Jac Caglianone hits moonshot fly ball that somehow leaves the park for a home run

When you hit as many home runs as Florida slugger Jac Caglianone does, some of them are bound to be of the spectacular variety. Chalk one up on Tuesday night against rival Florida State in that category.

In the bottom of the first inning with runners at the corners and the Gators trailing the Seminoles 3-0 already, Caglianone stepped to the plate.

He got a pitch over the lower outside portion of the plate and dug down and made contact, skying an absolute moonshot up for what appeared to be a routine fly ball. Only the ball never came down.

It kept carrying and carrying, eventually sneaking just past the left field wall for a three-run, game-tying home run. It was Jac Caglianone’s 12th home run of the season, as he continues to close in on the national lead after a bit of a slow start to the year. Check it out below.

This Jac Caglianone kid keeps doing things never seen before. How the hell does this ball get over the fence 😂

The side angle replay is laugh out loud funny pic.twitter.com/MQtnI4djMY

— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) March 26, 2024

The national lead for home runs right now is 17, held by Georgia slugger Charlie Condon. The next closest is at 15.

Caglianone has 12 now, though he has been hitting them at a good clip of late. He has hit five home runs in his last five games, really heating up at the plate as Florida looks to shake off its season-long midweek funk. Tuesday’s bomb is a good start.

In terms of the school record books, Jac Caglianone now has 52 career home runs. That puts him at fifth all time, though he is quickly closing in on second place.

Former Gators that have more home runs than Caglianone currently include Matt LaPorta (74), Preston Tucker (57), Jud Fabian (56) and Brad Wilkerson (55). Caglianone recently passed JJ Schwarz (50), Wyatt Langford (47) and Mike Zunino (47).

Not bad company to be keeping.

Florida is currently 14-9 on the season but has won both of its SEC series to date, posting impressive series victories over Texas A&M and LSU. The Gators are just 3-4 in midweek games so far, so Tuesday night’s showdown with the Seminoles is key.

The score remained tied at 3-3 in the top of the third inning at the time of this writing.