On Monday, the Buchholz senior pitcher signed a national letter of intent with the University of Florida. Hunter Ruth, a Gainesville native, grew up playing baseball all throughout Alachua County and surrounding areas. As an Under Armour All-American with a fastball that’s been clocked at 95 miles per hour, Ruth had …
Read More »Pitcher Jackson Kowar Looks Ahead to 2017 Florida Baseball
A year under his belt and regained health is what sophomore Jackson Kowar is bringing to the field this year for the Florida Baseball team. The Gators are back with a second week of practice, and head coach Kevin O’Sullivan is getting the younger players comfortable. Right-handed pitcher Jackson Kowar is using …
Read More »Richie Martin, From Gator to Major League Prospect
Richie Martin may be a major league prospect but he will always be a Gator first. Martin played for the University of Florida Gators for three years spanning 177 games.Martin had a solid career here at UF. His career numbers in 177 games at Florida included a .284 Batting Average with 136 runs 81 …
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 Bounces Back in Super Regional Elimination Game
The Florida Gator baseball team (51-14) staved off elimination with a 5-0 win over Florida State (41-21) in Sunday night’s Super Regional match up from Gainesville. Logan Shore got the win for Florida, pitching his 17th consecutive victory in his final start at McKethan Stadium. Tyler Holton shouldered the loss for …
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 »MLB Draft Analysts Weigh In On 2016 MLB Draft
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 …
Read More »Multiple Gators Expected to Go Early in MLB Draft
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 …
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 …
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