Miami Avoids Being Swept by UNC Baseball, Wins Rain-Shortened Game on Sunday

Looking to earn its third ACC series sweep of the season on Sunday in Coral Gables, the UNC baseball team was unable to complete the job when mother nature intervened.

A torrential downpour shortened the game to just five and a half innings, and the Miami Hurricanes scored six runs in the home half of the fifth to steal a 7-5 victory.

Miami (13-18, 7-8 ACC) scored the first run of the day to take an early lead, but UNC (21-11, 10-5 ACC) responded with three runs in the third thanks to a pair of RBI doubles from Clemente Inclan and Brandon Martorano–who drove in two runs with his bases-clearing hit.

Brandon Riley then added a two-run single in the fifth inning to extend the Tar Heels’ lead to 5-1.

From there, however, things went south in a hurry.

The Hurricanes took advantage of shaky pitching from the UNC bullpen to avoid getting swept at home, starting with a bases-loaded triple from Michael Burns that nearly brought Miami all the way back in one swing.

A sacrifice fly from Isaac Quinones and a two-run double by Freddy Zamora completed the epic comeback, just before the skies opened up during the top of the sixth.

Although the Tar Heels technically cut the lead to 7-6, the game was called during the inning–forcing the score to go back to what it was at the last completed inning.

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UNC will return to Boshamer Stadium on Tuesday, when it hosts Appalachian State at 6 p.m.

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