What can’t Caden McDonald do? The Florida Gators sent off their seniors with a 9-6 victory over Kentucky on Sunday morning in the regular season home finale, giving them the 2-1 series win over the Wildcats as well in a game that was led by another immaculate performance for McDonald, the redshirt sophomore out of Tampa, FL.
![Florida utility Caden McDonald (21) pitches during the fifth inning of an NCAA college baseball matchup Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Fla. FSU rallied to defeat UF 8-4 off a walk-off grand slam from Alex Lodise in the ninth inning. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_6000,h_3375/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/213/01kr9m8yd7na75czzb68.jpg)
McDonald began the day as the DH, but later came on to pitch in relief for the Gators, and he had huge success on both sides of the field. At the plate, he was 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs, and two runs scored. On the mound, he went on to throw 4 1/3 no-hit innings of relief in the Gators’ Senior Day win in Gainesville.
After Kentucky struck first in the top of the first, sophomore Brendan Lawson got the Gators started offensively in the bottom half of the first with a one-out home run that tied the game 1-1. They continued to add on from there to take the lead over Kentucky.
After back-to-back singles by Ethan Surowiec and McDonald, the senior Karson Bowen drove in Florida’s second RBI of the day on an RBI double that scored Surowiec to make it 2-0 Florida for a Senior Day RBI.
The Gators kept their rally going with two-outs as Landon Stripling drove
in a run on an RBI single that scored McDonald.
After Kentucky struck back against the Gators in the fourth, scoring four to make it a 5-3 game, the Gators came chomping back in the bottom of the inning once again.
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