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Jones and Peterson Deliver An Exciting Win for Marlins!

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Liam Peterson was dominant for Florida on Friday, and Kyle Jones scored the winning run against South Carolina to start SEC play 1-0.

Florida's Friday night starter, Liam Peterson, and starting centerfielder Kyle Jones spoke with the media after the Gators' 1-0 walk-off win over South Carolina in the 10th inning. Jones scored the winning run and focused. He spoke about the mentality he had while on third waiting for Cash Strayer to put the ball in play.

There was never any doubt that Jones was tagging up and attempting to score. Peterson threw his first quality start of the season, finally getting through six innings. He said all four pitches felt good and agreed with head coach Kevin O'Sullivan that this was his best performance in a Gators uniform.

Here's everything they said after the win. Liam Peterson on getting through six innings โ€œYeah, felt good. Last week, I talked about going six or seven innings.

Kind of struggled a little bit there, but I was looking at the pitch count honestly โ€” try not to do that โ€” but I thought I could get seven. Stuff doesn't always play out the way you want, but it was really good to get out of that inning with the two walks. โ€ Peterson on staying focused when the offense struggles โ€œNot really.

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