9 FLORIDA GATORS Vs. #1 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-318-6680 @GATORSBB #9 FLORIDA GATORS vs. #1 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS THURSDAY, MAY 20 - 7 PM ET | FRIDAY, MAY 21 - 8 PM ET | SATURDAY, MAY 22 - 3 PM ET .283 BA .276 BAUM-WALKER STADIUM at GEORGE COLE FIELD (FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.) 1750 AB 1643 TV/STREAM SEC NETWORK (THURSDAY & FRIDAY) & SEC NETWORK+ (SATURDAY) RADIO ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF (GNV) & 1010XL (JAX) 342 R 382 OVERALL / SEC 35-16 / 17-10 OVERALL / SEC 39-10 / 19-8 496 H 453 H / A / N 28-7 / 7-9 / 0-0 H / A / N 23-5 / 13-5 / 3-0 95 2B 79 D1BASEBALL RANK 9 D1BASEBALL RANK 1 12 3B 10 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 582-272 (14th season) HEAD COACH Dave Van Horn / 739-399 (19th season) PROB. STARTER Tommy Mace (5-0, 4.40 ERA) PROB. STARTER LHP Patrick Wicklander (4-1, 1.93 ERA) 64 HR 83 Hunter Barco (9-2, 4.13 ERA) RHP Caleb Bolden (2-0, 4.67 ERA) 319 RBI 342 Franco Aleman (1-3, 5.26 ERA) TBD .461 SLG% .488 244 BB 279 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 32-32 IN GAINESVILLE 18-12 AWAY 11-13 NEUTRAL 3-7 422 SO 431 NOTABLE Florida is 5-4 against top-five nationally-ranked teams in 2021 and has won five of their last seven SEC road games. .379 OB% .393 FLORIDA VISITS ARKANSAS: No. 9 Florida GOING STREAKING: INF Kirby McMullen IT ALL DA' PENS: The Gator bullpen combined 29-44 SB-ATT 40-48 (35-16, 17-10 SEC) visits No. 1 Arkansas (39-10, has reached base in 23 consecutive games for eight innings of relief without allowing an 4.17 ERA 4.00 19-8 SEC) for a Thursday-Saturday series to dating back to April 7, while OF Jacob Young earned run last weekend vs. Georgia while 16 SV 15 close out the 2021 regular season slate. currently owns an active on-base streak of striking out nine. Across Florida's last three 148 BB 176 SEC series, Gator relievers are 2-1 with a 1.96 Florida is 14-18 overall vs. Arkansas under 18 games. During their streaks, McMullen 459 SO 499 Kevin O'Sullivan, including 4-5 on the road. is slashing .289/.406/.458 while Young has ERA and 23 strikeouts in 23 innings. CALI-LOUD: 1B/OF Kendrick Calilao notched .243 BAA .229 The Gators enter Tuesday having won 15 of batted at a .286/.367/.364 clip. Also with a .969 FLD% .979 their last 20 games including seven of their five-game hitting streak, Young has driven two hits apiece in five of Florida's last six last 10. Florida is 5-2 across their previous in nine runs with a .364/.400/.455 slash line games. Calilao leads the Gators with a .500 59 E 38 seven SEC road games. batting average and eight runs over that across Florida's last five. INF Cory Acton also span, also sporting a .950 slugging percent- GATORS IN THE RANKINGS: Florida ranks has an active on-base streaks of 14 games. age and four homers. RADIO/TV ANNOUNCERS Radio: Jeff Cardozo inside the top four in the SEC in sacrifice HERE COMES THE JUD: Over Florida's flies (second; 28), doubles (third; 95), hits UNIQUE HITTING STREAK: Sophomore Jacob Thursday (SECN): Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson (fourth; 496), batting average (fourth; .283), last 18 games, OF Jud Fabian is slashing Young broke Tim Olson’s 21-year-old record Friday (SECN): Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson triples (fourth; 12) and walks (fourth; 244). .344/.476/.859 with a team-high nine home on Sunday, March 7, as he singled in the Saturday (SEC+): Dave Neal & Kyle Peterson As a pitching staff, the Gators rank second runs, 17 RBI and four stolen bases. Fabian eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to a with 16 saves, second in fewest walks al- boasts a 15-to-17 strikeout-to-walk ratio record 30 games. Young hit .415 (51-123) over lowed (148) and fourth in innings pitched during that time, improving his season slash the streak with 11 doubles, 18 RBI and 23 runs. (455.2). line to .267/.383/.634. Fabian has homered SULLY MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY: Gators head ON DECK twice on three straight Saturdays. coach Kevin O’Sullivan passed Dave Fuller M20 at Arkansas SEC Net. 7 PM After recording his fourth two-homer game for the most wins in program history. O’Sul- M21 at Arkansas SEC Net. 8 PM of the season against Georgia on May 15, OF BARCO DAY EQUALS WINNING WAYS: LHP livan has 582 career wins and a .681 winning M22 at Arkansas SEC+ 3 PM Jud Fabian is tied for first in both the SEC Hunter Barco improved to 9-2 on the season percentage (which ranks third among active M25 SEC Tournament (M25-28) TBD TBD and in the country with 20 home runs, be- and 6-0 across his previous seven starts with coaches with at least 10 Division I seasons). coming just the fifth player in Florida base- J4 NCAA Regionals (J4-7) TBD TBD a victory vs. Georgia in game two, including Fuller finished his illustrious Gators head J11 NCAA Super Regionals (J11-14) TBD TBD ball history to hit 20 homers in one season. coaching career with 556 wins from 1948-75. Fabian is also tied for fifth in the SEC in total wins in each of his last five games started. He J19 College World Series (J19-30) TBD TBD bases (121), fifth in slugging (.634), fifth in has not lost a start since March 28 at South NEXT TIME OUT: Florida heads to Hoover, walks (37) and tied for ninth in runs (48). Carolina. Ala. for the SEC Tournament (May 25-30). OF Jacob Young is tied for sixth in the SEC 2021 TEAM INFORMATION with 51 runs scored (T27th nationally) while (based off last game) pacing the conference in plate appearanc- PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 es (253) and at bats (217). Young is also NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 tied for second with 15 doubles, seventh C 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .309 191 34 59 8 47 .529 .436 1-2 Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 in stolen bases (13) and tied for eighth in 1B 6 Kendrick Calilao JR* .300 80 18 24 4 15 .488 .376 0-0 Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) hits (68; T31st nationally). C Nathan Hickey 2B 22 Cory Acton FR .243 37 8 9 0 6 .270 .481 2-3 ranks fourth in the SEC in walks (40), tied for 3B 52 Kirby McMullen GR .277 166 24 46 9 36 .494 .371 1-1 fourth in doubles (14), ninth in OBP (.436) SS 24 Josh Rivera FR* .266 158 27 42 5 25 .430 .341 0-2 and tied for 11th in RBI (47). LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .313 217 51 68 3 35 .442 .393 13-14 2020 RECAP 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) On the mound, RHP Hunter Barco is tied for CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .267 191 48 51 20 46 .634 .383 5-6 second in the SEC and third nationally with 2020 SEC Record: -- RF 29 Sterlin Thompson FR .298 151 32 45 3 20 .444 .404 1-2 nine wins on the season while Jack Left- SEC Finish: -- DH 34 Kris Armstrong SO .291 110 20 32 7 25 .564 .364 0-1 wich is tied for sixth with seven victories of Home Record: 11-1 (.917) his own. Leftwich also ranks seventh with a SP 47 Tommy Mace JR* 5-0 / 4.40 ERA / 75.2 IP / 75 H / 42 R / 37 ER / 15 BB / 93 K Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) .193 BAA and 10th with a 3.25 ERA. Tommy 12 Hunter Barco FR* 9-2 / 4.13 ERA / 69.2 IP / 67 H / 38 R / 32 ER / 22 BB / 84 K Neutral Site Record: 0-0 Mace ranks eighth in the SEC with 93 strike- 35 Franco Aleman SO* 1-3 / 5.26 ERA / 53.0 IP / 56 H / 37 R / 31 ER / 17 BB / 50 K outs fourth with 75.2 innings pitched. 2020 Postseason: n/a 1988 1991 1996 1998 2005 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL 2021 GAME RESULTS DATE GAME OPPONENT TV TIME LOCATION W-L SCORE OVERALL SEC WIN LOSS SAVE ATT. TIME 2/19 1 No. 21 MIAMI SEC Net. 5:40 PM Gainesville W 7-5 1-0 Tommy Mace (1-0) Daniel Federman (0-1) Aleman (1) 1,418 3:06 2/20 2 No. 21 MIAMI SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville L 9-10 (13) 1-1 Ben Wanger (1-0) Jordan Butler (0-1) -- 1,583 4:53 2/21 3 No. 21 MIAMI SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville L 6-8 1-2 Anthony Arguelles (1-0) Hunter Barco (0-1) Palmquist (1) 1,668 3:44 2/23 4 at North Florida 6:05 PM Jacksonville, Fla. W 9-6 2-2 Jordan Butler (1-1) Ethan Jones (0-1) Specht (1) 125 3:00 2/24 5 NORTH FLORIDA 6:00 PM Gainesville W 8-3 3-2 Chase Centala (1-0) Max McKinley (1-1) -- 1,562 2:40 2/26 6 SAMFORD SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville W 8-4 4-2 Tommy Mace (2-0) Samuel Strickland (1-1) -- 1,743 2:30 2/27 7 SAMFORD SEC+ 4:00 PM Gainesville W 18-2 5-2 Jack Leftwich (1-0) Jesse McCord (0-1) -- 1,770 3:09 2/28 8 SAMFORD 1:00 PM Gainesville W 10-9 6-2 Brandon Sproat (1-0) Chase Isbell (0-1) -- 1,673 3:18 3/3 9 No.