Florida holds off late Ole Miss comeback to clinch Easter weekend series
The No. 15 Gators defeated the No. 15 Rebels 6-5 Saturday at Florida Ballpark to win their second straight home series
Pitcher Brandon Sproat fires toward home against Jacksonville March 13. Photo by Grethel Aguila | The Independent Florida Alligator
With two outs, Florida lefty Trey Van Der Weid hoped to retire one more batter and maintain a 6-3 lead into the seventh inning stretch.
But a pair of Ole Miss singles led to catcher Hayden Dunhurt’s bases-clearing triple down the right-field line that cut the deficit to 6-5. With the tying run on third, Florida freshman shortstop Jordan Carrion who made only four pitching appearances until Saturday came in and forced a routine groundout to es