14 FLORIDA GATORS Vs. #2 VANDERBILT COMMODORES
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-318-6680 @GATORSBB #14 FLORIDA GATORS vs. #2 VANDERBILT COMMODORES FRIDAY, APRIL 30 - 7 PM ET | SATURDAY, MAY 1 - 6:30 PM ET | SUNDAY, MAY 2 - 3 PM ET .285 BA .300 FLORIDA BALLPARK (GAINESVILLE, FLA.) 1382 AB 1301 TV/STREAM ESPNU (FRIDAY); SEC NETWORK+ (SATURDAY); ESPN2 (SUNDAY) RADIO ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF (GNV) & 1010XL (JAX) 273 R 281 OVERALL / SEC 28-12 / 11-7 OVERALL / SEC 31-7 / 13-5 394 H 390 H / A / N 23-5 / 5-7 / 0-0 H / A / N 21-5 / 10-2 / 0-0 75 2B 80 D1BASEBALL RANK 14 D1BASEBALL RANK 2 11 3B 17 Kevin O’Sullivan / 575-268 (14th season) HEAD COACH Tim Corbin / 784-366-1 (19th season) HEAD COACH 49 HR 51 PROB. STARTER Friday: So.* RHP Franco Aleman (1-1, 3.50) PROB. STARTER Friday: Jr. RHP Kumar Rocker (9-1, 1.55) 253 RBI 267 Saturday: Jr.* RHP Tommy Mace (4-0, 4.00) Saturday: Jr. RHP Jack Leiter (7-1, 1.49) Sunday: Fr.* LHP Hunter Barco (6-2, 4.73) Sunday: TBA .462 SLG% .505 177 BB 187 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 140-75-1 IN GAINESVILLE 79-23 AWAY 56-47-1 NEUTRAL 5-5 325 SO 357 NOTABLE The last two series between Florida and Vanderbilt have been swept by the home team (Florida in 2018; Vanderbilt in 2019). .374 OB% .397 FLORIDA HOSTS VANDERBILT: No. 14 Florida GATORS GET IT ROLLING: The Gators saves and four games started this season. 23-34 SB-ATT 51-57 (28-12, 11-7 SEC) welcomes No. 2 Vanderbilt have won eight of their last nine games. UNIQUE HITTING STREAK: Sophomore Jacob 3.99 ERA 2.89 (31-7, 13-5) to town this upcoming weekend During that span, Florida has been led Young broke Tim Olson’s 21-year-old record 12 SV 15 for a three-game series, marking the first by Nathan Hickey (.371/.500/.571), Jud on Sunday, March 7, as he singled in the 122 BB 134 meeting between the two teams since 2019 Fabian (.333/.436/.727), Sterlin Thom- eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to 358 SO 443 and the first to take place in Gainesville son (.333/.455/.444) and Colby Halter a record 30 games. .232 BAA .178 since 2018. (.323/.361/.5448) at the plate. Young recorded hits in the final two games .969 FLD% .974 Florida is 27-17 overall vs. Vanderbilt under Out of the bullpen, Christian Scott has gone of the 2019 Lubbock Regional, all 16 games 45 E 35 Kevin O'Sullivan, including 14-4 at home. 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA and .149 BAA across the he made a plate appearance in 2020, and The Gators enter the series having won hot streak. the first 12 games of this season. The hitting RADIO/TV ANNOUNCERS eight of their last nine games after taking HERE COMES THE JUD: Sophomore OF Jud streak spanned over 646 days, as his streak Radio: Jeff Cardozo & Eric Castaldo two-of-three from Auburn on the road last Fabian enters the series riding an active began June 1, 2019. Friday (ESPNU): Tom Hart & Kyle Peterson weekend. Florida has won two consecutive seven-game hitting streak, during which he Young hit .415 (51-123) over the streak, with 11 Saturday (SEC+): Mick Hubert & Nick Belmonte SEC series in addition to coming out on top is slashing .423/.500/.923 with three home doubles, 18 RBIs, and 23 runs. Sunday (ESPN2): Tom Hart & Kyle Peterson in all three of their home conference series runs, four doubles, eight runs and six RBI. SULLY MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY: Gators head so far in 2021. FLORIDA BATS HEATING UP: The Gators have coach Kevin O’Sullivan passed Dave Fuller ON DECK Florida ranks double-digit hits in seven of their last nine for the most wins in program history. O’Sul- A30 Vanderbilt ESPNU 7 PM GATORS IN THE RANKINGS: M1 Vanderbilt SEC+ 6:30 PM second in the SEC in hits (394), third in games including six of their last seven. livan has 575 career wins and a .682 winning percentage (which ranks third among active M2 Vanderbilt ESPN2 3 PM doubles (69) and tied for third in triples (11). Since ALEMAN FINDING GROOVE AS SP: coaches with at least 10 Division I seasons). M4 Stetson SEC+ 6 PM The Gator pitching staff ranks third in the debuting as a starter against Ole Miss on M6 at Kentucky SEC Net. 7 PM conference in saves (12) and fewest walks April 1, right-hander Franco Aleman leads Fuller finished his illustrious Gators head M7 at Kentucky SEC+ 6:30 PM allowed (122). the team with a 2.45 ERA across 18.1 innings coaching career with 556 wins from 1948-75. M8 at Kentucky SEC+ 1 PM of work while holding opposing hitters to M11 at Stetson ESPN+ 6:30 PM Individually, OF Jacob Young is tied for the NEXT TIME OUT: Florida hosts Stetson in a M14 Georgia SEC+ 6:30 PM SEC lead with 13 doubles while ranking third a .232 batting average against. Aleman is May 4 midweek contest before traveling to M15 Georgia SEC+ 6:30 PM in runs (40) and fifth in both hits (54) and the only pitcher in the SEC with at least four Kentucky for a three-game series (May 6-8). M16 Georgia SEC Net. 12 PM stolen bases (12). OF Jud Fabian is tied for second in the SEC with 14 home runs and PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based off last game) 2021 TEAM INFORMATION OF Sterlin Thompson is tied for third with NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT three triples. C Nathan Hickey owns the sev- Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 C 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .356 146 28 52 8 42 .616 .476 1-2 Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 enth-best batting average (.356) in the SEC 1B 34 Kris Armstrong SO .296 71 11 21 4 17 .563 .333 0-0 and is tied for fourth in doubles (12), fifth in Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 2B 24 Josh Rivera FR* .250 120 19 30 4 18 .425 .318 0-2 Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) OBP (.476) and fifth in RBI (42). 3B 5 Colby Halter FR .311 132 27 41 3 29 .477 .380 1-2 On the mound, RHP Christian Scott's 2.20 SS 29 Jordan Carrion FR .250 84 14 21 1 8 .286 .315 4-6 ERA is tied for fifth in the SEC while his six LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .321 168 42 54 2 20 .458 .408 12-13 2020 RECAP 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) walks and 10 earned runs allowed are tied CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .261 153 38 40 14 35 .588 .360 3-4 2020 SEC Record: -- for the fewest and tied for the second-least RF 29 Sterlin Thompson FR .287 115 29 33 3 16 .452 .410 0-1 SEC Finish: -- in the SEC, respectively. Hunter Barco's 10 DH 32 Kirby McMullen GR .264 129 19 34 8 31 .488 .344 0-0 Home Record: 11-1 (.917) games started are tied for the SEC lead. SP 35 Franco Aleman SO* 1-1 / 3.50 ERA / 36.0 IP / 29 H / 18 R / 14 ER / 14 BB / 38 K Barco and Jack Leftwich are each tied for Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) 47 Tommy Mace JR* 4-0 / 4.00 ERA / 54.0 IP / 50 H / 28 R / 24 ER / 11 BB / 67 K Neutral Site Record: 0-0 fourth with six wins, while the latter's .174 12 Hunter Barco FR* 6-2 / 4.73 ERA / 51.1 IP / 54 H / 33 R / 27 ER / 18 BB / 59 K BAA ranks fifth in the conference. 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. 21 FLA. ATLANTIC SEC+ 6:00 PM Gainesville L 2-3 6-3 Mike Entenza (1-0) Franco Aleman (0-1) -- 1,626 3:00 3/5 10 FLORIDA A&M - 1 4:00 PM Gainesville W 10-2 7-3 Tommy Mace (3-0) Kyle Coleman (0-2) -- 1,510 2:56 3/5 11 FLORIDA A&M - 2 7:30 PM Gainesville W 5-1 8-3 Jack Leftwich (2-0) Kelyn Fox (0-1) -- 1,724 2:26 3/7 12 FLORIDA A&M SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville W 8-0 9-3 Hunter Barco (1-1) Josh Hancock (0-3) -- 1,865 2:56 3/9 13 GEORGIA STATE SEC+ 6:00 PM Gainesville W 5-1 10-3 Garrett Milchin (1-0) Seth Clark (0-1) -- 1,657 2:44 3/10 14 STETSON SEC+ 6:00 PM Gainesville W 10-7 11-3 Brandon Sproat (2-0) Nick Chiseri (0-1) -- 1,680 3:27 3/12 15 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville L 9-10 11-4 Tyler Santana (2-2) Christian Scott (0-1) McCoy (1) 1,769 3:35 3/13 16 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville W 9-0 12-4 Jack Leftwich (3-0) Mike Cassala (1-2) -- 2,052 2:59 3/14 17 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville W 5-2 13-4 Hunter Barco (2-1) Mason Adams (1-1) Aleman (2) 1,844 2:43 3/16 18 at Florida State ACC 7:00 PM Tallahassee, Fla.