Florida blasts 7 homers in blowout win over Miami, advances to regional final
By David Wasson
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The Florida baseball team distributed souvenir baseballs at an epic rate Saturday night, clobbering seven home runs in a 22-10 rout of Miami to advance to the Gainesville Regional final in the NCAA Tournament.
The eighth-ranked Gators (41-19) will play either Miami or Troy on Sunday (5 pm ET, ESPN+) to decide the regional champ. The Trojans and Hurricanes face off in an elimination game at noon ET.
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Cade Kurland and Karson Bowen each smacked two homers in the rout, which was highlighted by a pair of seven-run innings. Brendan Lawson, Blake Cyr and Ethan Surowiec also went deep for the Gators, who scored seven runs in both the sixth and eighth innings.
Florida rattled off the 22 runs on 15 hits, with Lawson and Bowen each going 3-for-5. Bowen drove in five runs and Kurland drove in four. Every Florida position player recorded a hit and scored a run.
Miami actually out-hit Florida 16-15 but got snowed under by the long-ball barrage. Max Galvin went 3-for-5 and Jake Ogden belted a solo homer to lead the Hurricanes.
Florida reliever Jackson Barberi (5-2) earned the victory while Miami’s Jack Durso (0-2) took the loss. The Hurricanes trotted out nine pitchers in the rout.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
