The Florida baseball team officially began their first full team practice for the 2017 season Tuesday. During the first week, practices and scrimmages will be at McKethan Stadium and are open to the public. Practices times during the first week Tuesday, October 11 – 2:15 p.m. (4 innings) Wednesday, October 12 – …
Read More »Jim Callis: Florida’s A.J. Puk Slipped in MLB Draft Due to “Inconsistency”
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 …
Read More »Gator Baseball Blanks FSU, Advances to College World Series
The Florida Gator baseball team (52-14) is headed to the College World Series for the fifth time in nine seasons, following a 7-0 rout of Florida State (41-22) in the deciding game of the Gainesville Super Regional on Monday night. Dane Dunning earned the win for Florida, improving to 6-3 on …
Read More »Florida Baseball Blanked in Super Regional by In-State Rival FSU
The top-seeded Florida Gator baseball team (50-14) fell 3-0 against in-state rival Florida State (41-20) in Saturday night’s NCAA Super Regional game from McKethan Stadium. The loss marks the first time the Gators have been shut out at home in an NCAA tournament game. Drew Carlton improved to 8-3 on …
Read More »Five Gators Selected On the First Night of the MLB Draft
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 …
Read More »Florida Baseball Keeps Rolling, Advances to NCAA Super Regional
Starting with a dominant pitching performance from starter Alex Faedo, the Florida baseball team (50-13) beat Georgia Tech (38-23) 10-1 Sunday to win the Gainesville Regional that will set up a date with FSU in a Super Regional this weekend in Gainesville. #Gators have 50 wins for the 5th time …
Read More »Gator Baseball Survives Connecticut in NCAA Regional Matchup
The first winner’s bracket game of the 2016 NCAA Gainesville Regional saw the Florida Gator baseball team (49-13) earn a nail-biting 6-5 victory over the University of Connecticut Huskies (38-24) on Saturday. Florida junior Dane Dunning earned the win for Florida, improving to 5-3 on the season after giving up one …
Read More »Florida Baseball Thunders Past Bethune-Cookman, Advances in NCAA Regional
The Florida Gator baseball team (48-13) started NCAA Regional play with a 9-3 Friday night victory over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (29-26) in Gainesville. Florida starting pitcher Logan Shore improved his record to 11-0 with the win, while Wildcat pitcher Tyler Norris fell to 6-4 on the season and took the …
Read More »Florida Baseball Falls 5-3 to LSU In SEC Tournament
The University of Florida baseball team now faces elimination in the SEC Tournament after a tough 5-3 loss to the LSU Tigers on Wednesday night in Hoover, Alabama. The 14 inning game lasted just over five hours and was the longest game in SEC Tournament history. The Gators started out strong in …
Read More »Gators Sweep Series Against Jacksonville With Tight Win
https://vimeo.com/163498006 The second ranked Florida baseball team improved its record to 34-5 after defeating the Jacksonville Dolphins (22-14) 3-1 Tuesday night in Gainesville. This is just the sixth time this season the Gators have scored three runs or less. They are 3-2 in those contests. Florida is now 22-1 in non-conference play this season, and 12-0 …
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