The Seawolves jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, but the Canes tied things up with a two-run fourth. UM would never score again.
Stony Brook took a 4-2 lead in the fifth and then tacked on two in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth.
Head coach Jim Morris broke tradition and threw his ace Eric Erickson on Friday night – a rarity regarding the Canes in a home regional as a top seed, but it seems desperate times call for desperate measures. Erickson lasted five innings, giving up six hits, four runs and striking out two.
Christian Diaz entered for 1.1 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, yielding to Adam Sargent, who went 0.1 and struck out one. Vince Kossak was next, going 1.1, walking two and the lone hit he gave up – a three-run shot in the top of the right. E.J. Encinosa “closed out” the ninth, walking two, hitting one, advancing a runner on a wild pitch and giving up a run.
The Seawolves had eleven hits to the Canes eight and had zero errors to UM’s three.
Calling this the most disheartening loss of the year is an understatement. Record-wise, Stony Brook was 46-11 and and won the America East Conference, but didn’t beat a quality opponent all season until tonight. As for those eleven losses, swept at East Carolina early in the year and losses to Kansas, Minnesota, Yale, Holy Cross, Binghamton (twice) and Albany.
Miami is now in the loser’s bracket and will take on a Missouri State team with some serious pitching. The Bears lost to the Knights of Central Florida, 2-1 earlier Friday and will now looks to grind out out against a deflated Hurricanes bunch at 2pm ET on Saturday.
Should Miami win, it will face the loser of Stony Brook / Central Florida and a win there, would force the Canes to beat the winner of game four twice, if it hopes to escape its own home regional, as a top seed.
Morris is going to take some heat for this one … and it will only get worse should Missouri State prevail tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned.
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Didn't see the game, and I guess I'm happy for that.
I hate to say it, but Coach Morris deserves the heat. the loss to stony brook aside, our baseball program that was once one of the 2 or 3 best in the country is now middle of the pack. We've been out recruited by FSU and UF, both of whom have surpassed us. I was part of this program for a short time many,many years ago and I can tell you, it pains me. I am certainly not "anti Morris", in fact, I like the guy. it's a results oriented issue,though, and we've just not been getting sufficient results for the past several years.
Well put. I'm not anti-Morris either. I think he's a great coach. That said, the results since the 2008 CWS flop are downright embarrassing. All the talk this year about avoiding Florida in the post-season and then the Canes faceplant against Stony Brook. Pathetic.
Why should anyone think they would be a different team in the regionals? Morris has not recryited quality players in years. Time for a change......now!
... simply based on the ACC tourney run and how well the conference has done, for a No. 1 seeded Miami to get its ass handed to them - at home - by No. 4 Stony Brook, was a surprise. Miami just beat North Carolina a few games back and to absolutely no-show with Omaha on the line ... that's ridiculous. This was the worst beating Miami has taken all season since losing 13-5 to No. 1 Florida earlier in the year.
They will loose worse to Missouri State!
Well, thanx to the groundskeeper, i will not have to donate my next welfare check to the salvation army, and i can go buy beer tonite after the local high school team (william monroe) winns the class A virginia state championship.
Miami should have saved the $100000 and not bid the regional. Tomorrow, non-miami fans will enjoy the proceedings.
But don,t worry. It,s not Jims fault. He,s just the head coach. The groundskeeper is in charge of recruiting, scholarship awards and player placement.
Anyone wanna make a friendly bet on UM gping to Ohama next year???
Morris must go.