Gators Down Bulldogs in Jacksonville Exhibition

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida baseball opened its fall exhibition season with an 8-4 victory over SEC rival Georgia in a 10-inning affair at 121 Financial Ballpark on Friday evening.
 
With the win, Florida takes a 2-1 collection lead over Georgia in the autumn exhibition collection in Jacksonville.
 
Josh Rivera (3-for-5) and Jac Caglianone (3-for-5) paced the offense with three-hit nights. Rivera completed with one double, two singles, two runs, one RBI and one steal whereas Caglianone recorded three singles with one run and one RBI. BT Riopelle (1-for-5) led the Gators with two runs pushed in.
 
Starting pitchers Hurston Waldrep and Jaden Woods exchanged zeros by way of the primary two innings, with Waldrep holding the Bulldogs to 2 hits whereas hanging out the primary unofficial batter of his Gators profession.
 
Florida pounced in the highest of the third, placing collectively a four-run body that started with Caglianone singling house Michael Robertson. Rivera adopted with an RBI single of his personal to left area that scored Wyatt Langford, whereas Riopelle capped off the outburst with a two-run single to proper that plated each Rivera and Langford.
 
Left-hander Pierce Coppola relieved Waldrep in the third and proceeded to work out of a bases-loaded jam by inducing a 4-6-3 double play. That opened the door for the Gators so as to add on, as Ty Evans led off the underside half with a stroll and finally got here in to attain on a handed ball.
 
The Gators prolonged their result in 6-0 in the fifth, with Rivera getting issues began by way of a single up the center. After advancing to 3rd on a stolen base and handed ball, Rivera crossed house on an RBI infield single by Cade Kurland. Florida tacked on a seventh run in the sixth, as Tyler Shelnut led off with a single to left and later scored on a balk preceded by a Robertson single.
 
Florida and Georgia traded runs in the seventh, because the Bulldogs ended the Gators’ shutout bid. Rivera led off with a double and scored all the best way from second on a wild pitch. In the underside half, Sebastian Murillo introduced in Fernando Gonzalez with an RBI single to proper area. The Bulldogs made it 8-2 in the eighth as Justin Thomas scored on a wild pitch, then plated two runs in the ninth to deliver the rating to its ultimate tally of 8-4.
 

Following two shutout innings from Coppola in the third and fourth, the Gator bullpen held their very own in the center innings to maintain the Florida lead intact. Relievers Brandon Neely, Philip Abner, Chris Arroyo and Caglianone every produced scoreless outings for the Orange & Blue.

Waldrep earned the victory, tossing two shutout innings and surrendering two hits and two walks. He struck out one batter. Georgia reliever Nolan Crisp was handed the loss, permitting 4 earned runs on three hits and two walks throughout one inning of reduction.

 

Caglianone nailed down the save, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings with one stroll allowed and one strikeout.

 

Robertson (2-for-3), Caglianone (3-for-5), Rivera (3-for-5) and Kurland (2-for-4) all picked up a number of hits for Florida.

Hitting

 

Order	Player	Position	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	HBP	Okay	SB
1	Michael Robertson	CF	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2
2	Wyatt Langford	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
3	Jac Caglianone	1B/DH/P	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
4	Josh Rivera	SS	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1
5	BT Riopelle	C/1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0
6	Ty Evans	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0
	Richie Schiekofer	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Cade Kurland	2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Tucker Talbott	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Rene Lastres	EH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Matt Prevesk	EH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	Tyler Shelnut	DH/3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
10	Dale Thomas	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Luke Heyman	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL			42	12	11	1	0	0	8	5	5	1	23	3

Pitching
 

Player	W	L	APP	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	HBP	NP
Hurston Waldrep	1	0	1	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	8	0	33
Pierce Coppola	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	9	0	44
Brandon Neely	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	26
Philip Abner	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	5	0	22
Ryan Slater	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	16
Cade Fisher	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	10
Chris Arroyo	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Clete Hartzog	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	6	0	27
Jac Caglianone	0	0	1	0	1	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	22
TOTAL	1	0	9	1	1	10.0	10	4	4	9	10	41	0	204

UP NEXT
Florida’s subsequent fall exhibition sport will happen at house in opposition to Stetson on Sunday, Nov. 6. First pitch at Condron Family Ballpark is scheduled for 1 p.m.