The script on Tuesday night was the same as it has been for much of recent memory when Florida and Florida State meet on the baseball diamond: In a close, low-scoring game, the Gators’ pitching was what dominated, and the Gators were who prevailed.
This time, in a 1-0 win in Gainesville that came in the first of three games constituting the annual Florida-FSU midweek series, it was a handful of freshmen that did the throwing — and the dominating — for the Gators.
Nate Brown started, and allowed just three hits and a hit batsman in five shutout innings.