Jac Caglianone hit his 32nd home run of the season to spark Florida’s seven-run fifth inning and the Gators beat Clemson 10-7 to win Game 1 of the best-of-three Clemson Super Regional. Florida can clinch a berth in the College World Series with a win in Game 2.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Jac Caglianone hit his 32nd home run of the season to spark Florida ’s seven-run fifth inning and the Gators beat Clemson 10-7 on Saturday to win Game 1 of the best-of-three Clemson Super Regional.Caglianone hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left for a three-run home run to give the Gators the lead for good before Michael Robertson’s RBI single capped the explosion and made it 9-4 in the top of the fifth.
Tristan Bissetta hit a solo shot for Clemson in the home half of the inning and Jarren Purify scored on a sacrifice fly before a groundout by Blake Wright drove in Alden Mathes in the bottom of the sixth to pull the Tigers within 9-7. Caglianone, a projected top-10 pick in the upcoming MLB draft, finished 2 for 4 with a walk. Dale Thomas went 2 for 5 with an RBI and Tyler Shelnut hit a solo homer for Florida.
Jimmy Obertop drew a two-out walk to load the bases before and advanced to second while Mathes scored on a wild pitch. Bissetta walked to again load the bases and Jack Crighton took four consecutive balls to drive in Wright and give Clemson a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
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