Did someone say “small ball?’’
That someone was University of Miami baseball coach Jim Morris earlier in the week, when he noted that UM was “not going to be a power team.’’
But in the second inning of the Hurricanes’ season opener Friday night at Mark Light Field, sophomore Romy Gonzalez blasted a two-run homer far beyond the left-field fence to flex some muscle and put the Canes up 2-0 en route to a 3-0 victory over Rutgers.
Morris did predict that his team would “not score that many runs.’’
The Hurricanes had only four hits, including Gonzalez’s second career homer and junior-college transfer Brandon Gali’s single, also in the second inning.