Josh Reagan took the mound with a 3-4 lead in the top of the ninth. Reagan, the SEC saves leader (11), boasted a 0.82 ERA and batters were hitting just .144 against him. The South Carolina (33-9, 14-5 SEC) closer has been unhittable in 2016, but Florida missed that memo.
Jonathan India’s lead off home run tied the game and sophomore transfer Nick Horvath, who entered the game as a pinch runner in the seventh, gave Florida its first lead of the game with another solo blast. Florida held on to the lead, turning to Shaun Anderson in the ninth to close the game down, 5-4.