Sosa and Dubovik homers to power Miami’s 5-3 win over Boston College

The Miami Hurricanes baseball team bounced back from an extra-inning loss on Friday with a 5-3 win over Boston College on Saturday at Mark Light Field.

The Hurricanes built a 3-0 lead in the first inning by taking advantage of shaky pitching and defense from the Eagles. Michael Torres reached on a one-out single and advanced to third base on a knock by Daniel Cuvet. Torres scored as Alex Sosa reached on an error and a walk loaded the bases for Brylan West. The Miami first baseman drew a walk to score another run and a sacrifice fly by Dylan Dubovik capped the rally.

The Eagles got on the board in the second inning. Jack Toomey led off the inning with a double and scored on a pair of groundouts, with Luke Gallo earning the RBI.

The Hurricanes added to their lead on solo home runs by Sosa in the third inning and Dubovik in the fourth inning to go up 5-1. Dubovik has homered in both games during the ACC opening series. Sosa has seven home runs and 21 RBI through the first 16 games.

The Eagles added two runs in the eighth inning on a double by Nick Wang. The graduate student has had a hit in all but two games this season.

Miami senior pitcher Rob Evans threw a season-high seven innings, allowing one run on two hits with eight strikeouts to earn the win. Packy Bradley-Cooney, a senior who transferred from Alabama, earned his first save of the season after a scoreless ninth inning.

Boston College starter Tyler Mudd was charged with the loss after being tagged for all of Miami’s five runs on four hits through four innings.

Miami and Boston College will decide the ACC opening series with a rubber match on Sunday at 1 p.m.