Florida baseball defeated Jacksonville 5-1 in Friday’s 9.5 inning fall exhibition at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Florida. The Gators were dominant on the mound in the victory, allowing just one unearned run on four hits in 10 innings pitched. UF pitchers struck out a combined 13 batters and walked six.
Ethan Surowiec and Landon Stripling homered in the contest.
Here’s Gator Country’s play by play.
Top of 1st
(LHP Alex Walsh pitching for JU)
Kyle Jones grounds out to third base
Cade Kurland flies out to left center
Brendan Lawson singles through the right side
Ethan Surowiec walks
Sam Miller strikes out swinging
UF 0 JU 0
Bottom of 1st
(RHP Liam Peterson pitching for UF)
Jonah Shields grounds out to shortstop
Roger Vergara walks
Sam Grunberg walks
Manuel Souffrain lines out to left field
Conner Spelman strikes out looking
UF 0 JU 0
Top of 2nd
Hayden Yost strikes out swinging
Caden McDonald strikes out looking
Cash Strayer grounds out to the pitcher
UF 0 JU 0
Bottom of 2nd
Clayton Hodges grounds out to shortstop
Sammy Mummau strikes out looking
Blake Edmonds grounds out to first
UF 0 JU 0
Top of 3rd
AJ Malzone strikes out looking
Justin Nadeau walks
Kyle Jones singles to right field
Cade Kurland singles to right field
SCORE: Brendan Lawson grounds into a fielders choice to first base, Nadeau scores. Kurland out at second.
Ethan Surowiec strikes out swinging
UF 1 JU 0
Bottom of 3rd
(RHP Aidan King now pitching for UF)
Derek Bermudez grounds out to shortstop
Cade Hentz strikes out looking
Jonah Shields doubles down the third base line
Roger Vergara grounds out to shortstop
UF 1 JU 0
Top of 4th
(RHP Dominic Pieto now pitching for JU)
Sam Miller grounds out to shortstop
Hayden Yost strikes out swinging
Caden McDonald is hit by the pitch
Cash Strayer walks
AJ Malzone grounds out to second base
UF 1 JU 0
Bottom of 4th
(RHP Russell Sandefer now pitching for UF)
Sam Grunberg singles to right field
Manuel Souffrain strikes out looking
Conner Spelman singles through the left side
(Both runners advance on a passed ball)
Clayton Hodges flies out to center field
SCORE: Grunberg scores on a passed ball
Sammy Mummau grounds out to shortstop
UF 1 JU 1
Top of 5th
AJ Malzone grounds out to second base
Kyle Jones grounds out to third base
Cade Kurland pops out to third base
UF 1 JU 1
Bottom of 5th
Blake Edmonds walks
Derek Bermudez pops out to first base
Cade Hentz flies out to right field
Jonah Shields walks
Roger Vergara walks
Sam Grunberg strikes out looking
UF 1 JU 1
Top of 6th
(RHP Ben Baker-Livingston now pitching for JU)
Brendan Lawson lines out to third base
SCORE: Ethan Surowiec solo home run to right field
Sam Miller grounds out to shortstop
Hayden Yost doubles to left center
Blake Brookins strikes out swinging
UF 2 JU 1
Bottom of 6th
(RHP Luke McNeillie now pitching for UF)
Manuel Souffrain strikes out swinging
Nick Delisi flies out to right field
Archer Ogbourne strikes out swinging
UF 2 JU 1
Top of 7th
Ashton Wilson lines out to center field
Cole Standford walks
Justin Nadeau lines out to third base
SCORE: Landon Stripling two run home run to right field, Standford scores.
Cade Kurland singles through the left side
Brendan Lawson doubles to left center
Ethan Surowiec grounds out to third base
UF 4 JU 1
Bottom of 7th
Logan Baratta singles to third base
Drew Cobb flies out to center field
Ayden Phillips strikes out looking
Cade Hentz walks
Cade Walter strikes out looking
UF 4 JU 1
Top of 8th
(RHP Austin Williamson now pitching for JU)
Kolt Myers walks
Jacob Kendall walks
(Both runners advance on a wild pitch)
Blake Brookins strikes out swinging
Ashton Wilson strikes out swinging
SCORE: Kolt Myers scores on a passed ball
Cole Standford grounds out to shortstop
UF 5 JU 1
Bottom of 8th
(RHP Jackson Barberi now pitching for UF)
Roger Vergara grounds out to second base
Sam Grunberg strikes out looking
Manuel Souffrain is hit by the pitch
Griffin Pomper strikes out swinging
UF 5 JU 1
Top of 9th
(LHP Kyle Powers now pitching for JU)
Justin Nadeau strikes out swinging
Landon Stripling lines out to center field
Colton Schwarz strikes out swinging
UF 5 JU 1
Bottom of 9th
(RHP Joshua Whritenour now pitching for UF)
Archer Ogbourne hit by the pitch
Logan Baratta strikes out swinging
Drew Cobb strikes out swinging (Ogbourne steals second)
(runner advances on a wild pitch)
JJ Gardner grounds out to shortstop
UF 5 JU 1
Top of 10th
(RHP Grant Brooks now pitching for JU)
Brendan Lawson reaches on an E4
Ethan Surowiec grounds into a 6-3 double play
Kolt Myers walks
Jacob Kendall walks
Blake Brookins grounds out to second base.
FINAL: UF 5 JU 1
GAME NOTES
- RHP Liam Peterson’s final line: 2 IP, 0R, 0H, 2K, 2BB
- RHP Aidan King’s final line: 1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K, 0BB
- RHP Russell Sandefer’s final line: 2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 3BB
- RHP Luke McNeillie’s final line: 2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 4K
- RHP Jackson Barberi’s final line: 1.0 IP, 0R, 0H, 2K
- RHP Joshua Whritenour’s final line: 1.0 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1HBP, 2K
- Florida out hit Jacksonville 8-4
- Cade Kurland: 2-4
- Brendan Lawson: 2-5, 1 RBI
- Ethan Surowiec: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 BB
- Hayden Yost: 1-3
- Kolt Myers: 0-0, 2 BB, 1 R
- Landon Stripling: 1-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI