Baseball

By: Dylan Pierce and Liana Handler Coming off of a close loss on Friday to Forsyth Central (GA), the Santa Fe Raiders were aiming to get back in the win column against P.K. Yonge on Tuesday. The Raiders are nearing the playoffs and only have six remaining games. Setting an …

On Tuesday night, the red-hot Rays crushed the Red Sox, 7-2. Rays starter Shane McClanahan pitched a gem, while Boston’s Garrett Whitlock saw his first start of the year fall apart. The win extended the Rays’ start-of-season streak to 11 games — the third most all-time. This about sums it …

Fresh off the bench and in front of a crowd of 7,441, Ty Evans stepped into the batter’s box with the third-ranked Florida Gators baseball team down 3-2 in the eighth inning to rival Florida State. The wind had not been in any of the batter’s favors as both teams …

Florida Gators baseball hosts in-state rival Florida State University tonight. Florida has won 20 of the past 24 matchups against their rivals. Under Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan, the overall series record is 33-19. FSU hopes to do something they have not done in the regular season against the Gators since …

The Buchholz Bobcats varsity baseball team lost to the Columbia Tigers Friday night. The game ended early following the mercy rule in the fifth inning. The final score was 10-0. The Bobcats started the game with a record of 11-4, while the Tigers were 15-2. The Bobcats played the Tigers …

Allegations were released on social media Monday from former UCF baseball players saying that they were using altered bats. The players who came forward were not named in the allegations. Trace Trylko of the Sons of UCF podcast was able to get an interview with UCF head coach Greg Lovelady …

The Miami Marlins suffered a 15-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies Monday night. Monday Night Woes The Marlins fell quickly to the Phillies because, well, they struggled mightily to get their bats working. Sandy Alcantara started on on the mound for the Marlins after pitching nine innings against the Minnesota …

Sometimes, all it takes to win a ball game is one solid hit. Brandon Lowe and the Tampa Bay Rays secured a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox Monday night, leading Tampa to a 10-0 start in the 2023 season — tying them for the fourth-best start to a season …

The Santa Fe Raiders baseball team hosted the Forsyth Central Bulldogs (GA) in a non-district game Friday night. The Bulldogs were in Alachua for a two-day swing, coming off a blowout loss at Buchholz High the night before. Forsyth Central bounced back and brought the bats early. They fended off …

Easter weekend brought some of the best SEC baseball matchups of the 2023 season. It was a weekend filled with upsets, surprising performances, and chances for teams to prove their worth against the big dogs. Here are the results from the fourth week of SEC play: Series results over Easter …