Exhale. They don’t come any nearer than that.
The Miami Hurricanes survived a panic-inducing last few seconds to defeat Alabama 5-3 within the groups’ Hattiesburg regional opener on Friday afternoon.
AJ Cisnar picked up the win for Miami, permitting 3 runs over 7 innings with with 8 strikeouts. Daniel Cuvet led Miami on the plate, going 2-4 with a house run, a double, and three RBIs.
It was Cuvet who obtained Miami began early, clubbing a 3-run homer to proper middle for a fast 3-0 lead within the high of the primary inning. The Canes prolonged it to 4-0 within the third on a Renzo Gonzalez single to plate Cuvet.
Alabama reduce the result in 4-3 with a two-out, two-run single to left within the fourth inning, however Miami shortly pushed the margin to 5-3 when Max Galvin led off the fifth with a house run.
Issues would keep even there till the underside of the ninth, and that’s when the Canes discovered themselves in a good spot. Brian Walters obtained Alabama all the way down to their last out with nobody on, then the subsequent Bama hitter fought off a 13-pitch at bat, which ended when Gonazlez couldn’t fairly reel in a grounder. Then, the subsequent hitter walked and introduced the profitable run as much as the plate. I’ll allow you to watch your self.
I believed it was gone off the bat, however thankfully, the ballpark held it by a few toes, and that’s all that issues.
Miami is now on to the winner’s bracket on Saturday, the place they’ll face the winner of Columbia-Southern Miss.