Hurricanes Drop Game Two to Wake Forest in Extra Innings

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  – The University of Miami baseball team (12-8, 0-2 ACC) lost game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against the 14th-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons Saturday afternoon at David F. Couch Ballpark, 5-4.

Reliever Josh Gunther (1-1) earned the win for Wake Forest, tossing 1and one third scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Carson Fischer (1-1) took the loss for Miami, allowing the winning run in the 10th.

A pitcher’s duel in the first three frames, Miami struck first as Dorian Gonzalez Jr. brought in Fabio Peralta with a sacrifice fly, putting the Hurricanes on the board, 1-0.

After Hugus retired three consecutive batters, designated hitter Bobby Marsh hit his fourth home run of the season with a 336-foot line-drive solo shot to left field extending Miami’s lead to 2-0.

In the fifth inning, Daniel Cuvet doubled to left-center and advanced to third on a center fielder’s error, driving in Gonzalez Jr. who sprinted from first base. Max Galvin then stepped up to the plate to drive in Cuvet with an RBI double, bumping the Miami lead to 4-0. 

A half inning later, Wake Forest responded with a two-run home run off the bat of Javar Williams that cut the Miami lead in half, 4-2. Then, in the bottom of the sixth, Dalton Wentz batted in Jack Winnay with an RBI double to make it a one-run ballgame, 4-3.

In the bottom of the eighth, Kade Lewis ripped a solo home run for the Demon Deacons’ fourth unanswered run, tying the game 4-4.

Miami right-handed pitcher Jackson Cleveland found himself in a high-pressure situation in the bottom of the ninth inning, facing a bases-loaded jam with the game on the line. Cleveland worked his way out of it with help from Daniel Cuvet — sending the game into extra innings.

Wake Forest’s Jacob Burley delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth that drove in Kade Lewis — sealing the comeback win for the Demon Deacons.