How it Happened: Florida Gators drop two in a row to lose series

The No. 4 Florida Gators fell to The Texas A&M Aggies 3-2 on Sunday to drop their second SEC series of the year.
 

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FINAL SCORE:

Gators 2-5-0

Aggies 3-6-0

9th inning

RIVERA grounded out to 3b (2-0 BB).

RIOPELLE fouled out to 2b (3-1 BSBB).

HEYMAN struck out swinging (2-2 KBFBS).

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

TARGAC hit by pitch (0-1 K).

CHESTNUT pinch ran for TARGAC.

BOST singled to right center (1-0 B); CHESTNUT advanced to third.

BOST advanced to second.

CHESTNUT scored on a balk.

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

8th inning

ROBERTSON struck out swinging (2-2 BKFBS).

KURLAND struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS).

LANGFORD intentionally walked (3-0 BBB).

GARCIA to p for ASCHENBECK.

CAGLIANONE flied out to cf (0-0).

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

WERNER fouled out to 3b (0-1 F).

LAVIOLETTE struck out swinging (0-2 KSS).

THOMPSON grounded out to 2b (3-2 KBBBF).

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

7th inning

HEYMAN struck out swinging (1-2 KBSS).

HALTER lined out to lf (3-2 SKBBB).

SHELNUT popped up to 2b (1-1 KB).

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

WELLS struck out swinging (1-2 BFFS).

KAUFER singled to center field (1-2 BKK).

NEELY to p for SLATER.

HAAS struck out looking (3-2 FBKBBFFK); KAUFER stole second.

MOSS fouled out to c (0-2 SS).

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

6th inning

LANGFORD homered to left field, RBI (0-1 K).

CAGLIANONE grounded out to 3b (3-2 KBBFFFB).

RIVERA singled to center field (3-2 BBFBK).

RIOPELLE flied out to rf (0-0).

RIVERA out at second p to 1b to 2b, picked off, caught stealing.

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

LAVIOLETTE tripled to left center (1-2 KSBFF).

THOMPSON lined out to 3b (0-0).

TARGAC flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-1 BF); LAVIOLETTE scored.

BOST flied out to cf (1-2 BKK).

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

5th inning

HALTER struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS).

SHELNUT singled through the left side (1-1 KB).

SHELNUT advanced to second on a wild pitch.

ASCHENBECK to p for JOHNSTON.

ROBERTSON struck out looking (2-2 BBKFFK).

KURLAND struck out swinging (2-2 SBSBS).

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

HAAS struck out swinging (2-2 FBBKS).

MOSS flied out to lf (0-0).

WERNER flied out to cf (1-0 B).

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

4th inning

RIVERA grounded out to ss (0-1 K).

RIOPELLE grounded out to 3b (1-2 KBS).

HEYMAN grounded out to 2b (0-0).

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

WERNER singled to right center (2-2 BFSBF).

THOMPSON struck out looking (0-2 FFK).

TARGAC walked (3-1 BBFBB); WERNER advanced to second.

WERNER stole third.

BOST walked (3-1 BBBKB); TARGAC advanced to second.

WELLS walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); BOST advanced to second; TARGAC advanced to third; WERNER scored.

CAGLIANONE to dh.

SLATER to p.

KAUFER reached on a fielder’s choice to shortstop (0-1 K); WELLS out at second ss to 2b.

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

3rd inning

SHELNUT homered to left field, RBI (2-2 BBKK).

ROBERTSON singled up the middle (1-1 BK).

KURLAND struck out swinging (0-2 SFS).

LANGFORD flied out to cf (0-0).

CAGLIANONE fielder’s choice to shortstop (2-1 BFB); ROBERTSON out at second ss to 2b.

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

WELLS grounded out to 3b (1-2 BFK).

KAUFER flied out to rf (2-2 KKBB).

HAAS singled to left center (1-2 KSBF).

MOSS flied out to lf (0-2 KF).

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

2nd inning

RIVERA walked (3-1 BBKBB).

RIVERA advanced to second on a wild pitch.

RIOPELLE struck out swinging (3-2 KBFBBS).

HEYMAN walked (3-1 BBKBB).

HALTER grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (3-2 KBBKBF); HEYMAN out on the play.

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

THOMPSON grounded out to 3b (2-1 KBB).

TARGAC struck out looking (2-2 BBKFK).

BOST flied out to cf (3-1 BFBB).

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

1st inning

KURLAND grounded out to 3b (1-2 BKF).

LANGFORD struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS).

CAGLIANONE struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS).

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

HAAS grounded out to 3b (0-2 KK).

MOSS grounded out to 2b (2-1 BBK).

WERNER doubled down the lf line (1-2 KFFBF).

WERNER advanced to third on a wild pitch.

LAVIOLETTE grounded out to 2b (2-1 SBB).

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

Lineups:

Florida

2B Cade Kurland

LF Wyatt Langford

DH Jac Caglianone

SS Josh Rivera

C BT Riopelle

1B Luke Heyman

3B Colby Halter

RF Tyler Shelnut

CF Michael Robertson

SP: LHP Jac Cgalianone

Texas A&M

SS Hunter Haas

1B Jack Moss

3B Trevor Werner

LF Jace LaViolette

RF Jordan Thompson

DH Ryan Targac

2B Austin Bost

CF Kasen Wells

C Max Kaufer

SP: Will Johnston

Notes

• Caglianone set Florida’s single-season home run record with his 27th homer of the campaign in the fifth inning.
  • Caglianone was previously tied with Matt LaPorta (2005) and teammate Wyatt Langford (2022) for the single-season record.
• Waldrep struck out his 100th batter of the season in the third inning.
  • Waldrep is the fourth UF pitcher to accomplish the feat since 2017, joining Alex Faedo (157 in 2017), Brady Singer (129 in 2017), and Tommy Mace (113 in 2021).
• Rivera’s team-high 20-game on-base streak was snapped.
• Florida has struck out 502 batters in 409 innings – translating to 11.0 per nine innings.
• The Gators have 490 hits through 48 games (10.2 hits/game).
• The Gators have scored in 47.4% of batted innings (182 of 384).
• Florida dropped to 12-14 all-time against Texas A&M.
  • The Gators are 11-8 in the series under Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan and 4-4 in College Station.

Quotes

On the outcome…
“It’s frustrating. It’s not just the walks, it’s the over and over 2-1 counts and 3-1 counts, getting into hitters counts. Yeah, it’s disappointing. We had 10 walks again and one hit batter. Obviously, it just is not a recipe for success. We’ll continue to harp on it but the batting average against when you throw two of the first three pitches for strikes, the 1-2 count and the 2-1 count is about 180 points different. We tried to preach it but, for whatever reason, we’re having a problem at times throwing the ball across the plate. We’ve won plenty of games when we haven’t done that, but when we’ve lost we’ve lost in this kind of fashion. It’s not pretty. It’s not good. The bottom line is we’ve gotta throw the ball across the plate.”

On Caglianone’s record…
“It is disappointing that it came in a game like today because it kind of gets overshadowed by the outcome of the game. Jac’s had a great year for us and to break that record is a tremendous accomplishment for him. We are very happy for him. It’s just unfortunate it came in a game like today.”

On bouncing back…
“They will. We’ve got a full pen. The guys that threw (Friday) will be able to come back. We’ll be able to stretch out (Brandon) Neely as needed because we don’t have any more midweek games. We can probably get three out of Neely. We have been through this before. I guess if there’s one silver lining to this thing, regardless if you lose 3-2 or 15-2 like we did tonight, it’s one loss. We’ve gotta bounce back and we’ve shown the ability to do that.”