TROY, Ala. (Interstat) — Jimmy Janicki homered twice and drove in six runs, Jabe Boroff added a grand slam and the Troy Trojans exploded for nine runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Florida Gators 16-11 on Sunday, May 31, 2026.

Janicki put Troy ahead early with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, then added a three-run blast in the third after Houston Markham’s solo shot had made it 3-2. The Gators twice pulled even – on a two-run single by K. Jones in the second and a two-run homer by Brendan Lawson in the fifth – but Troy answered each time. Blake Cavill homered in the fifth to make it 7-4, and Caden McDonald’s solo shot in the sixth cut the deficit to 7-5.

The decisive inning came in the bottom of the sixth. With Florida trailing 7-5, Troy sent 13 men to the plate and scored nine runs on five hits, a hit batter and three walks. After a leadoff walk to Kole Darnell, Boroff singled and Markham singled to load the bases. Aaron Piasecki’s single drove in Darnell. After a pitching change, Cavill walked to force in Boroff, Janicki was hit by a pitch to force in Markham, and Will Meier singled to bring home Piasecki. Billy Barlow relieved and walked Darnell with the bases loaded to force in Cavill. Boroff then crushed a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for a grand slam, capping the nine-run outburst and giving Troy a 16-5 lead.

Florida refused to quit. In the top of the eighth, Cade Kurland launched a grand slam – his second hit of the game – to cut the lead to 16-9. McDonald then homered again in the ninth, a two-run shot that scored Brody Surowiec after an error, but the Gators could get no closer.

Troy improved to 35-30 with the win, while Florida fell to 41-20. Janicki finished 2-for-4 with two homers, six RBIs and three runs scored. Boroff went 3-for-5 with a grand slam, four RBIs and two runs. Markham had three hits, including a double and a homer, and scored three times. Cavill also homered and walked twice. For Florida, McDonald homered twice and drove in three runs, Kurland had a single and the grand slam for four RBIs, and Lawson homered for two RBIs. Cooper Ellingworth started for Troy and allowed five runs over six innings, striking out four. Barlow took the loss for Florida, surrendering five runs in two-thirds of an inning. The Gators managed 10 hits to Troy’s 17.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Florida 8, Troy 6, and its ELO system gave Florida a 68.30 percent probability to win. Florida had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus-4.5.