Special report on the Florida Gators softball team:
BATON ROUGE – No. 7 Florida took the first game of the series, 4-3, in a pitchers’ duel to No. 9 LSU at Tiger Park on a chilly Saturday evening.
The Gators (24-4, 2-2 SEC) upended the Tigers (22-6, 2-2 SEC) with grand slam provided by junior Kendyl Lindaman with two outs in the top of the seventh off of Shelbi Sunseri (6-4).
The late game heroics was set up by a leadoff walk from Jaimie Hoover and a single to right field by Jordan Matthews.