After scoring in five different innings, the Gators baseball team defeated FAU at home 10-8.
Florida (23-21, 9-12 SEC), found themselves down early as the Owls (22-20, 9-9 AAC) scored two runs in the first. But, the Gators answered quickly, scoring three runs of their own in the latter half of the inning thanks to plays from Luke Heyman and Cade Kurand.
In the second inning, starter Cade Fisher was relieved for Ryan Slater, who instantly struck out two batters.
In the bottom of the second, Florida extended their lead 5-2 thanks to a Kurland solo home run and a run from Hayden Yost.
Florida Atlantic would respond, however, scoring two runs of their own in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-4.
The Gators answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. Yost scored for the second time on a double from Brody Donay, who finished 2-3 with two RBIs. Ty Evans then hit a two-run homer to left field to give the Gators a 8-4 lead. Evans added to his career high, as he now has 12 home runs this season.
But, once again the Owls wouldn’t back down, as they scored two runs in the sixth to cut the Gators lead 8-6.
Yost and Evans came up huge for Florida in the seventh, increasing the lead to 9-6. Yost advanced to third base from a sacrifice bunt from Donay, and Evans capped it off with a sacrifice fly ball to allow Yost to score.
The Gators would end up scoring in the eighth a from Colby Shelton run to up the lead 10-6.
But, the Owls did not go down without a fight, as they rallied for two runs in the ninth. It was all for not, as the Orange and Blue secured the 10-8 victory following a 4-6-3 double-play from Fisher Jameson.
Slater earned the victory for the Gators, as he was charged with four hits, one walk and two strikeouts.
Florida will stay at home this weekend, as they will host the No. 3 ranked Tennessee Volunteers for their series starting Thursday at 7 p.m.
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