FAU came back from a 3-0 deficit at No. 13 Florida to beat the Gators 5-4 in extra innings Tuesday, keeping the team's once-fading NCAA Tournament at-large bid hopes intact.

Cain Spangler stole home on a botched pickle play in the top of the 11th inning to give FAU (16-12) the win, its second high-profile, mid-week win this season. (The Owls beat Miami on Feb. 19.)

Florida (19-10) took a 3-0 lead off Brandon Rhodes in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly, a fielder's choice and an RBI single. FAU clawed back with runs in the 2nd and 5th, tying the game and then giving the lead back to the Gators in the 6th.

Doubles by Stephen Kerr and Brandon Sanger tied the contest in the 7th — a line that would hold until the 11th.

That's when Tyler Rocklein tried to steal second base. The Gators' pickle caught Rocklein, but allowed Spanger to advance home from third.

Kevin Alexander, who pitched three innings, closed the game out, but got the win.

FAU plays at Marshall this weekend at Epling Stadium in Beckley, W.V., two hours from Huntington.

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