As soon as raindrops started falling on Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on Saturday night, hits started falling in for the No. 6 Florida Gators (32-12, 12-8 SEC).
It was just too little too late as a failed suicide squeeze with two outs and the tying run on third base ended Florida’s valiant comeback attempt in a 7-6 loss to Kentucky (25-16, 10-9 SEC).
The game got weird in the second inning. Starter Dane Dunning struck out Marcus Carson, but Carson reached base on a wild third strike. Dunning then lost all control, hitting three consecutive batters to plate the first run of the game without a single Kentucky hit.