It was a 3-0 count, normally an automatic red light for any better but Jonathan India was 0-3 that Thursday night in Lexington and his 24-game hitting streak was on the line in a game that was just about over with the Gators up 9-2 in the ninth inning.
To best grasp the monster year India is having in his third season in Gainesville you have to understand what Florida’s third baseman did next. He watched a 3-0 fastball go past for a called strike. India knew well that, even though it wasn’t the exact pitch he was looking for, that it would likely be the only one he would see that at bat and the last chance he would have to keep chasing Florida’s record for consecutive games with a hit.