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 »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 Picks Up Win on the Road at FAU
The second-ranked Florida Gator baseball team (7-1) defeated the Florida Atlantic Owls (6-2) on the road in Jupiter, Florida 10-8 Tuesday night. The Gators trailed early, finding themselves down 3-0 following the second inning, but went back and forth with the Owls before placing themselves in the lead for good in …
Read More »Gators Defeat Commodores in 1-Run Shutout
Thursday night, two top ten baseball teams met when Florida hosted Vanderbilt and when all was said and done, the Gators came out on top 1-0 in the first of a three game set. Florida took a quick lead in the bottom of the first with an RBI single by junior …
Read More »Gators Tame Tigers, Complete Sweep
The Florida baseball team emerged victorious in the Sunday afternoon series finale against Missouri with a final score of 6-5. The Gators capped off a series sweep of the Tigers and took a two-game lead in the SEC with an extra-innings walkoff by freshman outfielder Ryan Larson. The Gators got …
Read More »Gator Baseball Does Some Spring Cleaning, Sweeps Georgia
A day after winning both games of a double header Saturday, the No. 18 Florida baseball team completed the sweep of rival Georgia with a score of 10-3 on Easter Sunday. The Bulldogs got on the board early with an RBI by junior Nelson Ward in the top of the …
Read More »No. 20 Florida Baseball Hosts FAU Tonight
The No. 20 ranked Florida Gator baseball team will host the Florida Atlantic Owls tonight after wrapping up a perfect 4-0 week that included a win over No. 1 Florida State and a three-game weekend sweep of No. 4 LSU. Righty Karsten Whitson (1-0, 5.65) will make his first career appearance …
Read More »Aggies Force Rubber Match
The Florida baseball team lost the chance at a second win in College Station after falling to Texas A&M 5-4 on Saturday. Florida claimed the series opener Friday night with a score of 5-3 in an extra-inning affair but couldn’t pull out the win Saturday afternoon. The Aggies took advantage …
Read More »Florida Gators Baseball: A Fresh Start: New Year, New Faces, New Talent
[jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wruf/BONNIE-WRUF.mp4″ html5_file=http://localhost/Volumes/wrufsports/BONNIE-WRUF.mp4] The Florida Gator baseball team has high expectations entering the 2014 season. With the start of the season three months away and no seniors on the roster, Florida will have to rely on its younger players to step up and be key contributors to the team. …
Read More »Florida Baseball Wins 7th Straight, Downs Missouri in Series Opener
The Florida baseball team defeated Missouri eight to six Friday night in Columbia to win their seventh straight game. The Gators improve to 21-18 overall and 9-7 in SEC play. The Tigers drop to 12-21 on the season and 4-12 in conference play.Jo Jonathon Crawford took the mound for the …
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