Florida Gators baseball shut out in SEC tournament vs. TAMU

Unhealthy climate and Texas A&M made for a tough day of baseball Thursday. 

The No. 7 seed Florida baseball group suffered a 10-0 run-rule defeat to No. 2 seed Texas A&M of their second-round matchup of the SEC Baseball Event at Hoover Met Stadium.

Rain pressured the Florida baseball group (36-21) to attend hours to play its opener on Tuesday, a 10-inning 2-1 walk-off win over South Carolina. And rain postponed the Gators’ second-round recreation on Wednesday.

The SEC pushed the UF-Texas A&M matchup, initially set for five:30 p.m. on Wednesday, till 10:30 a.m. Thursday. However storms hit Hoover, Ala., early Thursday, pushing the sport again once more, to a 3:45 p.m. begin. 

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Now the Gators face No. 3 seed Arkansas (38-17)  in a win-or-go-home third-round recreation, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Friday. 

“Each groups are offered with the identical situations,” coach Kevin O’Sullivan mentioned of the climate delays. “You’ll suppose a break day yesterday would in all probability assist us. However each groups needed to undergo the identical factor about not enjoying final evening after which not enjoying this morning, and get a name … saying you guys obtained to be able to go … but it surely’s the identical for each groups. I do not see that as an excuse in any respect in any manner, form or type.”

Aggies bounce out to early lead and maintain rolling

After the primary two innings had been scoreless, the Aggies (36-17) took a 2-0 lead within the backside of the third inning on Trevor Werner’s two-run house run to left heart discipline.

The Gators couldn’t get successful apart from freshman Jac Cagilanone’s single within the second body, and the Aggies quickly added to the lead within the fifth. Following a double to steer off the inning by Kole Kaler, Werner reached base after getting hit by a pitch, and a single by Jack Moss introduced Kaler house, pushing the result in 3-0.

Ryan Targac’s house run within the sixth inning gave TAMU a 4-0 benefit, and by that point the Gators had dug into the bullpen.

UF beginning pitcher Brandon Neely lasted simply 4.1 innings earlier than Fisher Jameson took over. After Targac’s homer and a single, O’Sullivan then went to Philip Abner, who gave up a house run to Jordan Thompson. Then UF’s Tyler Nesbitt got here in to extra of the identical, giving up a double to Werner and residential run by Austin Bost. 

Jameson, Abner and Nesbitt gave up seven runs and 6 hits within the sixth because the Aggies jumped forward 10-0. After going three up, three down within the high of seventh, the Gators had been achieved.

Neely acquired the loss. Texas A&M starter Micah Dallas (5-3) earned the victory, pitching 5 shutout innings with one hit allowed, one stroll and 7 strikeouts. 

“Credit score A&M. They clearly performed very nicely. Their beginning pitcher did an actual good job, stored us off steadiness. However with that being mentioned, we simply did not play very nicely in all phases. We did not swing the bats very nicely. We had a poor strategy,” O’Sullivan mentioned.