Pow! Ouch!

Playing center fielder for Florida proved rough Friday morning.

Gators center fielder Ryan Larson was hit by a pitch on the ear flap of his helmet as the game’s leadoff batter by Mississippi State’s Cole Gordon. Larson stayed in the game through the top of the first but gave way to Nick Horvath after that.

Horvath made it into the top of the fifth, but he had to come out after taking a one-hopper in the outfield off his face. Horvath slid to try to field a ball off the bat of MSU’s Josh Lovelady, but the ball caromed hard off the grass and into his nose, which immediately caused blood to flow. Medical personnel rushed out to assist him off the field, and he was replaced by Blake Reese, who lasted through the end of the game.