Luke Heyman Homers twice in Florida's series clinching victory over Miami

Big players play big games at big moments, and it is not greater than a Sunshine State Rivalness Showdown in front of a record-breaking Condron Baseball park audience.

With a victory of the weekend series that hung in balance, the Florida Gators entered the bottom of the eighth inn with a narrow 4-2 lead over the Miami Hurricanes.

Enter the junior catcher Luke Heyman, who with seven or more starts (.227) wore the lowest stroke of a UF dough with seven or more starts. But none of this was important when he went on the plate on Saturday. After he had gone yard earlier in the evening, Heyman pounded a ball over the left field wall and on the Hull Road. The record -breaking amount of 9,303 fans roared the approval when he closed his trot around the bases and back into the shelter.

“I hit the ball hard all year round, exactly for some people,” said Heyman. “I felt good this week ago and it felt great to help my team get a few runs on the whole board – and that big in the eighth … that was huge.”

Heyman's couple Homer was all Florida who had to drive a 6-2 win against Miami on Saturday evening. Florida's bullpen came on the hill with an impressive performance and kept most of the hurricanes off the board at night until it turned out that it was too late.

Although Redshirt Junior Pierce Coppola injured the game in the third inning with an obvious injury, Freshman Aidan King had an outstanding performance in relief for his second win of the season. King threw 3 1/3 inning and only gave up one goal, a walk and no runs.

Freshman Frank Menendez and Sophomores Luke McNeillie and Alex Philpott combined the last three inner rings for Florida. Everyone gave up a run in the last two frames, but kept the hurricanes in chess long enough to secure the victory.

“I think this is just a by -product that they work hard,” said UF head coach Kevin O'Sullivan. “You are a year older and you see the reason why we recruited many of these boys.”

In addition to Heymans Homerunpaar and Four RBIs, the second Hitter Landon Stripling broke on the plate with a 3-on-3 performance. Stripling and Heyman combined nine goals for five of UFS on this day.

Florida was a man for most of the afternoon after Junior Second Baseman Cade Kurland had suffered a left arm/shoulder injury at the top of the first inn. Kurland became the base paths before threw the ball for the first time to withdraw the side. But when the ball left Kurland's hand, it broke to the ground with pain. When the noise in the baseball stadium Condron rudder from roaring applause became anxious silence, Kurland finally went off the field with the help of a trainer.

The injury bug has Florida again at the top of the third – this time on the hill. After Coppola set the first two batteries in the frame, she left a few successive walks. Something didn't seem to be because his speed had dropped and he hurt.

After a long discussion about the bump, Coppola went off the field with a trainer when King started his trot from the Bullpen.