Skip to main content
Join
Team Avatar
Miami

WATCH: Miami's Yohandy Morales belts his third home run of the day

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•06/04/22
yohandy-morales-pens-heartfelt-thank-you-to-miami-as-he-begins-professional-career
(Photo by David Jensen/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Miami’s Yohandy Morales has been having an unreal day on Saturday at the Coral Gables Regional between the Miami Hurricanes and the Canisius Golden Griffins in Coral Gables, Florida. He just blasted his third homerun of the evening–a two-run shot. This one he sent deep over the center field wall.

Check it out below. Morales flashes the three with his fingers as he’s trotting the bases.

The two-run blast put the Hurricanes up 6-4 in the bottom of the 7th inning. Miami currently leads the game, 8-5 in the bottom of the 8th inning.

Morales earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball following the 2021 season. A member of the All-ACC freshman team, he hit .277 with 13 doubles, 10 home runs, and 43 RBIs in his rookie season last year for Miami.

Miami’s matchup with Canisius was originally set to be played on Friday, June 4, but inclement weather pushed the game back to Saturday evening. The Hurricanes currently have an overall record of 40-18 for the 2021-2022 college baseball season.

Miami slugger Yohandy Morales makes Hurricanes history

In blasting three home runs on Saturday night, Morales became just the fourth Miami baseball player in program history to hit a trio of home runs in a postseason game, joining Esquivel (1999), Kevin Brown (2001), and Scott Lawson (2010). The Miami native’s 1,200-plus feet of home runs and career-best five RBIs helped Miami comeback from a three-run deficit against the Canisius Golden Griffins.

In the third inning, Morales was joined by ‘Canes slugger Jacob Burke in hitting a home run. It was Burke’s 13th deep shot of the year and it tied up the contest at 4-4.

The Hurricanes went on to defeat Canisius 11-6 in Saturday night’s matchup. Next up, the ‘Canes will face the winner of second-seeded Arizona and three-seeded Ole Miss at 3:06 PM EST on Sunday.