The No. 17 Florida Gators (5-1) traveled to Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville University Dolphins (2-3) Tuesday. The Gators shut out the Dolphins while scoring double-digit runs for the fourth consecutive game. The final score was 10-0.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Ava Brown started for the Gators. The 2023 National Softball Gatorade Player of the Year threw a complete game and only allowed one hit. She tallied up five strikeouts and three walks in six innings to earn her third win this season.
For the fourth consecutive game, the Gators scored 10 or more runs.
Jocelyn Erickson started the party with a two-RBI double to score Skylar Wallace and Kendra Falby to put the Gators up 2-0 in the first. Then, Erickson scored on Baylee Goddard‘s RBI groundout to extend the lead to three. Reagan Walsh added one more with an RBI single.
After quiet second and third innings, Florida, up 4-0, tacked on three more in the fourth. Wallace scored two runners on a two-RBI single and scored herself on Erickson’s sacrifice fly. The score was 7-0 going into the top of the sixth.
Walsh hit one out of the park to score three and extended the lead to 10-0 on her second home run of season.
The Gators have now outscored their opponents 52-6 through the first six games of the season. The offense is rolling, and the young pitching is solid.
Looking for their fifth consecutive win, the Gators head back to Gainesville to host the Dolphins Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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