James Beresford capped off a third consecutive comeback victory and the fifth win in a row with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night boosting the Fort Myers Miracle to a three-game series sweep of the Palm Beach Cardinals 6-5 at Hammond Stadium.

Trailing by five runs after four innings, the Miracle rallied to score four in the fifth off Cardinals starter Joe Kelly. After issuing a walk to Steve Liddle, Kelly was tagged for three consecutive hits. Newly called-up catcher Josemil Pinto and Reggie Williams each singled to set the table for Jhonathan Goncalves. With the bases loaded, Goncalves served a 1-2 pitch into right to score Liddle and Pinto.

Aaron Hicks drove in a run with a RBI groundout, and with two out in the inning Nick Romero singled to score Goncalves. Drawing to a one run deficit, Fort Myers received excellent bullpen work from Brad Tippett and Jhonathan Garcia. Tippett made his first appearance of the season and tossed two scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts. Garcia also threw two shutout innings and fanned four without giving up a hit.

Down a run in the eighth, the Miracle completed the full-scale comeback by pushing a run across. With two out, Liddle doubled on a misjudged pop-fly. Improving on his Miracle debut, Pinto crushed a 1-0 fastball from reliever Jorge Rondon into right field to send Liddle home and tie the game 5-5.

The Miracle weren’t finished with Rondon. In the ninth, Goncalves led off with a single to right. After Hicks walked, Goncalves made a heads-up play to take third. As Beresford squared to bunt, Cardinal third baseman Zach Cox charged the plate. Beresford took a ball low and in, but third base was left wide open and Goncalves took the free base.

Beresford made the mistake pay off with a long single to left field and Goncalves strolled home.

Leading the Miracle with three hits, Beresford improved his team-leading average to .344. Pinto, Williams, and Goncalves, the bottom third of the order, all registered two hits and combined for four runs scored and three runs driven in.

Pitching a perfect ninth, Dakota Watts (2-1) earned the win and Rondon (1-4) was handed the loss for the Cardinals. Edgar Ibarra started for the Miracle and gave up five runs, all on homers, in four innings. Palm Beach got solo home runs from Xavier Scruggs and Luis Mateo as well as a three-run shot from Travis Tartamella.

The Miracle (17-11) have won five straight and sit just two games behind Florida State League South-leading St. Lucie. A five-game homestand continues Friday night with Jupiter (15-13) arriving for a 7:05 p.m. start.