Sunday afternoon, the Gators honored their seniors and Caglianone had what was most likely the last time he would pitch at Condron Family Ballpark, but their struggles of closing out games that has been an issue all year prevailed. The lost the series finale to Kentucky, 7-5, in 10 innings.
Kentucky got off to a quick start, going up 3-0 in the second inning, but they did not score again until the 10th inning, a huge part thanks to the Gators defense. The highlight of the defense being a home run robbing catch by Hayden Yost in the fourth inning.
The Gators got on the board in the seventh inning with pinch hitter Ashton Wilson producing again on the weekend, hitting a two RBI double with two outs to score Yost and Shelnut. The Gators only down one, 3-2.
Tyler Shelnut celebrated his senior day by hitting his 13th home run of the season to tie the game 3-3 in the ninth inning to give the Gators life.
In the tenth, the Wildcats took the leading, adding four runs on to make it 7-3.
The Gators had a response from Yost, doubling down the left field line to score Shelton and Caglianone, but the Gators couldn’t mount a full comeback.
Caglianone pitched 6.1 innings, only allowing two hits and striking out three. His season ERA is a 4.07 after Sunday. He also extended his hitting streak to 30 straight games, which ties the program record.
The Gators lose 7-5 in 10 innings. Brandon Neely suffered the loss, now 1-4 on the season.
With the loss, the Gators are now just one game above .500, 26-25 overall, 11-16 SEC.
Up next, the Gators will travel to Athens to take on rival Georgia in the last regular season series of the season. They will need to stay above .500 to qualify for the NCAA tournament. First pitch will be 6 p.m. Thursday.
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