![]() Not this one.įirst, Ficarrotta entered with the game tied 4-4, nobody out, and the go-ahead run at second. ![]() That would have spelled doom for the Gators on many nights this season. The Gators led 4-0 after the top of the first, but by the end of the frame, FSU was ahead 5-4. Relievers Nick Ficarrotta, Blake Purnell and Philip Abner combined for nine scoreless innings after starter Clete Hartzog failed to record an out in his nine-pitch outing. A look at SEC East standings this morning. No more non-conference games for Nine SEC regular-season games left. ![]() The unheralded Finnvold went the rest of the way to keep Florida's season alive. The bullpen's improbable outing brought to mind the NCAA Regional outing last spring of lefty Carsten Finnvold, who took over in the first inning with the bases loaded and nobody out in an elimination game against Oklahoma. The Gators close the regular season with nine consecutive Southeastern Conference games - a stretch that will determine the SEC East winner - starting this weekend at Texas A&M. In a season of hot-and-cold, up-and-down relief pitching, the Gators bullpen turned in its most memorable performance in Florida's 7-5 win over the Seminoles in Jacksonville, UF's final non-conference game. ![]() ![]() "I thought the whole bullpen was really good tonight." The statement was all of nine words, but nine words when strung together, O'Sullivan has not used often – if at all – this season. It was tucked at the end of a string of comments from Gators head coach Kevin O'Sullivan following Tuesday night's victory over Florida State. ![]()
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