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The Miami Marlins are looking for a series sweep against the San Diego Padres today at Petco Park. The game will conclude a nine-game road trip for the Marlins. On the mound for the Padres will be rookie and Rule 5 draftee Luis Perdomo (1-2, 9.50 ERA). Perdomo has struggled in his …

MLB.com’s Jim Callis, an MLB draft and prospect expert, joined SportsScene’s Steve Russell on Monday to discuss and recap the 2016 MLB Draft. The draft concluded last weekend, and the Gator baseball team had eight players drafted. Pitcher A.J. Puk was the first Gator off the board, going to the Oakland Athletics with …

After adding a season-high 19 hits, the Miami Marlins (33-31) delivered a 13-4 road win against the San Diego Padres (26-39) on Monday night. The story of the game was Ichiro Suzuki, who is only one hit away from tying Pete Rose’s career MLB record of 4,256 hits. However, Ichiro’s numbers …

The Tampa Bay Rays (29-32) played a home series against the Houston Astros (30-35) over the weekend taking two of the three games in the series. #Rays blank Astros for their 3rd SHO on 2H or less—tying LAD for most in MLB. #RaysUp Read: https://t.co/DiRV1VbO6Q pic.twitter.com/p5S8pT6ZQD — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) …

On the opening night of the Major League Baseball Draft, five University of Florida juniors were selected in the first two rounds. In the first round left-handed pitcher AJ Puk was selected sixth overall to the Oakland Athletics. There were some who believed Puk might have been the overall number one …

Tonight is the night. The 2016 Major League Baseball Draft will be in full swing beginning at 7 PM. The three day event consists of 40 rounds and a total of 1,186 picks. Rounds 1 and 2 tonight will be televised on MLB Network; all the other rounds can be …

The Tampa Bay Rays completed a 10 game road trip with a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday Afternoon.   Rays Manger Kevin Cash says Jake Odorizzi kept them in the game. Odorizzi, the starting pitcher for the Rays in the game, went five innings, allowed three runs on five hits while …

Jessica Mendoza, Stanford alum and Olympic Softball gold and silver medalist, has been busy. In the summer of 2015 she became the first woman to sit in ESPN’s College World Series booth. Two months later she became ESPN’s first female MLB analyst, during the Cardinals-Diamondbacks game. Later on that week, Jessica called the Cubs’ …

The 2016 MLB Draft starts Thursday night, and while the Florida Gator baseball team will be preparing for their Super Regional series against FSU this weekend, some players will be waiting to hear their name called. Several members of the team are projected to go early, including left-handed pitcher A.J. Puk who many …

Tuesday night was not a good night for the state of Florida’s professional baseball teams. The Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins both lost; the Rays were shut out by the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0, and the Marlins fell to the Minnesota Twins 6-4. For the Rays, Tuesday night’s game seemed …