Bunt wins it for Miami Hurricanes baseball in walk-off fashion vs. FIU, 4-3
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Another game, another night filled with Mark Light Magic for the Miami baseball team.
Last Saturday against then-No. 15 North Carolina, Dorian Gonzalez Jr. delivered a 401-foot walk-off homer in the ninth.
Tuesday night, the junior captain came through again. This time, it was just a few feet ahead of home plate.
Gonzalez Jr. pushed a bunt in front of the pitcher’s mound and sophomore Blake Cyr scampered home to vault the Hurricanes to a 4-3 win over crosstown foe FIU at Mark Light Field.
Miami’s dramatic victory marked its eighth comeback win in its first 20 games, as the Hurricanes (12-8) secured their third walk-off of the year.
After the Panthers (11-10) grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the first, the Hurricanes responded immediately.
In the opening frame, freshman Daniel Cuvet doubled down the right-field line to plate a run and cut the deficit in half.
Four pitches later, Gonzalez Jr. singled home Cuvet to knot the game up at 2-2.
FIU regained its lead in the seventh, but pinch hitter Gaby Gutierrez leveled things one inning later.
Miami right-hander Nick Robert (4-0) logged the win in relief, tossing 1 1/3 scoreless frames.
Up next, the Hurricanes leave the state of Florida for the first time in 2024, as Miami travels to face Notre Dame. The three-game series is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
