The Florida Ballpark scoreboard might’ve read “Miami 10, Florida 9” on Saturday evening, but anybody who watched the game knows what really happened.
The No. 1 Gators beat themselves. They choked. They gave it away. They probably did every other cliché verb you can think of.
The Gators led 8-5 heading into the top of the ninth inning and had highly regarded junior college transfer Franco Aleman on the mound to close out the game and clinch a series victory. Aleman proceeded to walk five batters and hit a man to send the game into extra innings.