Paco Figueroa hit an 11th-inning game-winning RBI single to lift No. 2-ranked Miami to a 7-6 win over High Point Saturday night at Mark Light Field.

High Point, which led 3-0 early in the game, tied the game at 6-6 on Josh Cotten's two-run homer in the eighth inning to send things to extra innings.

Danny Gil (1-0) got the win for the Hurricanes, while Matt Kniginyzky (0-1) took the loss in relief for the Panthers.

High Point (0-2) got three hits, two runs and two RBI from Cotten and two hits apiece from Jeremy Neyra and Dustin Holtzman.

The Panthers took advantage of early opportunities and posted three runs in the top of the first. Josh Doane led off the game  with a double to the gap in right-center field, stole third and scored on Brandon Camardese's wild pitch for a 1-0 High Point lead. Camardese hit Seby Renta and gave up a single to Cotten to put runners on first and second with two outs. Dustin Holtzman tripled to right to bring home Renta and Cotten for a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first inning.

The Panthers' lead was short lived as Miami answered in its half of the first. Figueroa was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a wild pickoff throw by High Point starter Eammon Portice. Braun singled to center to bring in Figueroa. Jon Jay's walk was followed by singles by Brendan Katin and Tomas and a double off the left field wall by Danny Valencia, all of which brought in runs for a 4-3 Hurricane lead. Tomas scored from third on a wild pitch for a 5-3 lead after one inning of play.

Neyra's single in the top of the second scored Matt Christie to bring the Panthers within 5-4 before the pitching game took over for both teams in the middle innings. Camardese pitched three more scoreless innings and struck out five. He was relieved before the sixth inning by Vince Bongiovanni, who pitched two scoreless innings. Portice settled down after the first and pitched five more innings and finished with 10 strikeouts and five earned runs on six hits in his collegiate debut.

Miami's silence at the plate was ended by Figueroa's shot that grazed the palm trees past the wall in left field for a 6-4 Hurricane lead in the bottom of the seventh. The Panthers responded in the top of the eighth with a Cotten's shot to left to tie the game at 6-6.

Neither team was able to score in the ninth and the game moved to extra innings. A steady incoming wind kept shots hit by Braun in the ninth, and Katin and Valencia in the 10th from leaving the park and ending the game.

An infield single and throwing error put Miami catcher Alex Garebedian at second base to lead off the 11th for the Hurricanes. Danny Robitaille followed with a walk before Walter Diaz advanced Garebedian and Rabitaille to second and third with a sacrifice bunt. Figueroa broke a 6-6 tie and ended the game with a high chopper that went into left field and scored Garebedian for the 7-6 win.

Through two games in the series, the Panthers have 21 hits to the Hurricanes' 20. The teams finish up the three-game weekend set Sunday at 1:00 pm. Click here for live stats.