This was one of the wildest weekends we can remember for Canes baseball, including the biggest comeback since 1992. Javi Salas, pitcher of the 23rd perfect game in D1 history, tells CanesInSight what it means for the team going forward:

On the impact of the past week: “This is a young team. There's going to be bumps in the road. You're going to have to be willing to accept those bumps and play the long game with these guys. Let's back up to Wednesday. Miami's down 6-1 against Stonehill. Twitter's blowing up. I'm sure the forums are blowing up. The world was ending. Comeback, win 7-6, kind of a ‘survive and advance’ mentality. You obviously don't want to play an opponent like Stonehill that closely. But an ugly win is way better than a loss to Stonehill.”

“Fast forward to Friday, come-from-behind victory, 6-5, Daniel Cuvet, huge home run in the seventh inning. Saturday, a 30-year historic comeback for the Canes, a nine-run deficit erased. And then Sunday, again, come from behind, have a chance to win the game late in the game and ultimately you surrender one game to Virginia.”

“But a 3-1 week for this Hurricane ball club. Big success for JD [Arteaga]. The heart, the character of the team definitely exposed itself this weekend. That’s something I'm sure this coach and the staff will definitely push forward as the season progresses.”

On developing a comeback mentality: “A comeback is a double-edged sword. You don't want to make it a habit, but you want to know you have that ability in your back pocket to not panic. Whether we're ahead or behind, we know what we're capable of. That aspect is really cool to see, especially from a young ball club. You look at our 2-4 hitters, all underclassmen. Blake Cyr, sophomore, Daniel Cuvet batting third as a freshman, Jason Torres as a sophomore. The meat of our order is all underclassmen and they did not waver.”

“That Daniel Cuvet at-bat on Friday was one of those ultimate Mark Light moments. Once that team starts believing it's a scary thing, it's like an avalanche and it led into Saturday. You can't teach chemistry. You can't teach intangibles. A team that wants to win and understands that regardless of what that scoreboard shows, they have a chance is a dangerous ball club.”

On the offense: “34 home runs over the first 14 games is an incredible clip. We talked about a couple weeks ago, how are they going to replace Yo-Yo Morales, CJ Kayfus, Zach Levenson? Those guys were responsible for 47 home runs. We're seeing that and more from this year's team. This offense is legit. When you look at this lineup, it's very top heavy. But you got a guy like Dorian Gonzalez. He's had huge home runs on the season.”

“What's the anatomy of a nine-run comeback? It's the fear of the long ball. Miami has the ability to home run at any given point. You put a couple runners on base and there's a huge threat of a home run, especially if your top three guys are up to bat. I've been in the ACC a long time. I watched a lot of baseball. Virginia is not a slouch opponent. Brian O'Connor always has his guys ready to play. So there's a huge feather in the cap for that lineup to show there's a proof of concept. We can hit with the best in the country.”

On the pitching: “JD always used to talk about this: everyone comes to University of Miami as a starting pitcher. In high school, these guys were probably the ace for their high school. The young guys haven't had to relieve. They haven't had to come in a dirty inning with runners on base. Tension in the game. You're teaching a lot of young guys to pitch in high leverage, high stress situations.”

“They have to learn at some point and the training wheels need to come off. We've seen that with Nick Robert. He's been a revelation for this ball club. Now he's the closer. Friday night, Saturday night was nails. Sunday was the third day of a back-to-back-to-back. He pitched on Wednesday as well. We need someone to step up in those middle relief roles to be the bridge. I can get you six or seven outs on a Friday night. I can get you from Gage Ziehl to Nick Robert. There needs to be someone that steps up.

“I'm looking at the Jordan Vargas of the world. I'm looking at Ashton Crowther, Myles Caba, Brandon Olivera. I think JD and Coach Gutierrez are just waiting for someone to step up. It might not be this weekend, but someone needs to definitively step up in that role and say, I can be the middle relief guy and start bridging the gap in some of these games.”

On Blake Cyr: "He missed a full week of the season to deal with some personal issues. Blake's a great guy. Everyone that I've talked to speaks so well of this kid. Everyone's just rooting for him to come back to his form. Last year, he has a tremendous freshman campaign. Now he's sort of the face of the program. He's the guy that everyone's circling on their scouting reports. Ultimately, I think there was a little bit of a pressure aspect. He was pressing a little bit."

"But against Stonehill, we're down 6-1 and Blake Cyr opens the scoring up with a three-run home run and relieves the pressure of the ball club. The Saturday [grand slam vs. UVA] was something out of a storybook. You see him running first base and he's pointing up to the sky. Blake Cyr might go off the next three weeks and it might be a totally different ballplayer. We're talking about his struggles. He's hitting .302 with five home runs. Blake Cyr struggling is anybody else's best day. Honestly, that Saturday night home run, I got goosebumps talking about it. That was one of the cooler moments I've seen at Mark Light Field.

On adjustments for Daniel Cuvet after going 0-5 on Sunday: "I'm a pitcher, man. I lost sleep over guys like Cuvet in a lineup. I know very well that I won't let Daniel Cuvet beat me. The way they pitched Cuvet on Sunday is what I anticipate the rest of the conference slate will look like. A lot of sliders, a lot of pitches down and away, a lot of pitches out of the zone. Daniel Cuvet will be on every shortlist for freshman of the year. The next step of his development is figuring out that he is the focal point of every scouting report. Pitchers are not going to want to throw to you. So he's going to have to take his at-bats in stride. It's a Yo-Yo Morales treatment. Last year, Yo-Yo Morales would go at-bats where he'd get one pitch to hit, and you got to capitalize on that one pitch. Daniel Cuvet is going to be the same thing."