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On Tuesday night, No. 1 Florida will be trying to win their eighth consecutive game against No. 12 Florida State. The Gators are coming off a series win in Knoxville in which they scored 32 runs and hit .341. UF sports a 28-6 overall record compared to the Noles’ 24-9 …

No. 1 Florida Baseball heads to Tallahassee tonight to take on their in-state rival, No. 10 Florida State. This is the third and final game of the Fresh from Florida Sunshine Showdown. The Gators come into tonight’s game winning 12 of the last 13 match-ups against FSU. If Florida wins tonight …

The second ranked Florida baseball team (22-5) has now defeated the Florida State Seminoles (20-6) on seven consecutive occasions following a 1-0 win in Jacksonville Tuesday night. Jack Leftwich, Jordan Butler and Michael Byrne each put forth a stellar performance on the mound to combine for the shutout. Kevin O’Sullivan’s …

With 6,042 fans in attendance, Tuesday night marked the highest ever attended Sunshine Showdown at McKethan Stadium. Prior to this game, the Gator baseball team had won 10 of their last 11 meetings against Florida State, including five in a row. This time was no different — the Gators came …

Tuesday night will mark the first of three match-ups that the Gators have against Florida State this season. No. 2 Florida bounced back from a pair of losses to UCF with a sweep of Rhode Island over the weekend. Recent History is on Florida’s Side The Gators have enjoyed a …

This year’s meeting between Florida and Florida State in football has a different feeling to it. Figures of years past like Dalvin Cook and Teez Tabor…gone. The hype and build up of a clash between two of the state’s best teams with winning records…gone. What isn’t gone though is how …

The last time the Florida Gator softball team took on the Florida State Seminoles was in a different setting—an at home sold out and a record-breaking crowd. The win didn’t come easy, but Florida marked the W in the books with a 1-0 win.  This time around, in front of a …

In almost every sport, you know a matchup between Florida and Florida State is going to be dramatic. Wednesday night’s softball game that pitted the No. 3 Gators against the No. 1 Seminoles was nothing short of a fight to the very end. After a long pitching duel, Florida finally …

The Florida baseball is traveling to Jacksonville this afternoon in their attempt to go 2-0 against their Sunshine State Rivals, Florida State, in a 6 p.m. solo contest. The Gators (16-9, 2-5 SEC) earned the 1-0 victory in the teams’ last matchup with the only run coming from a check swing …

On a cool night at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville, the Gators and Seminoles put on quite a show in their first Sunshine State Showdown in baseball this season.  A crowd of over 5,800 fans witnessed a classic pitcher’s duel with the Gators coming out on top 1-0 to give Florida its eighth win …