The Miami Hurricanes clinched a victory in the opening series in Atlantic Coast Conference play Saturday night, taking their second game in as many nights with a 5-0 win over the Pittsburgh Panthers behind a quality start from Chris McMahon.
Starting pitching continued show its muscle for the Hurricanes (10-4, 2-0 ACC), who now have won their opening conference series for the fifth consecutive year.
The junior right hander McMahon tossed seven innings and got credit for the win. He struck out eight batters and didn’t walk any, allowing only five hits over 98 pitches. His ran into some trouble in the early innings and allowed four baserunners in the opening two frames.