The Gators travel to Jacksonville to kick off their series against the Jacksonville Dolphins Tuesday. The No. 6 Gators have had a strong 7-1 start to the season and are looking like early candidates for this year’s National Championship. While Jacksonville hasn’t looked as potent as the Gators, their recent …
Read More »Blake Purnell Hopes To Achieve More Success in Sophomore Season
Blake Purnell looks to continue his previous success heading into his sophomore season. Purnell was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and led the Gators with a team-high 36 appearances. Heading into the season, Purnell gave some insight on some of the differences between high school and collegiate baseball. …
Read More »Former Gators Pitcher Darren O’Day Talks Retirement From MLB
Playing four years in Gainesville and 15 seasons in the MLB with six different teams, it was time to hang it up for Darren O’Day. He went from not even thinking baseball was his future to having a long career. He talked with Steve Russell about his retirement, his career, …
Read More »Gators Baseball Starts Spring Practice Friday
Florida Gators baseball is set to kickoff spring practice on Friday. The Gators enter the season ranked No. 7 according to D1Baseball.com after a 42-24 season last year. As baseball starts up, here are a couple of things keep an eye on heading towards the start of the season. https://twitter.com/GatorsBB/status/1615359003663667200 …
Read More »Gearing Up For 2023 Gator Baseball
It’s been almost six years since sweet victory in Omaha. Ever since bringing home the National Championship in 2017, the Gators have been chasing a repeat. The past two seasons have ended in disappointment on home turf. Florida couldn’t escape past the regional round either year. However, this year is …
Read More »Former Gator Dalton Guthrie Talks Phillies Amidst World Series Battle
A shock in the baseball world this season has been the Philadelphia Phillies. After starting 22-29 on the season, Philadelphia fired head coach Joe Girardi, and it was all up from there. In their first game after Girardi’s departure, the Phillies dominated the Angels. Now, they’re in a 2-2 series …
Read More »Sproat Could Return to Florida
Florida Gators pitcher Brandon Sproat could make a return to Gainesville for the 2023 season. The New York Mets drafted Sproat with the 90th overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. https://twitter.com/GatorsBB/status/1549097209605472256?s=20&t=Uh7EwpZHdeoTlaXR60ElRw However, the two sides failed to agree to terms on a contract before the August 1st signing deadline. …
Read More »2022 Gator Baseball Season Comes to an End
The Last Gator Baseball Game of the Season After a loss in a forced game 3 in the Gainesville Regional, the Gator Baseball season has come to a close with Florida finishing as the runner-up in the tournament. The last game of their season facing Oklahoma ended with them earning …
Read More »Gator’s Baseball Faces Central Michigan in Opener
The Florida Gators’ Baseball team takes on Central Michigan, to start their march to Omaha in the 2022 NCAA Gainesville Regional, The Gators are looking to improve to 8-0 all-time against the Chippewas. https://twitter.com/FloridaGators/status/1532730580172947456 O’Sullivan Not Undercutting His Opponent In the first game of the Gainesville Regional, Florida Head Coach …
Read More »Gators Baseball Survives a Late Scare Against Arkansas
After a loss to Texas A&M on Thursday, Gators baseball beat Arkansas 7-5 to stay alive in the SEC Tournament. Gators Start Hot Through five innings, the Gators had a comfortable five-run lead over the 13-seeded Razorbacks. The 5-0 start was strongly led by DH Jac Caglianone. In the first …
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