Gator Baseball Looking Towards SEC Tournament, Postseason

The Florida baseball team (44-11) heads into the postseason after winning its last regular season game against LSU 6-2. After a rather disappointing weekend, the Gators hit their stride in Game 3 of the series.

Florida’s first score came after Jonathan India was struck by a pitch, and JJ Schwarz hit a ball to left field for an RBI double.  Deacon Liput followed with a single to score Schwarz that gave the Gators a 2-0 lead.

LSU responded with a score of its own in the bottom of the inning on a Jake Fraley solo homer off of Gator starting pitcher Alex Faedo to make the score 2-1.

The Gators broke the game open in the fifth inning when India hit a three-run double down the left field line to extend the lead to 5-1. India then stole third and Schwarz brought him home with a sacrifice fly to make it 6-1 Florida.

The Tigers plated a run after a Kramer Robertson triple and an RBI double by Chris Reid but that was all the scoring as reliever Shaun Anderson shut the door on the Tiger rally.

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With the victory in Baton Rouge, the Gators set their regular season wins for a school record to 44.  Florida ends up 19-10 in SEC play, good enough for a No. 4 seed going into this week’s SEC Tournament.  The Gators get a first round bye in the tournament and will play the victors of LSU/Tennessee on Wednesday.