Austin, Texas-Propelled by a first round in six points, the Florida won an 8-2 victory against Texas No. 1 at the very first regular season meeting between the two programs of the UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday evening.
The opening victory gives the Gators (34-17, 12-13 seconds) in 14 of their last 17 games, including 11 of their last dry games. Dry -up dry player of the week Hayden Yost (3-en-4) remains hot burning, totaling three strokes and three points produced while scoring a pair of points. Justin Nadeau (2 for 4) and Ty Evans (2-in-5) also had several days, because the first led in three points and the second failed two doubles and scored twice.
Florida pitching remained stable from start to finish, with Starter Pierce coppola By giving the tone by spinning two laundry rounds. The UF lift enclosure followed with seven images from a ball to a race (zero deserved points), removing 13 against only three free passes.
The Orange & Blue has not lost time to take a big lead against the Longhorns (39-9, 19-6 seconds) in the first match, bursting for six points in the upper half of the first. Bobby Boseer And Luke Heyman Adjust the table with a walk and a simple, followed by a double RBI to a right center by Evans. Wild land then allowed Heyman to sneak safely and Yost produced a single two points through the right side. Nadeau crowned the explosion with a single two points on the left to push the scoring at 6-0.
Coppola withdrew twice while failing the base loaded in the lower half of the frame to maintain the momentum. The SouthPaw returned to the bump and pulled another zero in the second to finish two aimless.
At the top of the third, Yost pierced a double to the right, then returned home on a double, RBI on the line of the right field by Nadeau. This pushed the count at 7-0 in favor of the Gators, but the Texas obtained the backward race in the lower half on a triple of two withdrawals from Adrian Rodriguez to tackle Kimble Schuessler.
The Gators struck again at the top of the fourth, starting with a double to a double on the left line of the Evans bat. After having advanced in third place on a point at the stop stop, Evans was led by Yost on a blow to two strokes on the field for the third stroke of the latter and RBI of the night.
UF lift Billy Barlow Worked a clean frame with a withdrawal from half of the fourth at home to maintain the score at 8-1. The senior right -handed man has been aspired in the fifth to reach five stick withdrawals through three relief images.
Following a sleeveless round, Barlow was raised in favor of Freshman Jackson Barberi To start the bottom of the seventh. With a withdrawal and two on the right -hander Luke McNeillie Enter and recorded two fast outings to eliminate the threat.
Texas has scratched a late race in the eighth on a single of RBI Infield by Casey Borba, bringing the scoring to its last total O 8-2. Right -hander Christian Rodriguez Put the final touch to the upset victory with a ninth round without a goal, withdrawing each of the last two strikers from the competition.
Coppola improved at 3-0 in a controlled departure, launching two laundry rounds with two strokes, zero walking and three stick withdrawals.
Leaving Texas Ruger Riojas (8-3) received the loss. He was lit for six points deserved on three strokes and four walks in a third of a round, removing a striker.
Notable
- The Gators have won 14 of their last 17 games, including 11 out of 13 in dry play.
- Florida has given Texas its fourth home loss of the campaign (24-4) and the second in action of the SEC.
- Florida has scored six points at the top of the first – tied for the most authorized by the Longhorns in the Channel this season and tied for the most UF points in the first round this year (April 11 against the Missouri).
- Coppola launched two laundry rounds in a controlled start to improve at 3-0 while reducing its ERA to 1.15.
- Yost rolled in three points for the third time in the last four competitions.
- Yost produced his second three -stroke match in the last four games.
- Nadeau also totaled three products produced overnight 2 for 4.
- Evans went 2 for 3 with two doubles, two points and an RBI.
- Barlow launched 4.0 ball relief frames to a blow on two sure, a walk and a top of six sticks to the stick.
- Rodriguez withdrew three years in a ninth roundless round.
- Florida now has 3-2 at all times against Texas while improving at 1-0 in Austin.
- The Gators are 3-0 in total and 1-0 on the road to the series under O’Sullivan.
- Friday evening’s match was the very first regular season meeting between the Gators and the Longhorns.
- Friday evening’s official attendance was 7,149.
Of head coach Kevin O’Sullivan
In the hot start in the first Florida match in Texas …
“It is a match of nine rounds. Obviously, we took a very good start offensively and scored six points in the first. I think it probably settled our nerves a little. And then, our pitch was really good. It was great to recover Pierce again and I thought Billy Barlow was exceptional in her four heats. Overall, I think we have withdrawn 16 years and walked three. When you do this, you give yourself a chance to win every night. The only statistics that comes out is that we launched 72% strikes in the first round tonight. They continued to hammer the area. Not a good night to strike. The wind turned and was blowing, so the ball did not really wear. You just have to launch strikes, and they did it tonight. “”
On the impact of Barlow and the pen that picks up the game with strikes…
“We put ourselves in the position of 1-11 (in the dry) because we do not launch strikes. So, it is rewarding for all the coaches that we start to turn the corner on the pitch side, because offensively, we were good, for the most part, all year round.”
The next
The Gators and Longhorns compete in the second match on Saturday, scheduled for 2 p.m. he on SEC Network +.
