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Following a series opening 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs Friday, No. 5 Florida clinched the series in Starkville, Mississippi, with a 10-0 shutout win.

Right fielder Avery Goelz hit an RBI-single in the top of the first to give the Gators an early lead, but the box score saw goose eggs through the next six frames. Carrying a 1-0 lead into the top of the seventh, Florida batted around its lineup while tacking on nine insurance runs.

First baseman Kendyl Lindaman led off with a single before the two batters reached base on errors. Goelz drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 2-0 before left fielder Jamie Hoover laid down a squeeze bunt. Two batters later, center fielder Cheyenne Lindsey knocked a two-run single into right field to extend the lead to seven before back-to-back home runs capped off the explosive inning.

In Florida’s ninth at-bat of the seventh inning, second baseman Hannah Adams hopped on the hit train as she hit a two-run bomb — tied for team-high five home runs this season — over the right-field wall. Lindaman followed that up with a solo shot — her fourth home run this season — to extend the lead to double digits.

Florida right-hander Natalie Lugo started in the circle and hurled five shutout innings while allowing just three hits and one walk. Junior right-hander Elizabeth Hightower pitched the final two frames and earned her third save this season.

Final (R/H/E)

No. 5 Florida: 10 / 12 / 0

Mississippi State: 0 / 4 / 6

Pitching Decision

Win: Lugo (5-1)

Loss: Loza (1-3)

Save: Hightower (3)

Individual Stats

Lugo: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Hightower: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Adams: 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR (5)

Lindaman: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (4), 1 BB

Echols: 2-5, 1 R

A. Goelz: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB

Hoover: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HBP

Lindsey: 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI

SEC Road Series

The Gators will look to complete the series sweep Sunday at noon.