Florida baseball vs Miami in Gainesville Regional, final score, recap

Ricky Reeth closed things out for Florida. It took more time than anyone wanted, but he got the job done. Miami pinch-hit a bunch of guys: Jailen Watking for Sheahan, Jeffrey Donovan for Peralta, Brylan West for Ogden, Michael Torres for Galvin and Bennett Gary for Williams.

Watkins struck out, Donavan walked, West reached on a ball thrown in the dirt by Lawson, and Torres walked, loading the bases. Gary tapped one in front of the plate, leading to the out at home. Sosa sent one into the gap in right-center, but Yost tracked it down for the out and win.

Tate DeRias got the eighth for Miami. It went as bad as it could go. Seven runs, seven hits, five home runs…

Stripling flied out to center field, then Kurland homered for the second time.

Hayden Yost grounded out back to the pitcher, and then the floodgates opened. Jones got hit with a high-and-in pitch that looked a bit questionable on intent. Then, Lawson homered.

Then, Cyr homered. Back-to-back.

Then, Surowiec homered. Back-to-back-to-back.

McDonald singled, moved to second on a balk, and Bowen hit his second home run of the night.

Michael Fernandez had to come in to get the third out, but not before walking Kurland. Florida batted around for the third time tonight… (E8: Florida 22, Miami 10)

Barberi ran into trouble in the eighth after walking the leadoff man, Ogden, and giving up a base hit to Galvin. He struck out Williams, but Sosa poked one through the right side to score Ogden. The cycle repeated with a strikeout of Jackson Hugus — who replaced Alonzo Alvarez at catcher in the seventh — and Dubovik singled up the middle for another run.

Dubovik’s ball clipped Barberi on the heel, but he was good to resume after throwing one test pitch. Kevin O’Sullivan and the trainer came out to look before giving him the okay. Barberi struck out De Goti to end the frame. (M8: Florida 15, Miami 10)

Florida wouldn’t mind scoring more runs, but there’s no need at this point. Surowiec struck out looking. He ran down to first on the dropped ball but was thrown out. McDonald popped up to the new Miami third baseman, Jorge De Goti, and Bowen flied out to left. Bowen got some oohs and aahs again because of how hard he hit it, but that second home run has eluded him thus far. (E7: Florida 15, Miami 8)

Despite the long break, Barberi looked fine in the seventh. Milano swung at the first pitch he saw for a flyout to left. That’s a bad mental approach. Shaeah flied out to right and Peralta flied out to left. Routine. (M7: Florida 15, Miami 8)

Erick Peralta finally got Miami out of the sixth inning, but not before drilling Lawson in the back. The Hurricanes threw 46 pitches in that inning, and only 18 of them were strikes. That’s 28 balls and a 39% strike rate for the math people reading this. (E6: Florida 15, Miami 8)

Jones won an eight-pitch battle with Durso for a free pass to first base, but Lawson flied out to left behind him. Miami went back to the bullpen, bringing in Ryan Bilka.

Cyr drew a walk, but Surowiec fouled out behind home plate and McDonald hit into a sure out on the left side — except Sheahan threw it to third for the close forceout and Milano didn’t get to the bag in time. Bilka couldn’t find the zone with the bases load and walked in the go-ahead run.

Brixton Lofgren came out of the bullpen next, and he was even wilder than Bilka. He missed badly three times before finding a strike and then walked in another run. Kurland took a hack and grounded into what should have been a ground out to short, but Sheahan botched it… again. The error brought in a third run, and Yost got hit by a pitch for a fourth. Brutal for Miami, but awesome for the Orange and Blue.

Jones doubled into right over a leaping Williams, clearing the bases. That’s Florida’s first hit of the inning and fifth, sixth and seventh runs. (B6: Florida 15, Miami 8)

Barberi came back out for the sixth, and things looked like they were going to go bad after a leadoff walk. Then, he struck out Sosa, got a groundout to first and ended the inning with a lineout to right from Dubovik.

The groundout from Alvarez was a bit funky, as Stripling had to scramble to an uncovered bag for the out, but he made it there in time. (M6: Florida 8, Miami 8)

Bowen almost had his second home run of the day with a laser to center field, but it died just before the warning track. Stripling walked on four pitches, and Kurland struck out swinging to end Bradley-Cooney’s night.

Miami turned to Jack Durso for the left-on-left matchup, and it was the right call. Yost grounded out to second base to end the fifth. (E5: Florida 8, Miami 8)

Alvarez and Dubovik got to McNeillie for back-to-back singles into left field to open the fifth. McNeillie leaned on the slider a lot but got Milano swinging with a 97-mph fastball.

Sheahan kept the hits coming, though, with a single over Surowiec’s head at third. McNeillie walked Peralta to make it 8-7, and Kevin O’Sullivan brought in Jackson Barberi.

Barberi got a double play ball, but Kurland couldn’t get it out of his glove to turn two. That brought in the tying run, but Miami couldn’t score again. Galvin grounded out back to the mound, stranding two runners. it. (M5: Florida 8, Miami 8)

Every time Miami scores, Florida answers. This time, it was thanks to another Hurricanes error. Jones led off with a fly out to left, Lawson singled to right and Miami changed pitchers.

Packey Bradley-Cooney took over for Santos-Olson and struck out Cyr. He should have been out of the inning with a ground ball by Surowiec to third base, but the ball was thrown away, and Lawson scored. McDonald flied out to end the fourth. (E4: Florida 8, Miami 6)

Aidan King couldn’t get an out in the fourth. Milano and Sheahan hit back-to-back singles, scoring a run thanks to a wild pitch while the latter was at the plate.

Luke McNeillie took over for King and gave up back-to-back bunt singles to Peralta and Ogden, but he worked through the bases-loaded jam without giving up the lead. Surowiec got the first out at home. Bowen made a beautiful pick while staying on the plate.

McNeillie struck out Williams with a nasty slider, but one got by Bowen while Galvin Sosa was at the plate to score Miami’s sixth run. Sosa grounded out to first, with McNeillie covering. (M4: Florida 7, Miami 6)

Florida answered Miami’s runs again in the third, starting with a line-drive, leadoff home run from Karson Bowen — 19-degree launch angle, 106-mph exit velocity.

Stripling struck out, Kurland grounded out to short and Yost struck out on a ball that hit him to end the inning. (E3: Florida 7, Miami 4)

King ran into trouble after getting a pair of quick outs in the third. Fabio Peralta grounded out to second, and Ogden struck out swinging. Galvin worked a seven-pitch at-bat before finding a hole up the middle, and Williams went to right field with two strikes on him.

King is getting the first two strikes, but he isn’t putting guys away. Miami is fouling off his heater at will and waiting for something in the zone. Sosa sent one down the left-field line for an RBI double, putting a pair of runners into scoring position.

Alvarez sent one back up the middle to bring in two more runs, and suddenly it’s a two-run ballgame. King finally got out of it with a slider to strike out Dubovik. (M3: Florida 6, Miami 4)

After batting around in the first, Florida only sent four to the plate in the second. Cyr grounded out to shortstop, Surowiec walked, McDonald struck out swinging and Bowen didn’t even get to finish his at-bat. Surowiec took off on a dirt ball and was gunned down at second by Alvarez. (E2: Florida 6, Miami 1)

Aidan King had a much easier time retiring the side in the second. He got Dylan Dubovik to pop up to first base and Gabriel Milano to fly out to left on three pitches. King wrapped up the frame with a strikeout of Sheahan; a nine-pitch inning. (M2: Florida 6, Miami 1)

Sebastian Santos-Olson took over for Ciscar with two outs in the bottom of the first. He threw the ball to the backstop on a 1-2 count, moving Yost over to second, and ended up walking Jones. Lawson grounded out to second, stranding both runners, but Florida has a commanding lead after one full inning of play. (E1: Florida 6, Miami 1)

Florida’s offense didn’t waste any time getting that run back. Kyle Jones took a ball off the forearm on a checked swing for a free base, and Brendan Lawson sent him first to third with a liner up the middle. Blake Cyr hit a soft one to shortstop, but Vance Sheahan couldn’t make the throw to first. Jones scored, Lawson went to third and Cyr is on second. No outs.

Ethan Surowiec gave Florida the lead with a sacrifice fly to deep left field. Caden McDonald lined one over Sheahan into left field, putting runners on the corners. Karson Bowen should have popped out into foul territory beyond third base, but Gabriel Milano couldn’t find the ball and missed it. That led to a soft grounder to the left side of the infield that Milano had no play on. Another run scored.

Landon Stripling flied out to left field for the second out, but then came more scoring. Cade Kurland sent a ball out of Condron Family Ballpark to deep, deep left field for a three-run homer — 105 mph exit velocity. Hayden Yost singled up the middle, and that’s the end of the night for Miami’s starter, AJ Ciscar. Florida has batted around. (B1: Florida 6, Miami 1)

Aidan King missed the strike zone on his first two pitches, forcing him to go in the zone. The result was a leadoff home run from Jake Ogden to dead center. Kyle Jones almost got to hit, but it was out of his reach.

Max Galvin worked the count full and dropped in a tall fly ball to left field. Blake Cyr almost ran it down, but it was again just out of reach. Cyr fired the ball to second, and Cade Kurland applied the tag. Galvin slid in safely, but he popped up from the bag enough to warrant a challenge from Florida. The call ultimately stood, rather than being confirmed, which means there wasn’t enough video evidence.

King hit Derek Williams to put a third man on base before the first out. Finally, Alex Sosa popped up to third base for out No. 1. Alonzo Alvarez got King past the 20-pitch mark, but he grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. (M1: Miami 1, Florida 0)

The Florida-Miami Gainesville Regional game will be delayed by one half hour and is now slated to begin at 8:30 p.m. ET.