The Gators avoided a series sweep against South Carolina (25-11, 8-7) Sunday afternoon, thanks to 14 hits from the offense, three of which were homeruns. Caglianone provided a solid outing in way to a 11-9 win.
The Gamecocks got on the board first in the second, but the Gators had a quick response in a two run homerun from Donay, his fifth of the season, for the 2-1 lead.
The Gators let their frustrations out on the bats, continuing to add on homeruns. Evans had a two run homerun followed by a solo blast from Caglianone. It marked the sixth game in a row that Caglianone had homered.
South Carolina added on two more runs from a homerun on their own. Gators up 5-3.
Kurland got in on the offense party with an RBI single, scoring Shelton to make it 6-3.
Luke McNeillie took over in the sixth, ending Caglianone’s day. Caglianone threw 101 pitches in five innings, striking out five batters.
The Gamecocks added on two runs off of McNeillie, making it a one run game, 6-5.
The Gators kept battling back offensively with back-to-back RBI singles from Evans and Caglianone to make it 8-5.
Colby Shelton drove them both in with an two RBI double. Shelnut then followed up with an RBI double of his own. Gators with a 11-5 lead.
Cade Fisher took over in the eighth. Through two innings, McNeillie threw 45 pitches and struck out two. Fisher was replaced by Jameson after loading the bases and the Gamecocks added on two runs to make it 11-7.
The Gamecocks wouldn’t go down without a fight, hitting a two run homerun to make it 11-9 in the top of the ninth.
Final, the Gators win 11-9 and improve to 18-17 overall, 7-8 SEC.
Head Coach O’Sullivan said on the win, “It’s a big win, puts us one game under the league and you start looking at the standings, except for a few teams everybody is kind of bunched together, so you know obviously today is a big win for us.”
The Gators will take on Jacksonville at home Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. They will then travel to Nashville for a series against Vanderbilt starting Thursday.
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