College World Series 2015: TV, Live Stream Schedule and Game Time for Wednesday
The deluge of games at the 2015 College World Series begins slowing down Wednesday, as we get the first of two consecutive days with only one matchup on the docket.
Florida and Miami get the two-games-in-two-days thing started with a rematch of their first-round matchup. The Gators took the first matchup 15-3, thanks to an 11-run barrage in the fourth inning that went down as one of the worst in the history of Miami's program.
| Matchup | Game Time | Network | Stream |
| Miami vs. Florida | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN | WatchESPN |
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“It’s a disappointing game. The fourth inning says everything about it,” Miami coach Jim Morris said at the time, per George Richards of the Miami Herald. “Anything that could go wrong did. A lot of things happened. Down 10 runs, that’s difficult to come back from. You give Florida an opportunity, put guys on base, they get after you. We gave them opportunities.”
The Hurricanes were able to overcome their embarrassment to earn a hard-fought 4-3 win over Arkansas to stave off elimination. Jacob Heyward drove in three runs, including a game-winning single in the ninth inning, to serve as the unlikely hero for Miami. The No. 9 hitter actually dug himself a 0-2 hole in the game-deciding at-bat after he failed twice to lay a successful bunt.
Bryan Garcia escaped a bases-loaded jam just a half-inning earlier, allowing him to move to 6-2 on the season. Miami, playing in its first College World Series since 2008, hit 50 wins for the first time since its previous Omaha run.
Meanwhile, Florida's bats went radio silent in a nail-biting 1-0 loss to Virginia. The Gators managed to hit only two singles as Cavaliers left-hander Brandon Waddell shut them down over seven innings, before the relievers finished the job. The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak for Florida, perhaps the hottest team in the country, and sent a Virginia team that barely went .500 in the ACC within one win of a finals berth.
“He just did a really good job mixing his pitches, I think,” Florida’s Dalton Guthrie said, per Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post. “He was throwing change-ups and curveballs and weird counts, and he wasn’t missing. We just didn’t make the adjustment. But he kept putting pressure on us and he did a great job all night.”
After years of never having played one another in Omaha, the Gators and Hurricanes now meet for the second time in a week. Miami will undoubtedly be motivated to overcome the embarrassment that enveloped the team's first meeting, while Florida has gone from potential favorite to having its back against the wall.
The Gators are perhaps in their worst position of the year, having rampaged their way through the SEC and their regional matchups. Their last loss came against Arkansas in their first game in the SEC tournament, which they atoned for by running through the rest of the tournament unscathed.
"It's good to know we're not out of it because we've done it before,'' Guthrie said, per Scott Carter of GatorZone.com. "We've won big games against good teams consecutively, so we don't think we're out of it. We've got to win three games to get into the championship series, so we plan on making it happen."
Freshman Alex Fredo, who went 5-1 with a 3.56 ERA, will take the bump for Florida. Fredo has not pitched since defeating Florida Atlantic in the Gainesville Regional on May 31. He'll go up against Miami junior Enrique Sosa, who went a largely solid 7-4 with a 4.07 ERA. Sosa has also been on a bit of a hiatus as the Hurricanes' top pitchers kept getting decisions.
Gators head coach Kevin Sullivan has not lost against Miami in the NCAA tournament since taking the job, winning seven straight times. That said, Miami currently holds a 12-10 overall record against Florida in tournament play. The recent streak coincides with Miami's struggles on the national level, as Florida has risen to become a more viable power.
The winner of this game will move on to meet Virginia, and then must take down the Cavaliers in two straight games. Regardless of what happens Wednesday, they'll each be facing an uphill battle. Here's to hoping both sides come out fighting and we avoid a repeat of the first head-to-head.
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