Florida baseball completes season sweep over FAMU with blowout win

It wasn’t the 17-0 shutout Florida managed against Florida A&M earlier in the season, but the Gators took care of the Rattlers easily on Tuesday, 13-3.

The bulk of the damage came in the third and fourth frames as the Gators plated 10 runs in those two innings alone. Both Fabian brothers went deep in the bottom of the fourth marking the first occurrence of the brothers going yard in the same inning, and Derek finished the night with a team-high three RBIs while going 2-for-3 at the plate. Jud, Josh Rivera and Wyatt Langford all finished with three hits against FAMU.

On the mound, Nick Pogue got the start and lasted three innings. It hasn’t been the easiest return from Tommy John for him, but holding the Rattlers hitless and scoreless should earn him some more playing time. Nick Ficarrotta pitched two innings of one-hit ball as the first man out of the pen for UF.

Tyler Nesbitt and Phillip Abner worked the sixth and seventh innings, respectively. FAMU finally broke through in the eighth with Timmy Manning on the bump. Three runs crossed but only one was earned. Blake Purnell was the last pitcher out for the Gators and needed just 13 pitches to get through the ninth.

Winning this game isn’t going to do a ton for Florida’s confidence offensively but the pitching staff needed a relatively quiet night after the LSU and Georgia series. Up next is No. 2 Arkansas in Gainesville for an important Thursday-Friday-Saturday series and then the Gators hit the road to face Florida State and Vanderbilt the following week.

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