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6 FLORIDA GATORS Vs. FLORIDA A&M RATTLERS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES BASEBALL CONTACT Zach Dirlam / EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-262-3887 / @GATORSBB #6 FLORIDA GATORS vs. FLORIDA A&M RATTLERS FRIDAY, MARCH 5 - 4 PM | FRIDAY, MARCH 5 - TBD | SUNDAY, MARCH 7 - 1 PM .301 BA .177 FLORIDA BALLPARK at ALFRED A. McKETHAN FIELD (GAINESVILLE, FLA.) 346 AB 231 ONLINE SECNETWORK+ (SUNDAY) | RADIO ESPN 98.1FM / 850AM WRUF (GAINESVILLE) 77 R 17 OVERALL / SEC 6-3 / 0-0 OVERALL / MEAC 0-8 / 0-0 104 H 41 H / A / N 5-3 / 1-0 / 0-0 H / A / N 0-0 / 0-8 / 0-0 19 2B 3 D1BASEBALL RANK 6 D1BASEBALL RANK -- 5 3B 0 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 553-259 (14th season) HEAD COACH Jamey Shouppe/ 163-180 (8th season) 9 HR 5 FRI Jr.* RHP Tommy Mace (2-0, 0.82 ERA) PROB. STARTER FRI Sr. RHP Kyle Coleman (0-2, 7.84 ERA) PROB. STARTER 72 RBI 16 FRI Jr.* RHP Jack Leftwich (1-0, 3.38 ERA) FRI RSr. RHP Chandellor Benton (0-2, 8.59 ERA) .462 SLG% .255 SUN Fr.* LHP Hunter Barco (0-1, 11.88 ERA) SUN Sr. RHP Josh Hancock (0-2, 9.72 ERA) 41 BB 17 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 22-1 IN GAINESVILLE 22-1 AWAY -- NEUTRAL -- 75 SO 80 NOTABLE Florida has won the last four meetings in the series, and its only loss came in 2014 .383 OB% .249 7-8 SB-ATT 2-2 UNIQUE HITTING STREAK: Sophomore Jacob Young vaulted to the top of the SEC in dou- out RBI (five). Hickey also has five such RBI. 4.19 ERA 7.14 Young‘s active 27-game hitting streak dates bles (seven) and stolen bases (six), and tied 2 SV 0 back to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, giving the SEC lead for hits (16). BOTTOM THIRD OF LINEUP MAKING BIG him an opportunity to have a hitting streak IMPACT: The starters in the 7-8-9 hole in 39 BB 27 In the national rankings, Young is second in Florida’s batting order last weekend against 91 SO 53 span three different seasons. doubles and tied for second in hits. Samford finished with a .364 average (12- .228 BAA .284 Young recorded hits in the final two games GATORS DOUBLE-DIGIT HITS RUN: For the 33), scored 12 runs, racked up 10 RBIs, and .956 FLD% .970 of the 2019 Lubbock Regional, all 16 games drew seven walks. The 8 and 9 holes were he made a plate appearance in 2020, and first time since an eight-game stretch from 16 E 7 April 21-May 3, 2009, Florida put together occupied all three games by Halter and the first nine games of this season. When freshman infielderJordan Carrion, who Young steps to the plate Friday, his hitting 10-plus hits in eight consecutive games ON DECK that ended against FAU. Florida has not had delivered timley hits throughout the series. streak will be in its 644th day of activity, as The 8-9 spots added two more hits vs. FAU. M9 Georgia State SEC+ 6 PM his streak began June 1, 2019. Last Tuesday, a nine-game streak since the start of the M10 Stetson SEC+ 6 PM UNF’s Harmon Stadium became the seventh 2009 season. SCOTT SHUTTING DOWN OPPONENTS: Third- M12 Jacksonville SEC+ 6:30 PM Florida ranks third nationally and second in year sophomore Christian Scott has not M13 Jacksonville SEC+ 6:30 PM venue Young recorded a hit in during the M14 Jacksonville SEC+ 1 PM streak. the SEC with 104 hits this season. allowed a run in any of his four appearances M16 at Florida State ACCN Extra 6 PM Young is hitting .418 (46-110) in this streak, Second-year freshman Nathan Hickey is (and 8.0 IP) this season. Scott is one of six M18 Texas A&M SEC Net. 7 PM with 11 doubles, 17 RBIs, and 20 runs. second in the SEC and tied for 14th nation- SEC pitchers with an ERA of 0.00. M19 Texas A&M SEC+ 6:30 PM ally with 13 RBI. M20 Texas A&M SEC+ 1 PM Young passed Brad Wilkerson (1997) for the SULLY MOVES CLOSER TO SCHOOL HISTORY: M26 at South Carolina SEC+ 7 PM second-longest streak in school history. Tim HALTER HEATING UP: Since taking over at Gators head coach Kevin O’Sullivan needs M27 at South Carolina SEC+ 4 PM Olson (2000) holds the school record at 29 second base during the third game of the four wins to pass Dave Fuller for the most M28 at South Carolina SEC Net. 12 PM games. MIami series, freshman Colby Halter is hit- wins in program history. O’Sullivan has 553 Prior to a 1-for-4 night against Florida A&M ting .375 (9 for 24) with a home run, triple, career wins and a .681 winning percentage (which ranks third among active coaches 2021 TEAM INFORMATION last season (March 4, 2020), Young was one four runs, 10 RBIs, and five walks. Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 with at least 10 Division I seasons). of three Gators since the start of 2009 to Halter is also tied for the team lead for two- Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 record seven consecutive multi-hit games. Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 The others were Jonathan India (March 9-21, Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) 2018) and Bryson Smith (May 28-June 12, PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based off last game) 2011), who also had seven-game streaks. NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT 2020 RECAP MONSTER WEEK FOR GATORS OUTFIELDERS: C 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .278 36 8 10 3 13 .611 .372 0-0 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) Young and fellow third-year sophomore Jud 1B 34 Kris Armstrong SO* .296 27 8 8 1 6 .556 .321 0-0 2020 SEC Record: -- Fabian both had award-worthy five-game 2B 29 Jordan Carrion FR .381 21 6 8 0 4 .381 .435 1-1 SEC Finish: -- Home Record: 11-1 (.917) stretches last week. 3B 5 Colby Halter FR .321 28 8 9 1 10 .500 .441 0-0 Fabian hit .364 with four home runs, 12 Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) SS 24 Josh Rivera FR* .205 39 7 8 0 3 .333 .279 0-0 Neutral Site Record: 0-0 RBI, and eight runs, along with a pair of LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .395 43 8 17 0 8 .558 .438 6-6 web gems and an outfield assist. Fabian is 2020 Postseason: n/a tied for third in the SEC and tied for eighth CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .237 38 9 9 4 12 .553 .356 0-1 nationally in home runs (four) and tied for RF 26 Sterlin Thompson FR .280 25 8 7 0 4 .400 .455 0-0 fourth in the SEC and 21st nationally in RBI DH 15 Jordan Butler JR* .343 35 7 12 0 7 .429 .429 0-0 (12). SP 47 Tommy Mace JR* 2-0 / 0.82 ERA / 11.0 IP / 6 H / 1 R / 1 ER / 2 BB / 19 K 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 4:00 PM Gainesville 3/5 11 FLORIDA A&M 7:30 PM Gainesville 3/7 12 FLORIDA A&M SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville 3/9 13 GEORGIA STATE SEC+ 6:00 PM Gainesville 3/10 14 STETSON SEC+ 6:00 PM Gainesville 3/12 15 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville 3/13 16 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville 3/14 17 JACKSONVILLE SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville 3/16 18 at Florida State ACC Extra 6:00 PM Tallahassee, Fla. 3/18 19 TEXAS A&M * SEC Net. 7:00 PM Gainesville 3/19 20 TEXAS A&M * SEC+ 6:30 PM Gainesville 3/20 21 TEXAS A&M * SEC+ 1:00 PM Gainesville 3/26 22 at South Carolina * SEC+ 7:00 PM Columbia, S.C.
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