Gators move on with win over Cardinals

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OMAHA Expected power on the mound, unexpected power at the plate.

Each factored into Florida’s 5-1 win against Louisville onTuesday at the College World Series. The Gators (49-18) are off until Friday when they’ll face either Texas Christian (48-17) or Louisville (53-11) — the two teams they’ve beaten in this tournament.

Florida starter Brady Singer (8-5) muted the Cardinals’ offense through six innings. Things got scary in the seventh when Colin Lyman drove-in a run with a base hit. A single and awalk followed to load the bases but Logan Taylor grounded out keep the Gators’ lead at 5-1. Singer struck out nine, giving him109 in115 innings this season.

The Cardinals’ run snapped a run of 24 scoreless innings by Florida pitching.

Singer allowed four home runsMay 27 of a oneinning, eight-run outing against Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. He returned for a somewhat shaky four earned in 7 innings against Bethune-Cookman, but has allowed one run in 13 innings since then.

Florida had five hits, but three went for extra bases. Austin Langworthy started the scoring when he hit the left field foul pole for a home run, his fourth of the season and second of the NCAA Tournament. The resulting “bong” touched off a roar from the Gators fans among the 22,222 in attendance. That cheer was exceeded an inning later when Deacon Liput pulled a three-run homer into the Gators’ bullpen, putting Florida ahead, 4-0.

Liput, who was 2-for-3, stomped on home plate when he came in after his third homer, second in the postseason.

Liput went deep the opening weekend of the season, thenwent 60 games until his next home run. He now has two in his last four games.

Mike Rivera, who came in hitting .235, made it 5-0 with a double in the seventh.