24 FLORIDA GATORS (16-10) Vs. #21 FLORIDA STATE (17-6)
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES BASEBALL CONTACT Daniel Apple / EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-692-6008 / @GATORSBB vs. #24 FLORIDA GATORS (16-10) #21 FLORIDA STATE (17-6) .285 BA .270 FR. RHP NOLAN CRISP (1-0, 2.77) vs. SO. LHP JONAH SCOLARO (0-0, 5.62 ERA) 877 AB 748 TUESDAY, MARCH 26 / 6:00 P.M. ET 191 R 172 BASEBALL GROUNDS OF JACKSONVILLE / JACKSONVILLE, FL 250 H 202 TV -- / RADIO 103.7 FM (GNV), AM 930 (JAX) / ONLINE FloridaGators.com 44 2B 50 OVERALL / SEC 16-10 / 1-5 OVERALL / CONF 17-6 / 5-4 5 3B 5 H / A / N 15-6 / 1-4 / 0-0 H / A / N 14-2 / 3-4 / 0-0 27 HR 35 USA TODAY RANK 24 USA TODAY RANK 21 163 RBI 166 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 513-239 (same at UF) HEAD COACH Mike Martin / 2004-719-4 (same at FSU) .439 SLG% .491 117 BB 168 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL FSU LEADS 128-119-1 IN GAINESVILLE UF LEADS, 63-48 AWAY FSU LEADS, 69-44-1 NEUTRAL UF LEADS, 12-11 213 SO 207 NOTABLE Florida has won nine in a row against FSU and 14 of the last 15. Coach O’Sullivan is 27-16 against the Seminoles. .383 OB% .422 24-32 SB-ATT 18-26 SUNSHINE SHOWDOWN: Florida is currently 11 meetings (one attempt). Meanwhile, the 4.64 ERA 4.95 on a program-best nine-game win streak Gators have 17 steals in those 11 games. 10 SV 6 over Florida State dating back to 2016. CRISP ON THE MOUND: Freshman Nolan 84 BB 101 During those nine games, the Gators have Crisp made his first career start last Tuesday 198 SO 233 shut out the Seminoles four times and out- against Jacksonville and was spectacular. .261 BAA .222 scored FSU 66-24. He faced just one batter over the minimum .968 FLD% .971 LAST TIME VS. THE NOLES: In the first meet- through four scoreless innings, the only hit 31 E 23 ing of the season, FSU jumped out to a 6-0 allowed was a single. He did not walk a bat- lead before the Gators stormed back. Florida ter and struck out two. LAST 10 GAMES (5-5) DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L-S scored 20 runs over its final four at bats to He also leads the team and ranks second in COACHING STAFF CONSISTENCY: Florida’s win 20-7. full-time staff of head coach Kevin O’Sul- M9 Yale W 15-1 W-Leftwich (4-0) the SEC with seven saves on the season. M10 Yale W 4-3 W-Dyson (2-0); S-Ruth (1) livan and assistants Craig Bell and Brad M12 #6 Florida St W 20-7 W-Alintoff (1-0) Kendrick Calilao went 4-6 with a grand slam McCONNELL KEEPS PACE: Shortstop Brady and six RBI. Six Gators had multi-hit games. Weitzel are in their 12th season together at M15 #5 Mississippi St L 5-6 L-Mace (4-1) McConnell led the offense last week with UF. They are the longest tenured trio in the M16 #5 Mississippi St-1 L-5-10 L-Leftwich (4-1) On the mound, Justin Alintoff, Ben Specht a .462 average (6-13) and five RBI. Last country based on an informal poll of SIDs. M16 #5 Mississippi St-2 W 4-2 W-Dyson (3-0) and Nick Blasucci combined for three score- Tuesday vs. Jacksonville, he went 3-3 with M19 Jacksonville W 13-8 W-Crisp (1-0); S-Alintoff (1) M21 at #6 Vanderbilt L 0-5 L-Mace (4-2) less innings to finish the game. Alintoff a career-high four RBI. WINNING TRADITION: Florida is tied with Louisville for the most wins in the country M22 at #6 Vanderbilt L 2-15 L-Leftwich (4-2) earned the win, his first of the year. M23 at #6 Vanderbilt L 4-14 L-Dyson (3-1) On the year, McConnell leads UF with 11 this decade. QUIET BASEPATHS: Florida State does not multi-hit games, 35 hits and 24 runs scored. HITTING AVG AB R H HR RBI SB have a stolen base against UF in the past DIVISION I WINS THIS DECADE (2010-19) Maldonado .368 38 11 14 2 7 0-0 CALILAO PRODUCING: Freshman first base- Florida 437 Young .341 41 10 14 0 4 2-2 man Kendrick Calilao has a team-high Louisville 437 McConnell .308 39 8 12 1 8 1-1 SEC STANDINGS (entering today’s game) 29 RBI, fourth in the SEC overall and most LSU 434 Smith .280 25 6 7 1 3 1-2 Acton .276 29 3 8 0 3 1-2 EAST OVERALL SEC GB among all freshman nationally. TEAM .281 342 72 96 12 59 9-14 Georgia 21-3 5-1 -- Vanderbilt 19-5 4-2 1 PITCHING* ERA G-S IP H ER BB SO Missouri 15-9 2-4 3 PROJECTED LINEUP Specht 4.70 5-0 7.2 9 4 1 7 Tennessee 20-5 2-4 3 NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT Mace 4.85 2-2 13.0 10 7 4 14 Florida 16-10 1-5 4 C 9 Brady Smith SO .224 58 13 13 2 8 .379 .387 3-4 Crisp 5.40 2-1 5.0 2 3 3 2 South Carolina 16-8 1-5 4 Dyson 7.16 3-3 16.1 17 13 5 8 1B 6 Kendrick Calilao FR .326 92 17 30 3 29 .500 .404 1-2 Leftwich 7.71 3-3 14.0 27 12 2 13 Kentucky 14-10 0-6 5 2B 14 Jacob Young FR .378 74 20 28 2 12 .486 .434 2-2 TEAM 6.62 87.0 105 64 32 71 WEST OVERALL SEC GB 3B 22 Cory Acton FR .266 79 10 31 0 10 .278 .385 2-4 *min. 5.0 IP Arkansas 20-4 5-1 -- SS 13 Brady McConnell SO .357 98 24 35 3 18 .500 .423 2-2 Texas A&M 21-5 5-1 -- LF 44 Austin Langworthy JR .187 91 19 17 3 11 .319 .275 1-2 ON DECK Auburn 20-4 4-2 1 CF 4 Jud Fabian FR .275 80 17 22 5 14 .550 .404 5-7 M29 Alabama SEC+ 6:30 pm LSU 17-7 4-2 1 RF 16 Wil Dalton JR .228 79 21 18 2 12 .380 .367 4-4 M30 Alabama SEC+ 6:30 pm Mississippi St. 22-3 4-2 1 M31 Alabama SEC+ 1 pm DH 27 Nelson Maldonado SR .347 95 23 33 3 21 .558 .422 1-1 Ole Miss 17-8 3-3 2 A2 FAMU SEC+ 6 pm Alabama 19-6 2-4 3 RHP 37 Nolan Crisp FR 1-0, 2.77 ERA (13.0 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 9 K) A5 at Ole Miss SEC+ 7:30 pm 1988 1991 1996 1998 2005 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL 2019 GAME LOG (*started) RHP NOLAN CRISP DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP ERA QS 2019 STATS: 1-0, 2.77 ERA 37 2/16 LBSU SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 0.00 -- 5-9 CLASS Freshman HEIGHT 2/17 LBSU SV 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 0.00 -- 175 HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL Locust Grove, Ga./Locust Grove WEIGHT 2/23 Miami SV 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 34 0.00 -- 2/24 Miami SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13 0.00 -- CAREER STATS 2/26 at JU SV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0.00 -- YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R ER BB K 3/3 Winthrop-2 SV 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 19 1.29 -- 2019 2.77 1-0 9 1 0 13.0 8 5 4 3 9 3/8 Yale SV 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 17 1.12 -- CAREER 2.77 1-0 9 1 0 13.0 8 5 4 3 9 3/12 Florida St ND 1.0 1 3 3 1 3 0 7 29 4.00 -- 3/19 *Jacksonville W 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 51 2.77 no RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (starts only) CRISP’S SEASON + CAREER HIGHS INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RUNS SEASON CAREER 1 - 3/19-current Win Streak same CRISP’S RUN SUPPORT (starts only) 4.0 - JU, 3/19 Innings Pitched 3 - FSU, 3/12 Runs Allowed RUNS SCORED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 3 - FSU, 3/12 Earned Runs Allowed GAMES 1 2 - 2x Hits Allowed CRISP W-L 1-0 3 - FSU, 3/12 Walks Allowed TEAM W-L 1-0 2 - 3x Strikeouts 13 - JU, 3/19 Batters Faced 2019 MISCELLANEOUS STATS WHIP 0.85 K / 9 6.2 CRISP VS. FLORIDA STATE QUALITY STARTS 0 BB / 9 2.1 DATE H/A/N GS DEC IP H R ER HR BB K NP PITCHES / START 51.0 (51 in 1 start) K / BB RATIO 3.0 3/12/19 H no ND 1.0 1 3 3 1 3 0 29 Totals 0-0-0 1.0 1 3 3 1 3 0 GATORS PITCHING BY THE NUMBERS WEEKEND ROTATION W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB SO BAA HR SERIES GM 1 GM 2 GM 3 OVERALL 16-10-10 4.64 229.0 236 138 118 84 198 .261 26 Long Beach St.