The FAMU Rattlers would need its A game in order to come into Gainesville and head home with a win. They didn’t bring it and the Florida Gators (21-10) made them pay. Florida put up crooked numbers in the third, fourth, and seventh innings to run away with the final game of a four-game home stand before hitting the road this weekend to face Ole Miss.
“I told these guys no matter who we play, no matter who it is just play hard,” senior captain Nelson Maldonado said. “Even though the game got out of hand I tried to tell the guys to stay in it as much as possible and to keep tacking on.