After notching a win against the No. 14 Vanderbilt Commodores last Sunday, the UConn baseball team (2-7) will travel to the 305 to take on the Miami Hurricanes (11-3) at Alex Rodriguez Park this weekend.
In their 6-2 victory over Vanderbilt, starting pitcher Tommy Ellisen notched a career-high of six innings and five strikeouts to bring his squad to a victory, in addition to homers from Bryan Padilla, Ryan Daniels and Sam Biller.
With the Huskies already nine games into the season, despite their 2-7 record, their offense has been on a roll as of late, as they have racked up 62 homeruns so far. These runs have come from their core four hitters: Daniels, Tyler Minnick, Rob Rispoli and Grant MacArthur. All of their batting averages are over the .300 mark.
Red shirt freshman Rispoli, after missing last season due to injury, has six runs and two stolen bases this season. Currently, the New York native is hitting a batting average of .333, notching his first homer of his career against UCLA last weekend.
MacArthur, a transfer from San Joaquin Delta, has also been impacting the program immensely. The California native currently leads the squad with a batting average of .424 and eight runs off five walks.
Padilla, a Husky veteran, has a career total of 186 hits and brought and aided his program in their win against Vanderbilt in their fourth inning. In addition, as a graduate student, he has 95 total walks as a Husky and 121 runs.
The last time the Huskies faced the Hurricanes was in 1970, and they have two wins over the Huskies in their two-game history. Miami is a historic program in collegiate baseball with their last College World Series win coming in 2016 and they have made the World Series 25 times in total. The Hurricanes have a date against Villanova before facing the Huskies this weekend and currently hold 10-3 to kick off their 2025 campaign.
It is set to be an exciting matchup in the sunshine state. The first pitch for Friday’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m., for Saturday’s game it will be scheduled for 6 p.m. and Sunday’s first pitch will be scheduled for 1 p.m. Husky fans can tune into these games by streaming them on ACCN+ or listening in on MIXLR.