After nearly seven hours, three pitchers, two fortuitous hit batsmen, and a strikeout with the bases loaded, the Florida Gators were in danger of letting yet another chance to put away Wake Forest in Game 1 of the Gainesville Super Regional late Saturday.
Then Ryan Larson stepped to the plate, and rapped a single that allows him to step into Gators lore.
Larson’s walk-off RBI single gave Florida a 2-1 win over the Demon Deacons, saving the Gators from falling into an 0-1 hole in Super Regional play for the second consecutive season and from wasting an almost entirely brilliant night of pitching.