Back to the Miami Hurricanes Newsfeed

Hurricanes baseball beats Dartmouth thanks to ninth-inning balk

The University of Miami evened its series with visiting Dartmouth on a “balk-off” in the ninth inning Saturday night, as a wild ending to a 3-2 game at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field set up a series rubber match.

Sophomore Romy Gonzalez, who opened the ninth with a single for the No. 17 Hurricanes (4-5) and advanced to second on a groundout, wound up on third base after a balk by Big Green righthander Patrick Peterson.

After an intentional walk to Christopher Barr set up a potential double play opportunity for Dartmouth, Peterson (0-1) balked again, scoring Gonzalez and sending Miami into celebration.