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Brandon Hylton
Steve Simoneau
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Stetson STET 10-4
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Winner Florida UF 11-3
Stetson STET
10-4
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Final
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Florida UF
11-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stetson STET 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 11 2
Florida UF 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 X 10 14 0

W: Sproat (2-0) L: Chiseri, Nick (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ricky Hazel, Associate AD

Early Lead Not Enough in 10-7 Loss to Florida

Gainesville, Fla. – Stetson jumped out to an early 5-0 lead on Florida Wednesday night at Florida Ballpark, but the Hatters' pitchers couldn't make the lead hold up as Florida rallied to take a 10-7 win in the first of four games between the teams this year.
 
Florida improved to 11-3 on the year with the win while the Hatters, who have lost four straight, now stand at 10-4.
 
After Stetson chased Florida starter Timmy Manning with a four-run second inning, the Gators battled back. The Gators plates a pair of runs in the third inning and another in the fourth to chase Stetson starter Anthony DeFabbia, then scored four in the fifth and three more in the sixth off the Hatters' bullpen.
 
Stetson pushed across single runs in the seventh and ninth innings, but was never able to string together enough offense for the kind of inning they needed.
 
Hatters' freshman Jonathan Velazquez, the last of five Stetson pitchers, made an impressive showing on the mound, retiring all six batters he faced over the final two innings. Florida used seven pitchers in the game, with none working more than two innings.
 
Stetson will continue its six-game road trip on Friday when the Hatters open a three-game series in Tuscaloosa against No. 23 Alabama. All three games will air on SEC Network+ with start times of 7 p.m. on Friday, 3 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday after Daylight Saving Time kicks in.
 
Game Facts
  • Win – Brandon Sproat (2-0)
  • Loss – Nick Chiseri (0-1)
  • Time – 3:27
Scoring Summary
  • T1 – Banks Griffith drew a one-out walk and came around to score on a single by Hernen Sardinas for a 1-0 Hatters lead.
  • T2 – Andrew MacNeil tripled to drive home Christian Pregent and Jorge Arenas for a 3-0 Stetson lead. After Griffith drew his second walk of the night, Nick DiPonzio doubled in two more to make it 5-0.
  • B3 – After allowing a walk and seeing a ground ball to first misplayed, another walk loaded the bases for Florida before an error allowed the Gators to score. Kendrick Calilao then singled to drive home a second unearned run, cutting the Stetson lead to 5-2.
  • B4 – Jacob Young lined a solo shot over the fence in left to cut the Hatters' lead to 5-3.
  • B5 – Kris Armstrong hit one into the Stetson bullpen in left off Nick Chiseri to cut the Stetson lead to 5-4. A walk and a single ended Chiseri's night with Garner Spoljaric coming on to face the challenge. After getting a strikeout, he surrendered an RBI double to Young to tie the game at 5-5. Nathan Hickey then put Florida up two with a two-out single.
  • B6 – Four Gators hits and another Stetson error led to three more Florida runs, pushing the lead to 10-5.
  • T7 – Brandon Hylton greeted the first pitch he saw from Florida's sixth pitcher, David Luethje, with a double to the wall in left-center, scoring Eric Foggo from second to cut the deficit to 10-6.
  • T9 – Hylton launched a long home run to right, but the solo shot only served to make the final score 10-7.
Hatters Notes
  • The loss for Hatters coach Steve Trimper drops his career record against Florida to 0-5.
  • MacNeil's two-run triple in the second inning was just the third three-base hit of his career.
  • MacNeil was also hit by a pitch in the game, the 40th time in his career that has happened.
  • DiPonzio returned to the lineup for Stetson for the first time since leaving the second game of the double-header against UNA with a hamstring strain. DiPonzio had a two-run double in his first at bat, his only hit of the game.
  • After not allowing a single run in his first 10 appearances in a Stetson uniform, Garner Spoljaric surrendered three runs on three hits and a walk in Florida's four-run fifth inning.
  • Banks Griffith reached base all five times he came to the plate in the game. He had a pair of singles, raising his season batting average to .562, and walked three times.
  • Hylton tied his career-high with three hits in the game. Hylton also had three hits against Hartford on February 22, 2020.
  • Both DiPonzio and Hylton extended modest hitting streaks to eight games, matching the longest of the year for any Stetson player.
  • Both Sardinas and Arenas extended on-base streaks in the game. Sardinas has reached base safely in every game this year for Stetson while Arenas ran his streak to 11 consecutive games. Hylton has also reached in 10 straight games.
 
About Stetson University Athletics: Stetson University's Athletics Program has a vision of developing a culture of champions athletically, academically and within the community. This vision is accomplished through a mission of recruiting and developing student-athletes, coaches and staff, creating a culture of champions, within and outside of competition. The department operates with five core values: Championship Culture, Integrity, Excellence, Pride/Tradition and Leadership. To learn more about the Vision, Mission and Core Values for Stetson Athletics, visit GoHatters.com and click on Mission Statement under the Inside Athletics tab.
 
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