CINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati redshirt junior Kameron Guidry smashed a three-run home run in the 10th to lift the Bearcats to a 7-5 win over Miami (OH) on Tuesday night inside UC Baseball Stadium.
Cincinnati (15-19, 3-3 AAC) trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the 10th. With runners on first and second with one out, Guidry stepped into the batter's box and smacked the second pitch he saw over the left field wall to walk-it off for the Bearcats. Guidry's heroics capped a 3-for-5, three-RBI night at the plate.
Sophomore Tommy O'Connor, making his career debut in left field, went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run to right field in the seventh. The three-run shot was the first of his career.
Redshirt junior Ryan Nicholson finished 2-for-5 with his 25th career home run, a solo shot to left center. Freshman Griffin Hugus went 3-for-4 with a career-high two doubles, one run scored and a stolen base.
Freshman starter Tommy Boba turned in a dominant performance, going five shutout innings of one-hit ball. He struck out a career-high nine batters – the most strikeouts by a Bearcat this season. Junior Max Bergmann (1-1) earned the win on the mound.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cincinnati struck first when Nicholson homered to left center in the bottom of the first. It marked his team-leading eighth homer of the year.
Boba quieted the RedHawks' bats with five shutout innings of one-hit ball. The Bearcats loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth with one out, but Miami (OH) induced a double play to end the threat.
The RedHawks tied up the ballgame in the top of the seventh, but Cincinnati quickly responded in the home half thanks to the bat of O'Connor. With no outs and runners on first and third, he smashed the first pitch he saw 418 feet over the right field wall to make it 4-1. Senior Jackson Murphy provided a scoreless eighth with a pair of ground outs and a strikeout.
Miami (OH) evened the game in the top of the ninth with three runs on three hits. The Bearcats were unable to capitalize in the home half as the game went into extra innings.
The RedHawks homered to right field in the top of the 10th to take a one-run advantage, bringing the Bearcats up to bat with one final chance. Nicholson notched a lead-off single and Cole Harting drew a seven-pitch walk. Guidry came up to the plate with one out and belted the second pitch he saw over the left field wall to walk it off for the Bearcats.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will travel to Greenville, North Carolina to take on the East Carolina Pirates, beginning Friday with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Cincinnati Walks Off Miami (OH) in Extra Innings
University of Cincinnati redshirt junior Kameron Guidry smashed a three-run home run in the 10th to lift the Bearcats to a 7-5 win over Miami (OH) on Tuesday night inside UC Baseball Stadium.
