How it Happened: Florida Gators get off schneid with win over North Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The No. 4 Florida Gators ended a three-game schneid with a 6-2 win over the North Florida Osprey.

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FINAL: UF 6 UNF 2

Lineups

9th Inning

CLEMENTS, M. struck out swinging (1-2).

SWEATT, A. singled to left field (2-2).

SWEATT, A. advanced to second on a passed ball.

BRINLING, A. grounded out to ss (2-0); SWEATT, A. advanced to third.

RUNNELS, J. walked (3-0).

LODISE, A. flied out to cf to left center (0-2).

8th Inning

Evans to rf for Thomas.

LODISE, A. grounded out to p (2-1).

REICH, C. singled to second base (1-0).

NICHOLS, C. singled through the left side (1-0); REICH, C. advanced to second.

Slater to p for Abner.

SYBRANDT, P. pinch hit for ESQUIVEL, G..

SYBRANDT, P. struck out swinging (3-2).

LEACH, D. flied out to lf (2-0).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

Langford singled to left field (1-2).

Caglianone flied out to lf (1-2).

Rivera walked (3-0); Langford advanced to second.

Riopelle singled to right field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (2-2); J. Rivera advanced to third; Langford scored.

ADAMS, B. to p for ROCA, T..

Heyman singled to left center, RBI (1-2); Riopelle advanced to third; J. Rivera scored.

Halter flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-2); Riopelle scored.

Evans popped up to ss (1-1).

UF Inning Summary: 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

7th Inning

CLEMENTS, M. grounded out to 3b (1-0).

SWEATT, A. walked (3-1).

Abner to p for Ficarrotta.

BRINLING, A. grounded out to 3b (2-2); SWEATT, A. advanced to second.

SWEATT, A. advanced to third on a wild pitch.

RUNNELS, J. flied out to rf (1-1).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

Thomas struck out swinging (1-2).

Robertson grounded out to ss (0-1).

Kurland struck out swinging (1-2).

UF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

6th Inning

NICHOLS, C. grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1).

ESQUIVEL, G. struck out swinging (2-2).

LEACH, D. struck out swinging (2-2).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

Riopelle grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2).

Heyman grounded out to p (0-1).

Halter struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2).

UF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

5th Inning

Ficarrotta to p for Tejeda Jr..

CLEMENTS, M. grounded out to p (0-0).

SWEATT, A. singled to first base (3-2).

SWEATT, A. stole second.

BRINLING, A. doubled to right center, advanced to third on a throwing error by 2b, RBI (3-2); SWEATT, A. scored.

RUNNELS, J. singled to right center, RBI (0-0); BRINLING, A. scored.

LODISE, A. struck out swinging (0-2).

REICH, C. struck out swinging (1-2).

UNF Inning Summary: 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors, 1 LOB

Langford popped up to 2b up the middle (3-1).

Caglianone struck out swinging (2-2).

Rivera flied out to rf (1-1).

UF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

4th Inning

LODISE, A. singled to center field (0-0).

REICH, C. reached on a fielder’s choice (1-0); LODISE, A. out at second ss to 2b.

NICHOLS, C. doubled to left field (0-0); REICH, C. advanced to third.

ESQUIVEL, G. struck out swinging (1-2).

LEACH, D. lined out to 2b (3-1).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

ROCA, T. to p for LOVE, A..

Halter flied out to lf down the lf line (2-2).

Thomas lined out to cf to right center (3-1).

Robertson walked (3-2).

Kurland grounded out to ss to left field (0-0).

UF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

3rd Inning

SWEATT, A. flied out to lf (3-2).

BRINLING, A. lined out to cf (2-0).

RUNNELS, J. struck out swinging (2-2).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

Caglianone doubled to right center, ground-rule (1-1).

Rivera grounded out to ss (1-0); Caglianone advanced to third.

Riopelle fouled out to ss down the 3b line, SF, RBI (1-2); Caglianone scored.

Heyman popped up to ss (2-1).

UF Inning Summary: 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

2nd Inning

NICHOLS, C. walked (3-1).

ESQUIVEL, G. grounded into double play ss to 1b (2-1); NICHOLS, C. out on the play.

LEACH, D. singled up the middle (1-2).

CLEMENTS, M. fielder’s choice (1-1); LEACH, D. out at second ss to 2b.

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

Heyman homered to left field, RBI (0-2).

Halter grounded out to 2b (0-1).

Thomas walked (3-2).

Robertson singled to right field (0-0); Thomas advanced to second.

Kurland reached on a fielder’s choice (2-0); Robertson advanced to second; Thomas out at third p to 3b.

Langford popped up to 2b to right field (2-2).

UF Inning Summary: 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

1st Inning

SWEATT, A. grounded out to p down the 1b line, bunt (0-1).

BRINLING, A. singled to first base (1-1).

RUNNELS, J. singled to left center (3-2); BRINLING, A. advanced to third.

LODISE, A. struck out looking (2-2).

REICH, C. struck out swinging (1-2).

UNF Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

Kurland grounded out to ss (1-2).

Langford doubled down the lf line (2-1).

Caglianone flied out to rf (0-2).

Rivera singled to right field, RBI (2-2); Langford scored.

Riopelle struck out looking (1-2).

UF Inning Summary: 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

Florida

2B Cade Kurland

LF Wyatt Langford

DH Jac Caglianone

SS Josh Rivera

1B BT Riopelle

C Luke Heyman

3B Colby Halter

RF Dale Thomas

CF Michael Robertson

SP: RHP Yoel Tejada

North Florida

2B Aidan Sweatt

CF Austin Brinling

DH Jakob Runnels

SS Alex Lodise

LF Cade Reich

RF Cherokee Nichols

1B Gabriel Esquivel

C Dallen Leach

3B Matthew Clements

SP: RHP Avery Love

Gators Notes

SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
Picked to finish ninth out of 14 Atlantic Sun teams, North Florida enters with a 22-8 record and winners of five of its last seven. As a team, the Ospreys are hitting .290/.387/.469, led by catcher Jakob Runnels (.339/.444/.620, 11 HR, 44 RBI). On the mound, UNF sports a 6.58 ERA backed by a .962 fielding percentage.

LAST TIME OUT
The Orange & Blue went 1-3 last week, defeating Florida A&M by a 17-7 tally in seven frames before dropping three in Columbia against now-No. 3 South Carolina. Florida batted .267/.363/.492 on the week with six homers while pitching to an 8.49 ERA and .288 batting average against with 38 strikeouts vs. 26 walks in 29 2/3 innings.

UNF REFRESH
Florida scored seven unanswered runs to defeat UNF back on March 14 after falling behind, 2-0, through three innings. Rene Lastres provided the two-run, go-ahead triple while Ty Evans paced the Orange & Blue with three RBI. Nick Ficarrotta (3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K) and Brandon Neely (1.0 P, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K) fired scoreless outings while Fisher Jameson (3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 K) picked up his lone victory of the season.

NON-CON RESUME
Off to a 20-3 start (.870) this season, Florida went 20-5 (.800) against non-conference regular season opponents in 2022. That mark featured a 19-3 record following the opening weekend of the year. Adding the totals together, UF is 39-6 across its previous 45 non-conference games (.867).