How it Happened: No. 4 Florida Gators pounce on Wildcats, 10-3

The no. 4 Florida Gators jumped on the No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats early and cruised to a 10-3 win on the road in Lexington.

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SCORE: Florida 10 Kentucky 3

9th inning

Hagenow to p for C. Howe.

Caglianone grounded out to ss (0-0).

Rivera doubled down the lf line (1-1 BK).

Riopelle walked (3-1 KBBBB).

Shelnut struck out swinging (1-2 FKBS).

Riopelle advanced to second; J. Rivera advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Heyman struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS).

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

Smith grounded out to ss (1-1 BK).

Gray singled to second base (1-2 SBK).

Waldschmidt singled to right center (0-2 KS); J. Gray advanced to second.

Gilliam struck out looking (1-2 FSBK).

Pitre flied out to lf (2-1 BSB).

8th inning

Fabian singled through the right side (1-2 SFB).

Robertson struck out swinging (0-2 FSS).

C. Howe to p for M. Cotto.

Kurland doubled down the rf line (0-0); D. Fabian advanced to third.

Langford reached on a fielder’s choice (0-0); Kurland out on the play; D. Fabian out on double play ss to c to 2b.

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

Burkes singled to left field (3-2 BSKFBB).

Felker hit by pitch (0-2 SS); D. Burkes advanced to second.

McCoy struck out swinging (0-2 SKS).

Stanke hit into double play lf to 2b (1-1 BS); D. Burkes out on the play.

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

7th inning

Kurland singled to shortstop (1-2 KBS).

Langford singled to center field (0-0); Kurland advanced to second.

Caglianone walked (3-1 BBBKB); Langford advanced to second; Kurland advanced to third.

Rivera grounded out to 1b unassisted, RBI (2-1 BBS); Caglianone advanced to second; Langford advanced to third; Kurland scored.

Riopelle singled to center field, 2 RBI (0-0); Caglianone scored; Langford scored.

Shelnut flied out to rf (2-1 FBB).

Heyman struck out swinging (2-2 BSFBS).

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

Slater to p for Waldrep.

Waldschmidt flied out to lf (1-0 B).

Gilliam struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS).

Pitre lined out to lf (1-1 BK).

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

6th inning

Kurland doubled to left center, ground-rule (1-2 FFB).

Langford doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-2 KFB); Kurland scored.

Caglianone hit by pitch (1-1 KB).

R. Giles to p for T. Smith.

Rivera singled to left field, RBI (0-1 K); Caglianone advanced to third; Langford scored.

Riopelle doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-0); J. Rivera scored; Caglianone scored.

Shelnut flied out to rf (1-0 B); Riopelle advanced to third.

Byers to p for R. Giles.

Heyman singled to left field, RBI (3-2 KFBBFBF); Riopelle scored.

M. Cotto to p for E. Byers.

Fabian struck out looking (2-2 KBSBFFFK).

Robertson struck out swinging (3-2 SBBFFFBS).

UF Inning Summary: 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

McCoy struck out swinging (0-2 KKS).

Stanke grounded out to 3b (3-2 KFFBBBF).

Smith homered to left field, RBI (1-2 BKS).

Gray flied out to lf (1-0 B).

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

5th inning

Heyman grounded out to p (2-2 KBKB).

Fabian grounded out to ss (0-0).

Robertson struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS).

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

Gilliam doubled to right center, ground-rule (0-1 K).

Pitre flied out to lf (3-2 BBFBK).

Burkes struck out swinging (3-2 BKBBSFS).

Felker struck out swinging (0-2 KSS).

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

4th inning

Caglianone struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch (2-2 BSFFBS).

Rivera walked (3-1 BBBKB); Caglianone advanced to second.

Shelnut grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-0 B); J. Rivera out on the play.

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

Felker doubled up the middle (1-1 BK).

Felker advanced to third on a wild pitch.

McCoy flied out to cf, SF, RBI (3-0 BBB); J. Felker scored, unearned.

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

Smith doubled to third base (0-0).

Gray walked (3-1 BBSBB).

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

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

3rd inning

Robertson struck out swinging (2-2 KBBSFS).

Kurland lined out to lf (1-2 BFK).

Langford grounded out to 2b (3-2 KBKBBF).

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

Stanke reached on a fielding error by p (3-2 BKBFB).

Smith grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); C. Stanke advanced to second.

Gray grounded out to 2b (0-0); C. Stanke advanced to third.

Waldschmidt hit by pitch (2-0 BB).

Gilliam hit by pitch (0-0); Waldschmidt advanced to second.

Pitre singled to first base, RBI (3-1 BBKB); H. Gilliam; Waldschmidt advanced to third; C. Stanke scored, unearned.

Burkes struck out swinging (1-2 FBSS).

UK Inning Summary: 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors, 3 LOB

2nd inning

Shelnut flied out to rf (2-2 KFFBFB).

Heyman flied out to rf (0-0).

Fabian grounded out to ss (1-0 B).

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

Pitre struck out swinging (2-2 BKBKS).

Burkes walked (3-1 BBBKB).

 Felker reached on a fielder’s choice (1-2 KBS); D. Burkes out at second 3b to 2b.

McCoy doubled to right center (1-1 SB); J. Felker out at home.

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

1st inning

Kurland walked (3-1 BBKBB).

Kurland advanced to second on a passed ball.

Langford doubled to right center, RBI (2-1 BBS); Kurland scored, unearned.

Caglianone singled up the middle, RBI (3-1 BBBK); Langford scored.

Rivera grounded into double play ss to 1b (2-0 BB); Caglianone out on the play.

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

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

Gray grounded out to 2b (1-0 B).

Waldschmidt flied out to lf (0-0).

H. Gilliam grounded out to ss (1-1 BF).

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

Lineups

Florida

2B Cade Kurland

LF Wyatt Langford

1B Jac Caglianone

SS Josh Rivera

C BT Riopelle

RF Tyler Shelnut

DH Luke Heyman

3B Deric Fabian

CF Michael Robertson

SP: Hurston Waldrep

Kentucky

CF Jackson Gray

LF Ryan Waldschmit

1B Hunter Gilliam

2B Emilien Pitre

C Devin Burkes

3B Jase Felker

RF James McCoy

DH Chase Stanke

SS Grant Smith

SP: Travis Smith

Series Notes

WHAT TO KNOW ON THE WILDCATS
Kentucky has played to a 35-15 (15-12 SEC) record this season while batting .300/.426/.452 as a team with 41 home runs. On the pitching end, the Wildcats have worked to a 4.21 ERA with 434 strikeouts in 429 1/3 frames. Kentucky holds their own defensively, as evidenced by a .984 fielding percentage.

LAST TIME OUT
The Gators have won eight of their last 10 games after sweeping No. 5 Vanderbilt at home over the weekend (W 10-0, W 6-2, W 6-2) and taking sole possession of the SEC East. Florida outscored the Commodores by a 22-4 margin, posting the team’s fourth sweep over VU since O’Sullivan took the reins in 2008.

IRREGULAR SEASON
By sweeping Vanderbilt, Florida won 40 games for the 28th time in program history, 11 of which have come under O’Sullivan. UF is one win away from tying the 2018 campaign (41-15, 20-10 SEC) for the second-most regular-season wins in program history. Two wins in Lexington would make the 2023 team the second-winningest regular season ballclub ever behind the 2016 squad (44-11, 19-10 SEC).

SEC SCENARIOS
Trailing Arkansas (19-8) by one game for the top spot in the SEC, the Gators have several paths to an outright or shared SEC Championship this weekend. If Florida sweeps Kentucky and Vanderbilt wins at least two games at home vs. Arkansas, Florida would be the sole SEC Champion. If Florida wins one more game than Arkansas does, the two would share the 2023 SEC title. However, if Florida wins two of three at UK, Vanderbilt sweeps Arkansas and Georgia wins at least once against LSU, then the Gators would share the title with the Dores.