Michael Robertson's two-run double in the bottom of the 13th inning Sunday night sent Florida to an 11-10 victory over Clemson and with it the Gators earned a berth in the Men's College World Series.
Florida walks off with an 11-10 victory over Clemson in the 13th inning to reach the College World Series for a second straight season.
Michael Robertson, the Gators' No. 9 hitter, sliced a ball into the left-center gap to bring home two runs in the 13th inning and deliver an 11-10 walk-off win. The Gators will join North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia for the MCWS in Omaha, Nebraska, starting Friday. Florida finally prevailed in its 5-hour, 3-minute game after the Tigers' Cam Cannarella kept it going with a tying homer in the ninth and the defensive play of the tournament in the 10th. Alden Mathes hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the 13th.The Gators led 9-6 with one out in the ninth when Cannarella came to bat with two runners on. Cannarella launched Brandon Neely's first pitch out to right to tie it.
The Gators, the national runners-up last year, had to win their last regular-season series at Georgia to achieve a winning record and qualify as an at-large selection for the tournament. As a No. 3 regional seed, they went to Stillwater, Oklahoma, and beat host Oklahoma State twice to advance. Their sweep at Clemson came in the programs' first meeting since 1983.
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