Shore tosses gem as Florida beats FSU 5-0

If necessary, game 3 would be played on Monday at a time to be determined. Yet, despite all that, the Seminoles were able to suck the life out of the crowd at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium in Gainesville, Florida and shock the Gators.

Post-Season college baseball is about getting hot at the right time, we saw that last season with Virginia barely making the ACC tournament then going on to win it all. The Gators cruised past Bethune-Cookman on Friday, narrowly defeated CT on Saturday and beat Georgia Tech by nine on Sunday.

FSU also committed two errors, both by shortstop Taylor Walls.

“He was dealing against us”, said third baseman John Sansone, who had one of FSU’s two hits. In three meetings this season, the Gators outscored the Seminoles, 17-4.

FSU has recent experience rallying from a challenge. The composite tally after two games with double-digit runs a year ago stands at Florida 40, FSU 15. And just they had just seven hits (all singles) over the final two games.

He was lifted after allowing a leadoff walk to Walls.

Carlton (8-3) was too sharp for the Gators, setting down 19 in a row to finish the game and throwing 84 of 115 pitches for strikes.

Dunning (6-3) relieved starter A.J. Puk in the fourth inning after Puk walked six batters. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen Drew Carlton pitch better”.

On Sunday, FSU ambushed South Alabama 18-6 with Busby hitting two round-trippers and Holton, Lueck and Cal Raleigh hitting one each.

About the Gators: You can’t talk about Florida without first mentioning its dominant pitching staff, headlined by A.J. Puk.

A night after being shutout 3-0, the Gators (51-14) needed three batters to score their first run of the Super Regional against FSU (41-21).

Texas Tech relief pitcher Robert Dugger completed his longest outing of the season after coming on in the eighth inning with two runners on base and no outs.

Fortunately for the Gators, the rotation is one of the deepest in the country. “It’s just that Logan Shore didn’t give us a chance”. Literally. The junior is 11-0 with a 2.44 ERA in 92.1 innings.

UF tried to counter Carlton with sophomore right-hander Alex Faedo.

It was the Eagles’ first win at Mark Light Field since 2010.

“It’s always fun pitching against them in an elimination game like this”, Shore said.

If the report holds up, it would mean that the Longhorns are nearly exclusively responsible for skyrocketing coaching salaries across the country – first it was Louisville’s Dan McDonnell, who will now make in excess of $1 million per season, then it was TCU’s Jim Schlossnagle on Thursday.

Jonathan India (.310) and Dalton Guthrie (.306, team-leading 79 hits) are also players to watch in the Florida lineup.