Rotherham 4 Morecambe 5: Millers put to sword by Jack Dunn's hat-trick
Dunn, on loan from Liverpool, completed his treble deep into the additional period after ex-Miller Kevin Ellison had given the League Two side the lead moments before to provide a memorable win.
They were minutes from going out, though, as Rotherham led 3-2 in stoppage time of normal time until Dunn fired home a penalty after being fouled by Richard Wood.
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Hide AdCole Stockton had stroked the visitors ahead in the sixth minute after a defensive error.
Greg Halford levelled from the spot on the hour, but his error allowed Dunn his first goal in the 68th minute.
Two goals in two minutes looked like sending Alan Stubbs’s men through, though, as Jerry Yates fired in his first senior goal and then Anthony Forde put them in front.
But deep into stoppage time Dunn was fouled by Wood and he converted to send the game into extra-time. Ellison then rammed home in the 113th minute before Dunn completed his treble with an accomplished finish.
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Hide AdYates’s second gave Rotherham hope, but they could not force a leveller.
Rotherham United: Price, Thorpe, Halford, Kelvin Wilson (Wood 46), Warren, Vaulks, Allan (Forde 76), Smallwood, Forster-Caskey (Ward 63), Yates, Taylor. Unused substitutes: Camp, Kelly, Muskwe ,Bailey-King.
Morecambe: Roche, Wakefield, Edwards, Whitmore, Conlan, Kenyon (Fleming 87), Rose, Barkhuizen, Mullin (Dunn 63), Molyneux, Stockton (Ellison 88). Unused substitutes: McGowan, Nizic.
Referee: Seb Stockbridge (Tyne & Wear).