Friday night’s series opener between the No. 15 Gators and Auburn felt eerily similar to the Gators’ first six conference road games.
In those previous six games, UF led early, only to watch things spiral away from them in the middle innings due to poor pitching, spotty defense and dormant offense. They wound up losing five of those games.
On Friday, Florida jumped out to a 2-0 lead, only to watch the Tigers tie it in the seventh inning thanks to a couple of poorly located pitches and the offense cooling off after a hot start.
However, for the second SEC road game in a row, the Gators fought back this time.