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Nelson Maldonado (27) celebrates with Jonathan India (left) and Jeremy Vasquez (24) after hitting his first career home run.
Gators Take Game 1 of Harvard Doubleheader, 9-2
Saturday, March 12, 2016 | Baseball
Florida Raised Its Winning Streak to 10 Games.
Highlights from Game 1
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After a tight game through five innings, No. 1 Florida exploded for seven runs in the sixth and seventh in a 9-2 win over Harvard in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at McKethan Stadium. The Gators (16-1) extended their winning streak to 10 games and clinched the weekend series with the Crimson (2-4).
Freshman Nelson Maldonado (1-for-4) and junior Peter Alonso (3-for-4) each hit a three-run homer to lead the Gator offense. It was Maldonado's first career home run and Alonso's second of the season.
Junior left-hander A.J. Puk allowed just one hit in 5.1 innings but left with the game tied in the sixth. Freshman right-hander Brady Singer (2-0) entered and pitched 2.2 innings for the win, as Florida scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
After four scoreless innings, Florida manufactured a run in the fifth to take a 1-0 lead. Freshman Jonathan India led off with a double into left field, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Nick Horvath (2-for-3) and scored on sophomore Dalton Guthrie's sacrifice fly to center.
Harvard answered in the top of the sixth, taking advantage of a one-out walk by junior Josh Ellis. Ellis advanced to second on a passed ball then came around to score – barely beating sophomore right fielder Jeremy Vasquez's throw to the plate – on a single to right by sophomore Matt Rothenberg (2-for-3).
In the bottom half of the inning, sophomore JJ Schwarz (2-for-4) led things off with a double and Alonso followed with a single. Vasquez (2-for-3) hit a ground-rule double to right field and scored Schwarz from second to take a 2-1 lead. Maldonado then connected on a 1-2 pitch and sent a line drive to the seats in left field to open up a 5-1 Florida advantage.
Alonso's home run came an inning later and scored Guthrie and freshman Deacon Liput for an 8-1 lead.
The two teams each scored a run in the eighth for the final margin. Freshman Michael Byrne pitched a scoreless ninth inning for Florida to finish the game.
Post-Game Notes
- A.J. Puk pitched a season high 5.1 innings, allowing one hit.
- Brady Singer picked up his second win of the season.
- Nick Horvath earned his first start in center field and picked up his first career hit on a bunt in the third inning.
- Dalton Guthrie became the fifth Gator this season to reach double-digit RBI (10) when he hit a sacrifice fly to score Jonathan India in the fifth inning.
- Nelson Maldonado hit his first career homer, a three-run shot to give him 4 RBI on the season.
- Deacon Liput has reached base in 17 straight games with a walk in the seventh.
- Peter Alonso hit his second homer on the season, which gave the Gators their second three-run homer of the game.
- Florida has outscored opponents, 38-3, in the sixth and seventh innings this season.
- Every Gator starter reached base safely.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Singer, Brady (2-0)
L: Poppen,Sean (1-1)
Batting:
RBI: Quinn,Conor 1 ; McColl,Patrick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ellis,Josh 1 ; Allen,Jake 1
SB: Skinner,Ben 1
CS: Skinner,Ben 1
PO: Skinner,Ben 1
Batting:
2B: Schwarz, JJ 1 ; Vasquez, Jeremy 1 ; India, Jonathan 1
HR: Alonso, Pete 1 ; Maldonado, Nelson 1
RBI: Guthrie, Dalton 1 ; Alonso, Pete 3 ; Vasquez, Jeremy 1 ; Maldonado, Nelson 3
SH: Horvath, Nick 1
SF: Guthrie, Dalton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guthrie, Dalton 1 ; Liput, Deacon 1 ; Schwarz, JJ 1 ; Alonso, Pete 2 ; Vasquez, Jeremy 1 ; Maldonado, Nelson 1 ; India, Jonathan 1 ; Reyes, Danny 1
SB: Guthrie, Dalton 1
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