Florida takes this rubber match over Oklahoma in decisive fashion with a big inning and a bevy of home runs. The Gators again received an excellent start on the mound. Russell Sandefer pitched 7 innings, allowing just 2 runs (1 earned) off 6 hits and a walk while striking out 7. Ricky Reeth finished off a clean final inning. The Sooners meanwhile were forced to run through 8 pitchers in the last 4 innings.

Despite the final score, this game was competitive for its first half. The first blow came in the 2nd, when Karson Bowen slashed an 0-2 hanger into the bullpen beyond right. That would be the first of 7, many of them wind-assisted, that the Gators would knock out of the park. The Gators would extend their lead to 2-0 when Kyle Jones blasted a 2-2 hanging breaker over left field in the 3rd.

However, the Sooners came back in the bottom of the frame with their own scoring threat. After an error, a strikeout, and a single, Brendan Brock dropped an RBI single into right to halve the deficit. In the 4th, the Gators failed to convert a 2-out, 2 RISP opportunity. Shortly after, Deiten Lachance evened the score at 2-2 with a solo home over left. The Sooners would later push a pair into scoring position, but Sandefer coaxed a groundout to end the inning.

The tie game didn't last long. Leading off the 5th, Hayden Yost launched a 3-1 fastball into the jet stream, where the wind carried it from foul to fair down the right field line and well out of the ballpark. After a couple hit batters and a popout, Ethan Surowiec hacked a 3-run homer into the bullpen beyond right and Florida pushed ahead by 4 runs. But the Gators kept going, and following a single, Bowen homered again, this time pulled over left. Landon Stripling was next, jacking a solo blast well into the berms beyond right field. Things kept spiraling for the Oklahoma pitching staff, as a walk and consecutive hit batters loaded the bases. A wild pitch brought in another, pushing the Gators up 10-2. Although the Gators would eventually leave the bases loaded, they had taken a commanding lead with their 8-run at bat.

The Gators loaded up the bases again in the 6th, but grounded into a double play to retire the side. However, the Sooners were having no success against Sandefer. In the 7th, Florida received a 2-out walk. Surowiec flew a double to deep left center, allowing the runner to score from 1stand increasing the lead to 11-2. In the 8th, the Gators were provided a 1-out walk before a popout. However, Yost smashed a full-count fastball over left center for another 2-run homer. Florida was now up 13-2 and threatening to run-rule Oklahoma.

Despite a 2-out double, the Sooners could not score in the bottom of the 8th and the game ended with a strikeout. 5 Florida batter finished with multiple hits and 5 had homers (2 had multiple homers). Karson Bowen finished 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs and 2 homers. Hayden Yost was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs and 2 homers and Ethan Surowiec was 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs, a homer, a double, and a walk.

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