Tuesday, March 7
Fort Myers, FL
6:30 PM
Florida Gators
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FGCU
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Florida
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Florida Gulf Coast
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FGCU Defeats Gators 7-3 in Fort Myers
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | Baseball
FORT MYERS, Fla.—Florida lost to Florida Gulf Coast University 7-3 in Fort Myers on Thursday Night at jetBlue Park.
The Gators are 0-3 on the road this season but have a perfect 10-0 home record. UF (10-3) will host FGCU (11-2) Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. at McKethan Stadium.
Florida got on the board first with a run in the third inning. Deacon Liput reached with a one-out single and scored on Dalton Guthrie's RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
FGCU strung together a few hits and tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on a RBI single from Richie Garcia.
In the fourth, the Eagles exploded for four runs, highlighted by Julio Gonzalez's bases-clearing triple to deep center field that gave FGCU a 5-1 lead.
The Gators got a run back in the fifth after a pair of two-out hits. Liput notched his second hit of the night with a double off the green monster in left field and scored on Mark Kolozsvary's RBI single.
A pair of walks from reliever Andrew Baker proved costly in the sixth. A sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with no outs and Matt Reardon followed with a RBI single to make it 6-2 Eagles. Gonzalez notched his fourth RBI of the night with a single that added another run.
Florida got a run in the eight on Blake Reese's RBI double that scored Guthrie from first for the final margin.
The Gators are 0-3 on the road this season but have a perfect 10-0 home record. UF (10-3) will host FGCU (11-2) Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. at McKethan Stadium.
Florida got on the board first with a run in the third inning. Deacon Liput reached with a one-out single and scored on Dalton Guthrie's RBI single for a 1-0 lead.
FGCU strung together a few hits and tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on a RBI single from Richie Garcia.
In the fourth, the Eagles exploded for four runs, highlighted by Julio Gonzalez's bases-clearing triple to deep center field that gave FGCU a 5-1 lead.
The Gators got a run back in the fifth after a pair of two-out hits. Liput notched his second hit of the night with a double off the green monster in left field and scored on Mark Kolozsvary's RBI single.
A pair of walks from reliever Andrew Baker proved costly in the sixth. A sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with no outs and Matt Reardon followed with a RBI single to make it 6-2 Eagles. Gonzalez notched his fourth RBI of the night with a single that added another run.
Florida got a run in the eight on Blake Reese's RBI double that scored Guthrie from first for the final margin.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LEON, Mario (1-1)
L: Byrne, Michael (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Reese, Blake 1 ; Liput, Deacon 1
RBI: Guthrie, Dalton 1 ; Reese, Blake 1 ; Kolozsvary, Mark 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guthrie, Dalton 1 ; Liput, Deacon 2
Batting:
3B: GONZALEZ, Julio 1
RBI: REARDON, Matt 1 ; GONZALEZ, Julio 4 ; RIVERA, Nick 1
SH: MOREY, Gage 2
Base Running:
RUNS: REARDON, Matt 1 ; FEHRIBACH, Corey 1 ; LEVINE, Spencer 1 ; BRAIT, Alex 3 ; MOREY, Gage 1
HBP: GONZALEZ, Julio 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
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2
RBI
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3
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2
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2
RBI
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AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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