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Florida Gator Runed, losing series vs. Tennessee

Knoxville, Tenn.- The Florida Gators on Saturday only remained against Tennessee after six innerings with enormous work by the first semester pitcher Aidan King, who scored six batteries for just four goals and a walk.

A seventh inning of the volunteers with nine runs, which was completed by a three-run home game by Reese Chapman, sealed a loss of the running rule for the Gator with 10: 0 and the series victory for Tennessee.

In its second start in a row and the first SEC start, King suppressed several regulations from the volunteer offense at an early stage. A Leadoff double in the second inning led to a run for Tennessee, but with a runner in third place, the newcomer excluded a batsman to end the inning. He continued to check the four in a row with only one goal in this period.

“It was a really strange game. Of course we really put the first six innings and gave up a run. For his first start in the league, I thought he was excellent,” said head coach Kevin O'Sullivan.

However, Tennessee only dominated against the other newcomer Jackson Barberi, who quickly Lude the bases after two singles and a walk with one. Dean Curley cleared the bases with a double to reach the volunteers 4-0.

Barberi would track a wild playing field to move Curley on the third base and a walk before it was replaced by Matthew Jenkins, who gave up an RBI single with a full count and threw a wild field before being replaced by Caden McDonald.

McDonald was not better by giving up a two-deep single with two runes, a two-t-tie T-box double and a Homerun with three runs that officially won the game for Tennessee.

“You can live with it to give up hits. That is part of the game,” said O'Sullivan. “But the walks and the wild parking spaces, and when it gets so sloppy, it is not what we are. So it is unfortunate that the game has come away from us, because I think if we had a zero on the board of the seventh place, we (Alex) Philpott had to go down there if we could scratch ourselves or so.” Obviously not. “

In the meantime, Florida's bats in the afternoon never found Constance with only five goals, two of whom came from Shortstop Colby Shelton, while excluding this season. After taking his first goal, a single in the first inn, Stahl Shelton the second place.

A base hit by Blake Cyr almost achieved Shelton, but the shortstop was ejected at home to end the inning. Florida only had a runner who reached the second basis before the game ended.

Next up

Florida (16-4, 0-2 seconds) will try to be swept for the first time this season against the defeated volunteers (19: 0, 2-0 seconds). The first pitch is planned for 1 p.m. with streaming cover in the Sec Network+.

O'Sullivan announced that Jake Clemente will return to the hill last week