The No. 18 Alabama baseball team could have stamped itself as a regional host candidate and earned a first-round SEC Tournament bye with a series win at Florida Saturday. Instead, the No. 23 Gators won 9-3,

Florida answers with a run in the sixth inning as Blake Brookings belts a one-out double and scores on an RBI single by Bobby Boser. But Boser, who stole second later in the inning, is left stranded when Landon Stripling grounds out to the pitcher to end the inning. Alabama 6, Florida 5 end 6th.