Nick Horvath trotted in from center field to pitch. He had to make a pit stop in the dugout to get his pitching glove. With two outs and the tying run on second base in a 4-3 game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Horvath struck out Austin Griffin to give the Florida Gators (7-1) a 4-3 win over UCF (7-1).
It wasn’t the first big situation Horvath faced on Tuesday night.
Horvath was initially brought in to pitch in the seventh inning. Freshman Andrew Baker gave up back-to-back hits to start the frame and was quickly replaced by Garrett Milchin.