It took Tommy Mace a while to remember the last time he threw a complete game. He guesses it would be at some point during his senior season of high school but that’s only seven innings. When Mace finished the seventh inning on Friday night he had already thrown 91 pitches.
“I got out of the seventh and Sully was like, ‘well just get six more outs.’ I was like, ok sounds good,” Mace said after the game. “I was a little surprised but it’s good with me.”
So for the first time in his life Mace went out to the mound in for the eighth inning in a game he started and he would finish a three-hit, one run masterpiece with seven strikeouts to help the Gators win the game, 3-1.