Florida Gators Baseball Clinches Crucial Road Series Over Kentucky Wildcats

The No. 10 Florida Gators (33-14, 15-9 SEC) claimed (27-17, 11-13 SEC) their second consecutive road series win after beating the Kentucky Wildcats in games two and three.

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Series Summary

Game One: 7-5 Wildcats

Florida came back from a 5-0 deficit and tied the game in the seventh inning, but a two-run eighth inning for Kentucky allowed the Wildcats to get a game one win.

Notes:

• Gators’ starter Franco Aleman threw a career-high six innings.

  • Three strikeouts

  • Gave up five runs

• Florida's Hitting:

  • Kris Armstrong, Jud Fabian and Kirby McMullen each accounted for a run

  • Josh Rivera accounted for two runs.

• Trey Van Der Weide and Jack Leftwich each gave up a run following Aleman.

Game Two: 8-5 Gators

The Gators evened the series in a game that came down to the last strike. Trailing by a run, Cory Action’s pinch hit RBI single tied the game, and Kendrick Calilao followed up with a three-run home run to get the Gators’ a win.

Notes:

• Four-run ninth inning for Florida

  • All four runs came with two outs

• Jud Fabian hit two home runs

  • His 17th and 18th of the season, now leads the SEC

  • Second straight weekend with a multi-homer game

• Calilao’s four RBI’s marked his personal best in conference play

• Kirby McMullen extended his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest by a Gator in 2021

• Pitcher Tommy Mace struck out nine in 7 innings before Trey Van Der Weide and Christian Scott took over to share an inning

  • Jack Leftwich earned his third save of the season shutting down the Wildcats in the ninth.

Game Three: 9-2 Gators

LHP Hunter Barco threw 6.2 scoreless innings matching his career-high in strikeouts, 10, as the Gators’ clinched the series Saturday afternoon.

Notes:

• Barco allowed no runs and two hits in 6.2 innings.

• Jacob Young led the Gators

  • 4-for-5 day

  • Second career four-hit game

• Kendrick Calilao had a weekend

  • Reached base on his first five plate appearances this weekend

  • Accounted for 2 runs Saturday

What’s Next?

The Gators will travel to Deland, Fl, to face Stetson on Tuesday in the team’s final midweek game of the 2021 campaign. Florida will be seeking their fourth win over the Hatters this season.

Florida will host rival Georgia in their final home series of the season next weekend. Game one is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, game two 6:30 p.m. Saturday and game three 12 p.m. Sunday.

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