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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (05/29/2026) — The Florida Gators turned an early lead into a runaway at Condron Family Ballpark, pounding out six home runs in a 22-10 win over the Miami Hurricanes on Friday. Karson Bowen and Cade Kurland each homered twice, and the Gators broke the game open with a late barrage that buried a Miami club that had clawed all the way back to a tie.
How It Happened
Florida set the tone in the first inning. After the teams traded early runs, Blake Cyr reached second on a throwing error by Miami shortstop V. Sheahan to bring home Kyle Jones, and moments later Kurland launched a three-run homer to left that scored C. McDonald and Bowen, pushing the Gators to a 6-1 advantage before the Hurricanes settled in.
Miami refused to fold. Alex Sosa doubled to left in the third to plate Max Galvin, and Bowen answered for Florida with a solo homer to make it 7-4. The Hurricanes kept chipping, stringing together runs in the fourth on a Sheahan single that scored G. Milano, a wild pitch from reliever Luke McNeillie, and a fielder's choice. By the fifth, Miami had drawn even at 8-8 when Jake Ogden grounded into a fielder's choice that scored Dylan Dubovik, capping a comeback from a five-run hole.
The game had been tied twice and featured no lead changes — Florida never trailed — but the Gators made sure the deadlock did not last.
Turning Point
The sixth inning decided it. Bowen drew a bases-loaded walk to score Jones and nudge Florida back ahead 9-8. Kurland then reached on an error by Sheahan that brought in McDonald, and Jones followed with a double to deep right that cleared the bases, scoring L. Stripling, Kurland and H. Yost. In the span of a single frame, a 9-8 nail-biter became a 15-8 cushion — part of an 8-0 run that swung the game firmly in Florida's favor.
Miami got one back in the eighth on a Sosa single that scored Ogden, but the Gators answered with the loudest finish of the night.
Star of the Game
Karson Bowen was the centerpiece of the Florida attack, going 3-for-5 with four runs, five RBI, two home runs and a walk. His solo shot in the third kept the Gators in front, and his two-run blast to left in the eighth — scoring McDonald — closed the book at 22-10. Kurland matched him with a 2-for-5, three-run, four-RBI line on two homers, including a solo drive to right in the eighth. Brendan Lawson added a 3-for-5 day with a home run and two RBI, while Jones finished 1-for-2 with three runs, three RBI and two walks. The eighth inning alone produced four Florida runs across homers from Kurland, E. Surowiec and Bowen.
Starter Aidan King worked three innings, allowing eight hits and six runs while striking out three. Jackson Barberi provided the steadiest work out of the bullpen, going 3.2 innings with three hits, two runs and four strikeouts, and Ricky Reeth closed with a scoreless frame.
Miami had bright spots at the plate. Galvin went 3-for-5 with two runs, Ogden homered as part of a 2-for-4, two-RBI night, and Sosa drove in two while reaching base twice. Alonzo Alvarez and Dubovik each collected two hits. On the mound, Sebastian Santos-Olson gave the Hurricanes 2.2 innings of two-run ball with three strikeouts, and Packy Bradley-Cooney tossed 1.1 hitless, scoreless innings with two strikeouts.
What It Means
For Florida, the 22-run output and six home runs underscore an offense capable of overwhelming opponents in bunches, with Bowen and Kurland combining for nine RBI and four long balls. The Gators answered every Miami push and then pulled away decisively, a sign of a lineup that can win a slugfest.
For Miami, the loss stings given how much the Hurricanes fought back, erasing a 6-1 deficit to tie the game at 8-8 before Florida's sixth-inning surge. The bats produced 10 runs and a handful of multi-hit performers, but a pair of damaging errors in the field and trouble closing out innings on the mound proved costly. Both clubs showed plenty of firepower; on this night, Florida simply had the bigger swings when it mattered most.
