No. 18 UF season ends after loss to No. 9 Oklahoma

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gators owned a late direct, but on an sudden late night time at Condron Ballpark, they couldn’t maintain it.

Florida missing 5-4 to Oklahoma on Monday night in the Gainesville Regional championship recreation as its time arrived to an close.

Next a 5-hour, 33-moment weather delay play resumed with Florida suitable-hander Ryan Slater using about on the mound. Slater struck out Kendall Pettis wanting to stop the inning, and the Gators extra to their direct on a sacrifice fly by Ty Evans in the base of the seventh, generating it 3-1.

However, the Sooners responded in the top of the eighth with 4 operates off Slater to choose the guide. Wyatt Langford’s 26th property run of the year – tying the solitary-period school history – accounted for the Gators’ closing operate.

In a bid to progress to the Blacksburg Tremendous Regional to facial area Virginia Tech, Florida turned to freshman Brandon Neely for the 2nd time in a few times to get started versus the Sooners. Neely lasted only 2 1/3 innings in Friday’s decline to Oklahoma, but on a solar-baked afternoon at Condron Ballpark, Neely shipped a clutch outing for the Gators.

He limited the Sooners to 4 hits and just one run about 6 2/3 innings ahead of a weather delay ended his day with two outs in the major of the seventh inning. Neely threw 88 pitches soon after throwing only 50 in Friday night’s outing.

Freshman Jac Caglianone homered to right in the second inning off Sooners starter Trevin Michael for the game’s to start with run. The Gators led 1- right up until the fifth when Oklahoma outfielder Kendall Pettis smashed a hanging breaking ball from Neely a solo property run to still left, tying the recreation 1-1.

Florida regained the guide in the bottom of the fifth thanks to a pair of defensive miscues by the Sooners. To start with, leadoff hitter Colby Halter achieved on second baseman Jackson Nicklaus’ error. Following Wyatt Langford and Sterlin Thompson flew out, BT Riopelle singled to ideal-centre as Halter raced to 3rd. When Sooners suitable fielder John Spikerman mishandled the ball for an errors, Halter raced dwelling with the go-in advance operate.

NOTABLES

• Florida concluded the season at 42-24, successful 40-plus video games for the 27th time in application history.
• Neely manufactured Monday’s start out on two days’ rest, pitching in opposition to Oklahoma for the 2nd time in a few days immediately after throwing 50 pitches in opposition to the Sooners on Saturday.
• The freshman correct-hander pitches six innings of just one-operate ball in advance of having his outing reduce small owing to temperature.
• Play was delayed because of to weather at 3:12 p.m. and did not resume until eventually 8:45, marking a delay of 5 hours and 33 minutes.
• Caglianone strike his seventh property operate of the year prime open a 1- lead for Florida in the next inning.
• Langford connected for his 26th property run of the period in the ninth inning, tying him with Matt LaPorta (2005) for the most runs in a single time in program historical past Florida’s 122 property operates this time ranked next all-time in program record. (Record: 132 in 1998)
• Florida is now 1-2 all-time from Oklahoma.
• Florida is 119-82 in NCAA Match online games.
• The Gators performed in their 14th-consecutive NCAA Regional under O’Sullivan.
• 2022 signifies Florida’s 37th NCAA appearance and 18th time hosting.
• Florida concluded the time profitable 17 of its final 23 online games and 19 of its final 26.