MIAMI (Mar. 28, 2023) – Baseball was in Coral Gables on Tuesday to take on No. 23 Miami falling to the Canes, 6-5.
 
After a lengthy rain delay the game started out as a pitching duel but FIU got the scoring going in the top of the third.
 
Down 1-2 in the count with two outs, Brendan Roney put one over the right field wall for a solo home run, putting the Panthers ahead, 1-0.
 
Miami responded right away and tied the game in the bottom half of the inning.
 
The long ball was working again in the next inning when Alec Sanchez delivered a solo home run to retake the lead, 2-1.
 
The top of the seventh would see the Panthers put up an insurance to make the score 3-1.
 
Dante Girardi made his way to third base with a base hit, a throwing error at first and a passed ball. Sanchez was up next and drove him in with a single to left, his second RBI of the night.
 
The Canes would go on to tie the game again, this time with a two-run homer run in the bottom of the seventh.
 
FIU would waste no time getting back out in front, scoring two in the eighth.
 
With the count full and two outs Girardi slapped the ball into deep right center to bring home two and make the score 5-3.
 
In the bottom of the ninth Miami would walk it off with a three-run home run to win 6-5.
 
UP NEXT
Baseball is back in the road this weekend to take on Middle Tennessee. Game one is on Friday March 31 with first pitch set for 6 p.m.
 
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