In baseball, there are clutch hits, and then there’s Logan Bravo against Virginia Tech on Sunday.
In the deciding contest for the three-game road series, Bravo took the batter’s box with the Blue Devils trailing by three in the top of the seventh. With runners on first and second and one out, the Harvard transfer had one job: keep the inning alive.
He did a lot more than that.
Bravo lashed at the first pitch he saw, an inside heater, and launched the ball over the left-center wall. The Hokies outfielders jogged after it for a second, but it became clear after just a few seconds that the ball wasn’t coming down.
WE ARE TIED!
LOGAN BRAVO THREE-RUN SHOT ON THE FIRST PITCH HE SEES. pic.twitter.com/oXGOHQYYND
— Duke Baseball (@DukeBASE) April 21, 2024
Bravo pumped his fist and yelled as he rounded second base, and his teammates mobbed him as he returned to the dugout.