On any given night during the spring semester, overhead lights will illuminate Alfred A. McKethan Stadium as the Gators play a home baseball game. The muggy night air is electric with the thought of another Gator win as fans pack the stands. Players crowd the dugout, fans buzz in their seats, and …
Read More »Historic 1998 Gator Baseball Team is Honored
The 1998 Florida Gator Baseball Team was honored on the field Friday night before the start of the Florida-Auburn game. The ’98 team became the first team in school history to earn the number one seed at the College World Series. Some of the former players who showed up for …
Read More »No. 1 Florida Baseball Wins Seventh Consecutive SEC Series
The Florida Gators (36-10, 16-5) picked up their seventh consecutive SEC series win via a 12-3 victory over the Auburn Tigers (31-14, 10-11) on Saturday. Offensively, Florida received hits from 10 different players. On the mound in his first SEC start, freshman Jack Leftwich was able to right the ship …
Read More »No. 22 Auburn Beats No. 1 Florida to Tie Series
The Florida Gator baseball team was defeated by the Auburn Tigers 11-5 Friday night. During Friday’s game, Auburn was consistent throughout. The Tigers had 15 hits to go along with their 11 runs while the Gators had nine hits to go along with their five runs. Florida now has a …
Read More »Gator Baseball Takes Down Mize and the No. 22 Auburn Tigers
It was billed as a classic pitcher’s duel for the SEC and college baseball at McKethan Stadium as 61 pro scouts were on hand to watch potential first round picks Brady Singer of Florida and Casey Mize of Auburn battle it out on the mound. In the end, Gator third …
Read More »Gator Baseball Hosts Auburn Hoping to End Two-Game Skid
The top-ranked Gator baseball team is looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. They host the 22-ranked Auburn Tigers for a three-game series starting tonight at 7 PM. UF lost the series closing game in Lexington to Kentucky 3-2 last Sunday and fell to Mercer at home …
Read More »Students Weigh In on Major Changes Coming to UF Athletics
Big changes are coming to the University of Florida. Multi-million dollar changes. In late March, the University Athletic Association announced phase two and three of their “master plan.” The announcement featured plans for a new $65 million football facility, $11 million worth of renovations to the softball stadium and a …
Read More »No. 1 Florida Baseball Drops Midweek Match Up to Mercer
The Florida Gator baseball team (34-9) fell Tuesday night to Mercer (29-14) by a score of 6-4 in Gainesville. The defeat is Florida’s second straight after losing the final game of the series to Kentucky last weekend. Florida is now 30-29 all-time against the Bears including a 0-2 mark under …
Read More »Florida Gators Host Mercer Bears in Mid-Week Contest
The Florida Gators are going into a mid-week contest against the Mercer Bears on Tuesday night. The Gators are coming off a series win against the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend. They won the first two meetings 11-2 and 9-4, but fell 3-2 in the last game against the Cats. Top …
Read More »Gator Baseball Drops Series Finale Against Kentucky
After decisively winning the first two games of the series, the Gator baseball team managed just two hits against the Kentucky Wildcats in its 3-2 loss on Saturday in Lexington. Not Dyson’s Best Tyler Dyson (5-3, 3.72 ERA) got the start on the mound for Florida and he dug himself …
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