WHAT HAPPENED: South Carolina used four home runs to beat Florida 6-3 on Friday night to even the series in Gainesville.
 
With the wind blowing out to left field in the early innings, the Gamecocks took advantage and launched two home runs in the third and two in the fourth for an early 6-0 lead.
 
Florida starter Christian Scott settled in and retired the next 10 batters he faced to keep the game from getting out of hand, but the Gators' offense was slow to get started with just three hits in the first six innings.
 
Kendrick Calilao started the seventh with a single to center and USC went to the bullpen. The Gators managed to get on the board with a RBI single from Jordan Butler but left the bases loaded.
 
In the eighth, Florida mounted another rally and added two runs on a RBI single from Jud Fabian and a double from Kris Armstrong.
 
The Gators got back-to-back, two-out singles in the ninth from Austin Langworthy and Kirby McMullen but Calilao struck out to end the game.
 
Scott finished with six runs allowed on nine hits through 6.1 innings with five strikeouts and just one walk. McMullen pitched 1.1 scoreless innings out of the pen and Nick Pogue retired all four hitters he faced.
 
FROM THE COACH: Head Coach Kevin O'Sullivan – On tonight's game: "We didn't score for the first six innings. It was literally one pitch to one side of the plate, I don't think [Tringali] threw more than five offspeed pitches for however long he was in there. Yeah, I was disappointed. We kept pulling off the ball. Credit to him, he threw the ball across the plate. On an offensive night, with the wind blowing straight out to left. We could point to a lot of things that happened tonight, but certainly it was disappointing offensively for the first six innings because I would think we would be able to do a little bit more there and score some runs and put some pressure on them."
 
UP NEXT: Florida wraps up the series against South Carolina Saturday during #WeChompWeekend. First pitch is 3:30 p.m. The game will stream live on SEC Network+ and fans can listen to Steve Russell and Eric Castaldo on the Gators Sports Network.