Alonso lines a single to center field. Weeks scores. Jackson to second base. Here comes the freshman Mark Sobolewski with runners on first and second and nobody out, down one run. An obvious bunt situation.

Unless of course you bunt two balls foul and fall behind 1-2 in the count, which Sobolewski did. He'd be swinging away now. And he'd be ripping a double down the left field line to tie the game and move Alonso 90 feet away from a win.

Better to be lucky than good I guess.

Dennis Raben was next. Hard ground ball to first base. An unassisted put out, and the runners stay put.

Gus Menendez came up, facing a drawn-in infield. He rolled a ground ball up the middle, and as the ball left his bat the 3,000 plus fans at Mark Light Field erupted. They knew it would get past the shortstop Crawford, and into center field to plate Yonder Alonso.

UM's team poured out from the dugout and onto the field to celebrate the most dramatic win of the young season.

These are the types of games that build character for the winner, obviously, but also for the losing team. It's gonna require a lot of character for the Bruins to come back from two crushing losses and compete tomorrow. Losing 1-0 in a pitcher's duel is one thing. Blowing a two run lead in the ninth is another. Tough loss for the Bruins.

And Miami entered the ninth inning with an ugly statistic through its first four games (including tonight).

Sixteen runs scored in the first five innings.
One run scored in innings six through nine.

That finally changed tonight for the Canes. UCLA and Miami played yet another great game that came down to the final out. Let's see what these guys have in store for us tomorrow.