UF Baseball Knocks Off Top Ranked LSU; Advance to SEC Championship

After losing its opening SEC Tournament game, the Florida baseball team finds itself in the championship game for the second straight season. Florida managed to scrap their way to a 2-1 win over the top ranked LSU Tigers Saturday evening. It was a hard fought battle on both sides but it was the young stars on Florida’s side that prevailed in the semi-final game. Down 1-0 in pharmacy canada the eighth inning, Florida’s J.J. Schwarz drove in Josh Tobias to tie the game. But Florida could have scored more runs in the inning but did not when Pete Alonso was caught off third trying to score and tagged out and then Schwarz went too far off second base and was thrown out. One inning later it was another Gator freshman who delivered arguably the biggest hit for Florida this season. With no outs in the ninth Mike Rivera launched a solo shot over the left field fence giving the Gators a 2-1 lead and reliever Taylor Lewis retired the Tigers in order in the ninth to preserve the win. Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan was proud of his team’s performance. “It was a heck of a ballgame, we battled all the way until the end. It was a great environment.” The six and seven hole hitters for Florida packed the most offensive punch. J.J. Schwarz and Harrison Bader combined for five hits and one RBI, half of Florida’s run total. Alex cheap viagra canada pharmacy Faedo started the game off on the mound for the Gators and was pulled in the third inning after giving up a run. Faedo was followed up by Kirby Snead and Taylor Lewis who pitched the remainder of the game. Lewis was stellar yet again throwing 4.1 innings giving up just one LSU hit. Kevin O’Sullivan knew that LSU was going to be a tough team to knock off. “There is a reason why they’re the number one team in the country. It was a great ballgame all the way around by both clubs.” For seven innings of the game Florida’s pitchers were dueling off against LSU’s Alex Lange who was dominant. Lange held the Gators to no runs alongside eight strikeouts. Florida now will take on SEC East opponent Vanderbilt in the championship game Sunday afternoon. The Gators have a 2-1 record against the Commodores this season. Catch the action on ESPN 850 WRUF. Post game sound from UF assistant coach Brad Weitzel.

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