If the Florida Gators baseball team receives an invitation to the NCAA Tournament it will be as a result of how well it does in an eight-game homestand that begins at 4 p.m. today against Florida Atlantic. The Gators (22-21, 9-12 SEC) take on the Owls (22-19, 9-9 AAC) in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: NFL Draft Shows Lack Of Talent On ’23 Gators
The Back Nine comes at you after a lazy weekend that included a lovely nine holes with my wife and a couple of sleep-deprived nights. 10. The NFL draft was everything that makes the NFL – as my friend Chris Harry likes to call it – The King. It was …
Read More »Gators Baseball Loses Pitching Duel Against No. 2 Razorbacks
The two starting pitchers entering Friday’s game in Fayetteville, Ark., were in different circumstances. Florida’s Pierce Coppola is still nursing an injury that sidelined him in 2023. Arkansas’ Hagen Smith is a projected top-15 pick in the upcoming MLB draft and has been nothing short of dominant for the Razorbacks. …
Read More »Growing Up: The Turnaround of UF Freshman Pitcher Luke McNeillie
Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan had seen enough. It was a March 6 midweek game against UCF when O’Sullivan stepped out of the home dugout, walked slowly toward the mound and signaled to the bullpen for a pitcher. The Knights had roughed up right-handed starter Luke McNeillie by tagging the …
Read More »UF Baseball Hosts Stetson Hatters Today
The Florida Gators are looking for some redemption against the Stetson Hatters this evening at Condron Family Ballpark. The Hatters upset the Gators 7-4 in the first game of the home-and-home baseball series Feb. 27 in DeLand. Florida hopes to keep the momentum going against Stetson at home, where it …
Read More »Gators Baseball Escapes Nashville With Win; Shelnut Leads With 5 RBIs
The Florida Gators baseball team defeated the No. 13 Vanderbilt Commodores 6-2 on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. A solid outing on the mound from Jac Caglianone and a five-RBI output by Tyler Shelnut allowed Florida to salvage a game in the three-game SEC series. Fisher shuts the door! 🚪 2nd …
Read More »Gators Baseball In Key SEC Series at Vanderbilt
The Gators will take on No.13 Vanderbilt today at 6 p.m. in Nashville, Tennessee. 🚨 TIME CHANGE 🚨 Thursday’s series opener at Vanderbilt has been moved up to 5 p.m. CT/6 p.m. ET due to expected inclement weather. Game one will now air on SEC Network. #GoGators pic.twitter.com/2FYt4mGzuM — Florida …
Read More »Gators Baseball Looks For Redemption Against Jacksonville
For the first time this season, the Gators are not in D1Baseball’s Top 25 rankings. It’s a far fall from the No. 2 spot the Gators started in the preseason poll. The Gators (18-17, 7-8 SEC) struggled to find themselves in the previous weeks. The team that went to the …
Read More »SEC Baseball Reaches Halfway Point in Chaotic Season
The SEC has reached the midway point of conference play in a season that’s featured a variety of surprises. With multiple teams which started the season in the top five nationally, are now unranked and others which began the year on the outskirts of conference contention, pushing for a league …
Read More »Gators Can’t Complete Comeback In 9-8 Loss To South Carolina
The Saturday afternoon showdown between the Florida Gators and South Carolina Gamecocks followed a script that the former squad has become all too familiar with: falling behind early on in the day, showing inconsistent signs of life at the plate as the game goes on, and running out of gas …
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