With one swing of the bat in the seventh inning, sophomore third baseman Yohandy Morales provided No. 8 Miami with the needed hit to carry on the country’s second-longest winning streak.
The Miami native drilled a game-deciding solo home run, causing a sold-out Mark Light Field crowd to erupt late in a 5-4 Hurricanes win over No. 3 Virginia on Saturday.
“I don’t know what was going through my head,” Morales said. “I blacked out and I threw the bat. It was an emotional feeling hitting that home run to take the lead. I knew our bullpen was going to come in and shut them down.