Florida baseball left fielder Wyatt Langford hit a lead-off bomb to kick off the sport versus South Carolina after which went lengthy once more within the backside of the eighth inning for his second straight recreation with two residence runs. His energy outburst once more helped the Gators defeat the Gamecocks, 14-5, Thursday at Condron Ballpark within the opening recreation of the common season’s ultimate sequence.
Langford completed the sport 2-for-4 with that pair of solo photographs and a stroll. His first residence run versus South Carolina was his twentieth of the season, giving him sole possession of the group lead for probably the most dingers. He additionally grew to become the simply sixth Florida batter to crush that many round-trippers in a season.
South Carolina briefly grabbed the lead from the Gators within the high of the third. Starter Brandon Sproat plunked two Gamecocks and walked a 3rd to load the bases. Their proper fielder Andrew Eyster then doubled in a pair of runs, 2-1.
Florida knotted it up at two apiece when Jud Fabian doubled in second baseman Sterlin Thompson.
Then the Gators supplied offensive fireworks. Proper fielder Ty Evans homered to middle discipline. Thompson, with the bases juiced, lined out to left discipline to drive in one other run on a sac fly, giving them the 4-2 lead.
The Gamecocks tied the sport up as soon as extra within the high of the fifth. They scored a run through a shortstop Joshua Rivera error and doubled in one other.
Florida hit back-to-back-to-back singles to begin the fifth. On the third one, designated hitter Jac Caglianone drove in catcher BT Riopelle. The Gators then pushed throughout two extra runs through sacrifice flies to extend their result in 7-4. They then tacked on seven extra insurance coverage runs whereas permitting South Carolina to solely add one within the ultimate innings to cruise to a 14-5 win.
Sproat went 6 1/3 innings permitting 4 runs (two earned) on 4 hits, three walks and three hit batters whereas putting out three. Florida’s offense muscled a formidable 16 hits resulting in its 14-run tally. Nevertheless, the Gators’ protection was not fairly as sturdy, committing two errors within the discipline.
Florida and South Carolina will face off once more on Friday at 7 p.m. EDT and could be seen on SEC Community+.
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