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Ethan Surowiec got the Gators on the board first with a line drive into center field, scoring Kyle Jones, who opened the bottom of the first with a base hit to the right side.

Jones struck out swinging to open the final frame. Lawson finally put the ball in play, but Bissett made a sliding catch to take a base hit away. Surowiec struck out swinging at a backfoot slider to end the game.

Hayden Yost came in for Miller and took over right field. Cyr moved to left as a result. Caden McDonald only faced one batter in the ninth. The umpire didn’t give him a call on a 3-2 count, even though it looked in the zone, and Sully brought in Jackson Barberi to keep the score where it was. Barberi only needed seven pitches to get it done. He got behind Randle 3-1, but Bowen picked off Decker trying to steal second. Barberi bounced back to strike out Randle with a 99-mph fastball, and Moseley grounded out softly to third. (M9: Ole Miss 6, Florida 4)

Walker Hooks took over for Waters in the bottom of the eighth. Kurland fouled off a couple of pitches before going deep to left field. It’s his third hit of the game. Stanford walked on four pitches, prompting Sully to bring in Sam Miller as a pinch hitter for Kendall. Stanford was caught slipping at first and got picked off, and Miller grounded out to third, which might have been a double play anyway. Myers struck out to end what looked like a promising inning. (E8: Ole Miss 6, Florida 4)

Billy Barlow took over for McNeillie in the eighth. Federico singled through the left side top open thing sup, but Utermark grounded into a double play. Barlow walked the next two batters he faced, and O’Sullivan decided enough was enough. He brought in Caden McDonald, who got Reuter out on one pitch. (M8: Ole Miss 6, Florida 3)

Jones couldn’t reach base for a fourth time, and Lawson struck out again for the golden sombrero. But Surowiec singled through the left side, and Bowen worked a 10-pitch walk to knock Calhoun out of the game. Ole Miss brought in Landon Waters to face Cyr, who worked the count to 3-1. He got something in the zone to swing at, but Cyr got under it for a flyout to shallow center. The wind made it a bit tricky for Moseley, but he came down with it. (E7: Ole Miss 6, Florida)

McNeillie got Randle swinging for the first out of the seventh. He walked Moseley on four consecutive pitches, prompting some bullpen movement. Moseley nearly got backpicked at first, but the throw was just late. Bowen got him trying to swipe second shortly after. McNeillie struck out Fawley to put a zero on the board.

Kurland singled through the left side to lead off the bottom of the sixth, but Stanford, Kendall and Myers couldn’t do anything behind him. Calhoun got all three to hit the ball in the air: Stanford to left, Kendall to right and Myers to short. (E6: Ole Miss 6, Florida 3)

Utermark doubled into the left field corner to open the sixth. Kendall had some trouble picking it up, but Utermark would’ve gotten to second anyway. Bissetta flied out to center, keeping Utermark at second, but Furniss doubled him in.

McNeillie struck out Reuter looking ona slider in the zone, and Decker grounded out to second. (M6: Ole Miss 6, Florida 3)

Brett Moseley entered the game for Jones, taking over center field, and Federico moved over to left.

Rabe came back out and got two outs away from qualifying for the win, but it wasn’t meant to be. Myers grounded out back to the mound — Rabe has made three defensive plays tonight and all of them have impacted the game. The only Gator seeing him well is Jones, who notched his third single of the day. Lawson has been the opposite at the plate, with three strikeouts.

Surowiec finally got a hold of one for Florida, blasting a two-run shot to cut the deficit in half. Bowen singled up the middle, ending Rabe’s night.

Hudson Calhoun took over for Rabe on the mound to face Cyr. He got the job done, inducing a popout into foul territory in front of first base. (E5: Ole Miss 5, Florida 3)

Lugo-Canchola returned for the fifth and struck out Reuter for the first out. He hit Decker with a pitch, and Randle homered on the eighth pitch of his at-bat, extending Ole Miss’ lead to four runs.

Topher Jones pinch hit for Goldin, taking a lefty out of the lineup, but he struck out. Kevin O’Sullivan came out to get the ball from Lugo-Canchola as Luke McNiellie jogged in from the bullpen. McNeillie hit Fawley on the first pitch, but he struck out Federico to end the inning. (M5: Ole Miss 5, Florida 1)

Florida went down in order in the bottom of the fourth. Kurland flied out to right field, and Rabe got Stanford and Kendall both swinging. (E4: Ole Miss 3, Florida 1)

Fawley opened the fourth with a single into left. Federico popped out into shallow left field, allowing Lawson to range backward for a nice play. Utermark whiffed at a slider for Peterson’s seventh strikeout of the night, but that marked the end for Florida’s starter.

Ernesto Lugo-Canchola came in for the left-on-left matchup with Bissetta, but he had some command trouble. A wild pitch and a passed ball moved Fawley over to third, and Bissetta walked. Furniss flied out deep to left to end the threat, though. (M4: Ole Miss 3, Florida 1)

Jones led off with an infield single. The throw was bad, but the official scorer ruled it a base hit. Lawson stuck out chasing a high pitch — his second strikeout in as many games. Surowiec walked, and both runners stole to move into scoring position without a throw.

Bowen hit one back up the middle, but Rabe stabbed it and caught Jones in a pickle between third and home. The tag came in high, prompting a challenge from Florida, but the SEC review team ruled it an out. Cyr took one for a ride into left-center, but the wind wasn’t blowing the right way for it to get out. (E3: Ole Miss 3, Florida 1)

Peterson gave up his second leadoff walk of the night. He missed with the fastball again to Bissetta, who swiped second base. Bissetta would have gotten there anyway, as Peterson missed a changeup for ball four on Furniss. Reuter punished him, clubbing a hung slider into the left field corner for a game-tying double.

Decker gave Ole Miss the lead with an RBI groundout to second base. Kurland’s only play was to first. Surowiec made the second out unassisted at first, freezing Reuter on third, but Goldin singled up the middle, just out of Kurland’s reach, to extend the lead. Golding was caught trying to steal second for the final out. (M3: Ole Miss 3, Florida 1)

Cade Kurland legged out an infield base hit on a ball hit deep into the 5-6 hole. Ole Miss challenged the call, and the replay was close. There wasn’t enough evidence to overturn the ruling on the field, though. Cole Stanford grounded into a fielder’s choice and traded places with Kurland. Rabe threw over several times to both runners at first, but it seemed a bit pointless.

Jacob Kendall popped up to shortstop, and Kolt Myers struck out looking at a ball that looked just beneath the zone. (E2: Florida 1, Ole Miss 0)

Peterson picked up where he left off in the first, striking out Brayden Randle on a backfoot slider. His fastball location looked better, too, as he brought the velocity down to 96 mph. Cannon Goldin singled through the left side, taking a high heater against the shift. Austin Fawley tried to check his swing on a slider from Peterson, but the first base umpire said he went.

Haydern Frederico beat the shift with a bunt to the left side. Kolt Myers came up looking for a throw, but he didn’t have a play to make. Utermark fanned at a slider for the final out, stranding both runners. All six of Peterson’s outs have come via the strikeout so far, but he’s at 45 pitches through two innings. Good numbers, bad efficiency. (M2: Florida 1, Ole Miss 0)

Kyle Jones led off with a single through the right side on the first pitch he saw. He stole second with ease, putting a runner in scoring position for Brendan Lawson, but Florida’s best hitter couldn’t get him in. Lawson froze on a 98-mph heater that caught the inside corner, but Ethan Surowiec went right at his former team for an RBI single into shallow center field.

Karson Bowen grounded out back to the pitcher, but Rabe nearly threw it away over the first baseman. Blake Cyr lined one to the left side, but it was right at the third baseman to end the inning. (E1: Florida 1, Ole Miss 0)

Ole Miss got to Liam Peterson right away. The Florida ace missed on a full count against leadoff man Judd Utermark, and Tristan Bissetta singled into right field to put men on the corners.

Peterson tripled up on the changeup to get Will Furniss swinging for the first out. He caught the upper-inside corner to freeze Colin Reuter, as Karson Bowen allowed Bissetta to swipe second. Paterson finished off the trifecta with another changeup to strike out Dom Decker. The Florida ace worked up to 99 mph on his fastball, setting up that offspeed pitch. (M1: Florida 0, Ole Miss 0)