Behind 10 strikeouts from right-hander Lazaro Collera and a two-homer, six-RBI eruption from freshman Dylan Dubovik, the Miami Hurricanes rolled past Lafayette 14-3 in seven innings to clinch the four-game series.
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Miami defeats Lafayette 14-4 and 14-3 on Saturday
Miami improved to 8-0, continuing the program's best start since 2013. Collera set the tone from the first inning, working five scoreless while allowing just one hit. He struck out 10 and walked two.
Miami broke the game open with a five-run second inning. Brylan West drove in the first run with an RBI single that scored Alex Sosa, and Dubovik followed by unloading a grand slam, his second homer of the season at the time.
Dubovik was just getting started. In the third, freshman catcher Alonzo Alvarez cleared the bases with a triple to make it 7-0, then Dubovik crushed his second homer of the night, a two-run shot to center that pushed the lead to 9-0.
Miami kept piling on in the middle innings. The Hurricanes added two in the fourth when Lafayette issued a bases-loaded walk and West delivered his second RBI single. In the fifth, Michael Torres ripped a triple that scored Brandon DeGoti. Miami tacked on two more in the sixth when DeGoti doubled down the left-field line to score Dubovik and Jailen Watkins followed with an RBI single.
Lafayette scored three in the seventh, but Miami regrouped and closed it out under the run rule for the second time on Saturday. The Hurricanes finished with 14 runs on 14 hits, with Dubovik going 3 for 4 with two homers and six RBI. Alvarez added three RBIs, and West drove in two.
It was also the second straight run-rule win for Miami in the doubleheader. Earlier Saturday, the Hurricanes beat Lafayette 14-4 in seven innings behind left-hander Rob Evans, who struck out 10 in five innings.
Miami will go for the sweep Sunday at 1 p.m. in the series finale.