Florida baseball walks off Kentucky in dramatic series opener
Florida baseball fans who stayed for all nine innings Friday night were rewarded with a miraculous, walk-off victory.
The Florida Gators pulled off a miraculous comeback Friday night to take the series opener against the Kentucky Wildcats , 7-6. Kyle Jones delivered the final blow with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth, but there were plenty of other heroes on offense. The Gators trailed 6-1 going into the bottom of the eighth, but a five-spot in the penultimate frame shifted the momentum.
The home fans were rewarded on a night that started three hours late due to rain and carried into the early hours of the next morning. "I was trying to simplify," Jones said in a post-game interview on the field. "I was getting beat earlier in the night.
Just trying to get something out front and try to win that for the team... I feel like that shows a lot about the team and who we are. Obviously, with the rain delay, we could've come out flat, but we have life and got it done.
" WALK-OFF WINNER š¤š¤ pic. twitter. com/gbXg1X3C6B ā Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) May 9, 2026 Lawson headlines 8th-inning heroics for Florida Coming into the eighth inning, Florida was 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.