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Shaun Anderson pumped his first as Dalton Guthrie fired to first for the 27th out on Tuesday night, sealing a 3-2 win for the No. 2 Florida Gators (24-3, 4-2 SEC) over instate rival Florida State (18-6, 6-1 ACC). Coming off of back-to-back losses to Kentucky the Florida Gators didn’t have time to feel sorry for themselves. Less than 48 hours after landing in Orlando from Lexington, the team was back on a bus heading to Jacksonville and the Gators had to refocus. In front of 9,035 fans freshman Jackson Kowar watched his fourth pitch of the game sail off the bat of fellow freshman Cal Raleigh and over the wall in left. Kowar, who admitted this was the biggest crowd he’d ever played in front of, settled down, striking out Dylan Busby to end the frame. “You just kind of take …show more content…

Florida State had two games rained out the previous weekend, so normal Saturday starter, Drew Carlton, earned a rare midweek start and he mowed Florida down in order in the first inning. The next frame went better. Kowar retired the first two before another surrendering another two-out hit, but this one stayed in the park and Darren Miller’s pop fly to right ended the second. Deacon Liput singled with one out in the second, bringing up Mike Rivera. Florida’s designated hitter watched a strike, stepped out of the box and gathered his composure. Carlton set from the stretch but let a changeup float high. “I don’t try to hit home runs. That’s not my game,” Rivera, who leads the team with six home runs, said. “He just threw me a changeup up and I hit it.” Florida added a run in the bottom of the third when Jonathan India — who walked, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout by Dalton Guthrie — scored on Buddy Reed’s triple down the right field line. Kowar worked quickly in the top of the fourth, getting a fly out and a line out before Jackson Lueck singled to left — the Noles’ third two-out hit of the night. What happened next is a pitcher’s

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