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 3-0 Cabezas Calvo 3123 17-22 10-11 April 25 FIU Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 6-14 Machado McMahon 2259 17-23 April 27 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 0-2 Parrish Bargfeldt Scolaro 4432 17-24 10-12 April 28 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 1-10 Van Eyk McKendry 5356 17-25 10-13 April 29 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 11-5 Cabezas Scolaro 5377 18-25 11-13
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record May 4 Bethune Cookman Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 4-2 Bargfeldt Norris Bartow 2452 19-25 May 5 Bethune-Cookman Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 8-7 Hammond Coutinho 2236 20-25 May 6 Bethune-Cookman Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 12-11 Bartow Wilkes 2104 21-25 May 9 FGCU Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 7-1 Cabezas Lumbert 2130 22-25 May 11 at Virginia Tech English Field • Blacksburg, VA 5-4 Federman McDonald Hammond 561 23-25 12-13 May 12 at Virginia Tech English Field • Blacksburg, VA 16-4 McKendry Coward 582 24-25 13-13 May 13 at Virginia Tech English Field • Blacksburg, VA 12-8 Bartow McDonald 572 25-25 14-13 May 15 Stetson Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL May 17 Boston College Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 3-0 Bargfeldt Stevens 2132 26-25 15-13 May 18 Boston College Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 4-3 McKendry Metzdorf Bartow 2528 27-25 16-13 May 19 Boston College Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL
Postseason
ACC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACCT Record May 22 Notre Dame Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 6-2 Bartow Belcik 2690 28-25 1-0 May 24 Clemson Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 1-7 Miller Bargfeldt 3154 28-26 1-1

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[5]	24	24*	24*
Baseball America[6]	NR
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	20
NCBWA†[8]	26
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
2. "Official Baseball Roster". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
3. http://www.hurricanesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=28700&SPID=103774&SPSID=658423 Miami Baseball Coaches
4. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
5. "NCAA Baseball — Coaches Poll — USA Today Sports". sportspolls.usatoday.com.
6. "College Baseball Rankings and News — Baseball America". BaseballAmerica.com.
7. "2017 Collegiate Baseball Polls — Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com.
8. "NCBWA > News". www.sportswriters.net.