Oklahoma rallies past Florida 5-4, wins Gainesville Regional

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Shortstop Peyton Graham hit a two-run homer to spark a four-run eighth inning and Oklahoma rallied to beat No. 13 general seed Florida 5-4 to win the Gainesville Regional on Monday.

Oklahoma (40-21) received two of three video games in opposition to Florida (41-25) on its option to incomes a berth within the tremendous regionals. The Sooners knocked the Gators into the loser’s bracket with a 9-4 win. Florida bounced again with a 7-2 victory over the Sooners to power Monday’s showdown.

Jac Caglianone staked Florida to a 1-0 lead with a house run within the backside of the second. Kendall Pettis’ solo shot for Oklahoma tied the sport within the fifth. The Gators retook the lead of their half of the inning when Colby Halter reached on an error by Graham and scored on a two-out single by BT Riopelle.

Halter walked and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ty Evans within the seventh to place Florida up 3-1. Langford homered with one out within the ninth to cap the scoring for the Gators.

Jake Bennett pitched the ultimate two innings for his first save. He allowed solely Langford’s homer, putting out two, together with Riopelle to finish the sport. Trevin Michael went the primary six innings, surrendering two runs — one earned — on six hits and a stroll with 5 strikeouts. Chazz Martinez (4-3) allowed a run in his solely inning of labor however acquired the win.

Tanner Tredaway had three of Oklahoma’s eight hits and scored a run.

Langford had three of Florida’s eight hits.

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