Florida outfielder Amanda Lorenz will try anything to get the Gators a hit. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

Florida senior Amanda Lorenz was the one Gator with the best chance at a hit through the first five innings against South Florida on Wednesday night.

The outfielder worked an eight-pitch walk, waiting out two early strikes, as the second batter of the game against South Florida’s Georgina Corrick. While Corrick continued to keep the No. 6 ranked Gators off the bases, Lorenz decided to take matters into her own hands from the dugout.

As the old superstition goes, talking about a no-hitter will jinx it. Teammates don’t talk to the pitcher throwing it and many broadcasters avoid the phrase at all costs. Fans even avoid referencing it on Twitter (and go after accounts that do), though the site analyzed its own data from the 2015 season and determined tweets don’t actually jinx no-hitters.

Lorenz, the reigning SEC Player of the Year, did not have access to social media to give it a try, but she did find the SEC Network mics at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

After teammate Hannah Adams became the first base runner since Lorenz with her one-out walk in the bottom of the fifth, Lorenz made her move.

Lorenz continued to say “no-hitter” in some form on the broadcast, even mentioning she broke up the perfect game in the first. Judging by her excitement shortly after starting her experiment, she didn’t actually think she’d make it on air.

Tim Casey, photographing the game for Florida, wrote on Twitter she was even talking to fans and telling them to spread the word in an attempt to break it up.

Jordan Roberts, up to bat while Lorenz attempted her jinx, wasn’t the one who did it. Freshman Cheyenne Lindsey, in her first at-bat of the game, did with a single to third. The Gators loaded the bases and Lindsey scored on a sac-fly by Sophia Reynoso to win, 1-0.

Corrick finished with four strikeouts and four walks, plus the hit and run. Kelly Barnhill had 11 strikeouts for Florida (33-9) with one hit and two walks.

If you can’t beat them ... think of any alternative option to tip the scales in your favor.





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