Florida baseball starter [autotag]Nick Pogue[/autotag] tossed a strong 6 1/3 innings on Sunday in the Gators’ regular-season finale where he only allowed five hits and three earned runs while striking out six hitters. However, his lineup didn’t offer much support. They only tallied one run on three hits in a 4-1 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday at Condron Ballpark.
Pogue settled down after allowing three runs through the first innings. He allowed a home run to designated hitter Josiah Sightler in the first, a double and an RBI single in the second and then another Sightler solo shot in the third. He didn’t allow another hit afterward but was pulled by head coach [autotag]Kevin O’Sullivan[/autotag] with only one out recorded in the seventh after he hit a Gamecock batter with a pitch.
After the rain delay in the top of the seventh, reliever [autotag]Blake Purnell[/autotag] entered the game and gave up another run to make it 4-1.
Florida’s lone run only came in the bottom of the second when right fielder [autotag]Ty Evans[/autotag] scored on a third baseman [autotag]Colby Halter[/autotag] single. Second baseman [autotag]Sterlin Thompson[/autotag] was the only other Gators batter to tally a base knock.
The rest of the team was a combined 0-19 to go along with five strikeouts. However, they earned nine walks with two of them coming from Evans and left fielder [autotag]Wyatt Langford[/autotag].
South Carolina dodged the series sweep on Sunday after dropping the first two games. Florida finished the regular season 35-20 with a 15-15 record in SEC play.
The Gators’ next game will be in the SEC tournament that starts on Tuesday at Hoover, Alabama.
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