Wednesday, the Gators took on UNF, but this time in Gainesville. The Gators came out victorious 13-4.
Freshman Alex Philpott took the mound for the Gators in his first start.
In the first, Philpott struck out the first batter he faced. The Gators defense proved strong as Garrison connected with Kurland at second for another out. In the bottom of the first, the Gators offensive picked up where they left off Tuesday night. Heyman advanced on a walk and Shelton got on base due to an Ospreys error. Ty Evans RBI doubled to score Heyman and Shelton. Gators up 2-0.
Philpott kept the Ospreys scoreless in the second.
In the bottom of the second, Michael Robertson got things started with a single. Robertson stole second safely. Cade Kurland was hit by pitch to advance to first. Caglianone then had an RBI single to score Robertson. Gators up 3-0.
The Gators defense stayed strong in the third with a double play to keep the Ospreys off the scoreboard. But, the Ospreys made defensive plays to keep themselves in the game, making a diving catch to keep the Gators off the board.
Robert Satin came in at the top of the fourth. Philpott’s day ended after 49 pitches, 28 being strikes through three innings.
Garrison got things started in the bottom of the fourth with a double down the third base line.
Garrison advanced on Robertson’s hit, but Robertson got tagged out at second base. Kurland hit an RBI single to score Garrison. Gators up 4-0. Tyler Shelnut kept the momentum going with a 2 RBI single to score Kurland and Heyman. Gators now up 6-0. The fun didn’t stop there. Shelton then scored on a balk by UNF’s catcher to bring the Gators up 7-0.
Hunter Jones took the mound for the Gators in the top of the sixth. Satin ended his day with 28 pitches through two innings, 17 of which were strikes. Purnell replaced Jones after throwing 12 pitches, five of which were strikes.
UNF scored a run on an RBI from Clements, Gators still up 7-1. Gerteisen then followed up with an RBI double to give the Ospreys another one, 7-2. The response kept coming for UNF with an RBI single from Leinenbach, UNF now trailing only 7-3.
The Gators offense was quiet in the bottom of the sixth.
Ryan Slater replaced Purnell with one out in the top of the seventh inning. Purnell finished his day with 25 pitches thrown and three strikeouts. UNF added another in the seventh thanks to an RBI single from Cade Bush. Florida holds the lead 7-4.
The Gators got the offense going again in the seventh from a huge RBI double from Robertson to score Tanner Garrison, now up 8-4.
In the bottom of the eighth, Florida found momentum again starting off with a walk from Caglianone. Shelton played smart with a bunt down the third base line. Shelnut had an RBI single to score Caglianone. Gators up 9-4.
Jalen Guy was hit by pitch and all of the sudden the bases were loaded. Dale Thomas advanced on a walk, scoring Shelton. Gators up 10-4. Sacrifice fly from Tanner Garrison then made it 11-4. Robertson continued his hot day with a 2 RBI double to score Thomas and Guy. It was Robertson’s fourth hit of the day. Gators up 13-4.
Closer Brandon Neely came in for the Gators in the ninth. Slater ended his outing with 16 thrown pitches, 13 of which were strikes. Neely finished the game going 1-2-3. Gators win 13-4 to get their second win of the season.
Up next for the Gators, they will have a series against Columbia at home this weekend starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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