All of the season’s frustrations were taken out in the fourth inning Saturday afternoon, exploding for 12 runs, which was the highest scoring inning of the Kevin O’Sullivan era at Florida. Although the Bulldogs attempted a comeback, the Gators had many responses, including two home runs from Kurland on the day. The Gators win 19-11 in a high-scoring, high-stakes game.
Georgia took the lead with one run in the first and two runs in the second, taking a 3-0 early lead.
The Gators offense had the best inning they have had this season in the fourth. Caglianone started it off with a two run home run, scoring Wilson, his 29th of the season. Shelton followed up with a triple and Heyman had an RBI ground out to score him. Kurland then gave the Gators the lead with a solo home run.
Robertson continued his offensively hot weekend with a RBI single to right field. Wilson kept things going for the Gators, doubling to right field to score Robertson and Donay. The fun didn’t end there. Luke Heyman had a three RBI double to continue his outstanding series. Shelnut got the runs of the inning with a two RBI double to center field. The Gators led 12-3 after the best offensive inning of the season.
In the seventh, the Gators added on two more with a two RBI single to center field, scoring Donay and Shelnut. The Gators were up 14-3 with the run rule now in play.
The Bulldogs did not let the run rule end the game early, scoring three in the bottom of the seventh. Gators still up 14-6.
In the eighth, Shelnut was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and zero outs to bring in a run. Donay produced a RBI ground out to put the run rule back in effect, making it 16-6.
The Bulldogs added five more runs in an effort to come back, making it 16-11.
Kurland took matters into his own hands in the ninth, hitting his second home run of the day to score three runs. Cade Fisher closed things out from there, and the Gators got a big 19-11 win.
Caglianone pitched 2.1 innings and had two strikeouts, not his best performance on the mound. Fisher Jameson continued to be outstanding from the bullpen, pitching 3.2 innings with five strikeouts. He got the win on the day.
The win puts the Gators at 28-26, 13-17 SEC to finish the regular season. They win their first series since Mississippi State at the end of March. They finish 4-6 in regular season SEC series this season. With the win, they will most likely make the postseason NCAA tournament as a three or four seed.
Up next, the SEC tournament starts Tuesday in Hoover, Alabama. Their opponent and seeding is still to be determined.
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