PROVO, Utah — Following an 8-6 win over Abilene Christian on Monday, BYU baseball hits the road for a weekend nonconference series at Miami.
| BYU (17-24) at Miami (19-24) | Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field | Coral Gables, FL | |||
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The Cougars began the week in the win column with eight runs on 10 hits en route to an 8-6 win over Abilene Christian at Miller Park on Monday.
Stone Cushing shut the door on ACU in the ninth with a pair of strikeouts that cemented his Big 12-leading eighth save of the season. With save number eight, Cushing also moves into a tie for seventh nationally in the category. The Cougar closer now ranks fifth all-time at BYU in single-season saves, surpassing Jeremy Thomas (1999) and Dan Wheeler (1993). Eight also ties Cushing for sixth in career saves at BYU.
BYU’s offense used three-run outings in the fourth and fifth to put the Wildcats in an 8-0 hole. Third baseman Easton Jones went 2-for-4 with two RBI while shortstop Brock Watkins scored two runs and recorded an RBI on 1-for-2 from the plate. Second baseman Luke Anderson added 2 RBI and a run with a double.
Jones is tied with Texas outfielder Max Belyeu for a Big 12 leading 10 home runs in conference play. The sophomore from Lehi, Utah also ranks fourth with 61 total bases in Big 12 games. Jones joins Cooper Vest as one of two BYU players to start and play all 41 games in 2024.
The Cougars will play their 18th, 19th and 20th nonconference games of the season in the weekend series at Miami. BYU is 11-6 on the season versus nonconference foes with four-straight wins, including two over now No. 25-ranked rival Utah.
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MIAMI (19-24): BYU and Miami will face off for the first time ever in baseball this weekend. The Hurricanes’ storied baseball history includes four national championships (1982, 85, 99, 2001) along with two national runner-up campaigns in 1974 and 1996.
First-year Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga helped the program to four-straight College World Series appearances as a player (1994-97) and maintains a Miami-record 43 career wins on the mound. Arteaga’s first season at the helm in Coral Gables follows 21 years as the Hurricanes’ pitching coach.
Miami finished the 2023 season ranked No. 20 in the final D1Baseball.com Top-25. The final ranking followed a 42-21 (18-12) season in which the Hurricanes finished second in the ACC Coastal division and achieved a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Texas put a premature end to Miami’s season with a game-six upset of the hosts at the Coral Gables Regional.
Arteaga’s club was picked to finish fourth in the ACC Coastal in 2024 and currently stands in sixth at 19-24 (8-16) with a 16-12 home record. Miami has dropped five of their last eight games and is coming off a series loss to Georgia Tech (6-4, 4-9, 1-17) on April 26-28. The Hurricanes’ 2024 resume is highlighted by wins over now No. 11 Virginia (6-5, 16-12) and No. 12 North Carolina (14-1, 2-1).
BYU becomes Miami’s second Big 12 foe of the season after UCF delivered the Hurricanes a 4-3 defeat on Feb. 21.
Infielder Daniel Cuvet leads Miami in batting (.337), runs scored (41) and RBI (49). Pitcher Nick Robert holds a team-leading 22 appearances with 4.29 ERA and a 5-3 record.