WHAT HAPPENED: No. 1 Florida swept Missouri with a pair of wins in a Saturday doubleheader.

After eking out a 3-1 win on Friday night, the Gators outscored the Tigers 17-4 in the doubleheader to improve to 12-3 in Southeastern Conference action.

Florida clinched the series against Missouri with a 10-2 win in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.

Florida jumped on top early with a pair of runs in the first inning. Jonathan India extended his hitting streak to 22 games with a two-out triple and JJ Schwarz hit a two-run double to put the Gators ahead.

Jackson Kowar settled in after allowing four hits through the first two innings until the Tigers put together a two-out rally to tie the game in the sixth. A two-run double from Zach Hanna evened the score at 2-2.

Schwarz took matters into his own hands and launched a solo shot to left to retake the lead 3-2. It was his ninth home run of the season.

The Gators seized control in the seventh inning, batting around and scoring six runs to blow the game open. Keenan Bell started the rally with a RBI double and came around to score on an error.

Nelson Maldonado launched a two-run homer to make it 7-2 and a RBI double from Dalton gave UF a seven-run lead.

Dalton hit another RBI double in the eighth inning for the final 10-2 margin.

Kowar finished the game with seven strong innings, allowing just two runs on six hits with nine strikeouts. Freshman Tommy Mace pitched the final 1.2 innings without allowing a hit.

In the nightcap, Missouri took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, loading the bases with one out and scoring a run on a sac fly from Zach Hanna.

The Gators answered in the bottom of the third and tied the game on JJ Schwarz's RBI double.

An inning later UF took a 2-1 lead. Nick Horvath doubled and reached third after the left fielder bobbled the ball. Brady Smith's sac fly brought home Horvath. 

The Gators blew it open in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring five runs on six hits. Nick Horvath had a two-run double and Keenan Bell hit his sixth home run of the season to make it 7-1.

Jordan Butler did not allow a base runner in two innings out of the bullpen as Michael Byrne earned his 10th save of the season pitching the final two innings.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Nick Horvath – The senior center fielder went 6-for-10 against the Tigers with two doubles and three runs scored. Horvath is hitting .310 on the season, second on the team behind Jonathan India.

FROM THE COACH: Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan the team's performance Saturday: "To be 12-3 [in the SEC] at the midway point, obviously you've got to be pleased with where you're at. But there's still a long ways to go. We've got to go to a tough place next week in Kentucky with a short week.

"I was really, really pleased with how we played today and the effort all day long. It's hard to play two games in one day. Last week we played two sevens and this was two nines and we played a really quality team in Missouri that can really pitch and play defense.

"We had a big inning there in the first game and a big inning in the second game to kind of distance ourselves a little bit but they were both really competitive games today." STANDOUT STAT: 28 – The Gators are 28-0 when leading after six innings this season.

UP NEXT: Florida will wrap up its homestand with a midweek matchup against Jacksonville on Tuesday night at 6 p.m.

Next weekend, the Gators will travel to Lexington for a three-game series at No. 11 Kentucky beginning Thursday night.