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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES BASEBALL CONTACT Daniel Apple / EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-692-6008 / @GATORSBB vs. #7 FLORIDA GATORS (13-5) #6 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES (13-1) .293 BA .284 TBD vs. SO. RHP CONOR GRADY (2-0, 1.54) 608 AB 440 TUESDAY, MARCH 12 / 6:30 P.M. 138 R 121 ALFRED A. McKETHAN STADIUM / GAINESVILLE, FL 178 H 125 TV SEC NETWORK / RADIO 103.7 FM (GNV), 930 AM (JAX) / ONLINE FloridaGators.com & WatchESPN 33 2B 31 OVERALL / SEC 13-5 / 0-0 OVERALL / CONF 13-1 / 2-1 4 3B 3 H / A / N 12-4 / 1-1 / 0-0 H / A / N 13-1 / 0-0 / 0-0 19 HR 26 USA TODAY RANK 7 USA TODAY RANK 6 120 RBI 120 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 510-234 (same at UF) HEAD COACH Mike Martin / 2000-714-4 (same at FSU) .454 SLG% .545 84 BB 109 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL FSU LEADS 128-118-1 IN GAINESVILLE UF LEADS, 62-48 AWAY FSU LEADS, 69-44-1 NEUTRAL UF LEADS, 12-11 139 SO 122 NOTABLE Florida has won eight in a row against FSU and 13 of the last 14. Coach O’Sullivan is 14-2 against FSU in Gainesville (26-16 overall). .392 OB% .446 15-19 SB-ATT 10-14 SUNSHINE SHOWDOWN: Florida is currently OFFENSE SURGING: UF’s offense has heated 3.26 ERA 3.07 on a program-best eight-game win streak up since the calendar turned to March: 8 SV 3 over Florida State dating back to 2016. FEBRUARY (6-4) MARCH (7-1) 55 BB 52 During those eight games, the Gators have Avg .238 .354 142 SO 141 shut out the Seminoles four times and out- Runs 47 91 .240 BAA .192 scored FSU 46-17. R/G 4.7 11.4 .966 FLD% .990 QUIET BASEPATHS: Florida State does not HR 3 16 23 E 5 have a stolen base against UF in the past SLG .341 .580 10 meetings (one attempt). Meanwhile, the OBP .353 .436 LAST 10 GAMES (8-2) Gators have 14 steals in those 10 games. UF ranks second in the SEC in runs (138, 6th FAB FRESHMEN: Florida’s freshmen class has DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L-S STARTING STRONG: Over the last five years, in NCAA) and hits (178, 9th in NCAA). produced in a big way. Offensively, six true F26 at Jacksonville (10) W 5-4 W-Scott (1-1); S-Crisp (5) F27 UCF L 9-12 L-H.McMullen (0-2) the Gators have won all 20 non-conference freshmen have combined to start 64 games LIMITING FREE PASSES: After allowing 12 and hit .323 (76-235) with nine home runs M1 Winthrop W 16-4 W-Dyson (1-0) weekend series with an overall 55-5 record walks on opening weekend, the pitching staff M3 Winthrop DH1 W 28-5 W-Mace (3-0) in those matchups. and 51 RBI. Kendrick Calilao leads the way M3 Winthrop DH2 W 5-3 W-Leftwich (3-0); S-Crisp (6) has steadily improved each week and only with a .359 average and a team-best 19 RBI. M5 FGCU W 15-0 W-Blasucci (1-0) HOME SWEET HOME: The Gators are in the walked three batters in the series with Yale. M6 FGCU L 2-7 L-Luethje (0-1) In addition, Jud Fabian leads the team with M8 Yale W 6-5 W-Mace (4-0); S-Crisp (7) midst of a 14-game homestand (7-2 record WHOA NELLY: Nelson Maldonado, a senior thus far). It’s the longest stretch of home five home runs and has a team-best four M9 Yale W 15-1 W-Leftwich (4-0) captain, has been on fire the last two weeks. game-winning RBI. He’s hitting .345 on the M10 Yale W 4-3 W-Dyson (2-0); S-Ruth (1) games for UF in 16 years, since Florida had a Over the past 10 games, he is 17-for-35 (.486) 19-game stretch in 2005 (15-4 record). year with a .727 slugging percentage, fifth- HITTING AVG AB R H HR RBI SB with eight extra base hits, two home runs best in the SEC. Maldonado .486 35 11 17 2 15 0-0 and 15 RBI. He has only struck out twice in Fabian .448 29 12 13 4 9 3-3 40 plate appearances in that span and has On the mound, seven freshman have com- Young .439 41 12 18 2 10 0-0 (entering today’s game) SEC STANDINGS six multi-hit games. bined for 62.0 innings with a 3.48 earned McConnell .432 37 12 16 2 7 1-1 EAST OVERALL SEC GB run average (24 ER allowed). Nolan Crisp Acton .300 30 6 9 0 8 0-1 Tennessee 15-1 0-0 - STREAKING: Shortstop Brady McConnell has has racked up seven saves in seven appear- TEAM .338 358 105 121 17 94 8-11 Georgia 14-2 0-0 - an active hitting streak of 14 games (21-51, ances. Crisp’s seven saves lead the nation. PITCHING ERA G-S IP H ER BB SO South Carolina 13-3 0-0 - .412). On the season, McConnell is tied for Scott 0.00 2-0 5.2 3 0 2 2 Vanderbilt 13-3 0-0 - second in the SEC with 26 hits (15th in NCAA). Overall, all 16 Gators’ newcomers have seen Ruth 1.29 3-0 7.0 4 1 1 9 Kentucky 11-4 0-0 - playing time this season, including 11 true Alintoff 1.93 4-1 9.1 7 2 2 9 Florida 13-5 0-0 - Jacob Young has a 10-game hitting streak freshmen. Leftwich 2.45 2-2 11.0 12 3 2 10 Missouri 9-5 0-0 - (18-41, .439) since being inserted into the Luethje 3.38 2-1 5.1 4 2 1 4 lineup at Jacksonville with six multi-hit WINNING TRADITION: Florida owns the TEAM 3.34 89.0 81 33 25 79 WEST OVERALL SEC GB most wins in the country this decade. Mississippi State 15-1 0-0 - games in that span. DIVISION I WINS THIS DECADE (2010-19) ON DECK Alabama 15-2 0-0 - COACHING STAFF CONSISTENCY: Florida’s Florida 434 M15 Mississippi State SEC+ 6:30 pm Auburn 14-2 0-0 - full-time staff of head coach Kevin O’Sulli- Arkansas 12-2 0-0 - Louisville 430 M16 Mississippi State SEC Network 2 pm M17 Mississippi State SEC Network 2 pm Texas A&M 15-3 0-0 - van and assistants Craig Bell and Brad Weit- LSU 428 zel are in their 12th season together at UF. M19 Jacksonville SEC+ 6 pm Ole Miss 12-3 0-0 - M21 at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7 pm LSU 11-4 0-0 - They are the longest tenured trio in the SEC. 1988 1991 1996 1998 2005 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL 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 13-5-8 3.26 160.0 146 71 58 55 142 .240 15 Long Beach St. Dyson Mace Leftwich Starters 11-3 3.86 79.1 82 40 34 29 71 .265 10 Miami (FL) Dyson Mace Leftwich Relievers 2-2-8 2.68 80.2 64 31 24 26 71 .214 5 Winthrop Dyson Mace Leftwich Home 12-4-7 3.17 142.0 126 61 50 46 132 .236 13 Yale Mace Leftwich Dyson Road 1-1-1 4.00 18.0 20 10 8 9 10 .270 2 Mississippi St. Weekends 11-1-7 2.38 106.0 90 35 28 31 96 .230 9 at Vanderbilt Midweeks 2-4-1 5.00 54.0 56 36 30 24 46 .259 6 Alabama February 6-4-5 3.60 90.0 87 43 36 35 79 .252 11 at Ole Miss S. Carolina March 7-1-3 2.83 70.0 59 28 22 20 63 .224 4 at LSU Kentucky BULLPEN BY THE NUMBERS at Georgia 1ST BATTER FACED (RELIEF ONLY) INHERITED RUNNERS SCORELESS STREAK LAST RELIEF APPEARANCE Tennessee H AB AVG BB K IR RS PCT G IP DATE - OPP IP H R ER BB K at Missouri Alintoff 0 3 .000 1 1 1 0 .000 3 6.1 3/9 - Yale 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 Armstrong 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 .000 1 1.0 3/9 - Yale 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 STARTER SUPPORT Blasucci 1 2.0 QS - quality start - at least 6 IP with no more than 3 ER Butler 1 5 .200 0 3 7 5 .714 2 3.2 2/27 - UCF 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 PITCHER GS-RUNS R/GS UF REC. QS Crisp 4 7 .571 0 2 0 0 .000 3/8 - Yale 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 Blasucci 1-15 15.0 1-0 0 Hemenway 1 1 1.000 0 0 3/3 - Winthrop-1 2.0 5 3 3 0 1 Mace 4-48 12.0 4-0 2 Langworthy 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1.0 3/1 - Winthrop 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Specht 1-9 9.0 0-1 0 Luethje 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 2/26 - at JU 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 Dyson 4-30 7.5 3-1 0 H.McMullen 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 2/27 - UCF 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 Leftwich 4-27 6.8 4-0 2 K.McMullen 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 3/6 - FGCU 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 Alintoff 1-5 5.0 1-0 0 Pogue 2 4 .500 0 2 3 2 .667 3/6 - FGCU 1.2 2 0 0 2 1 Luethje 1-2 2.0 0-1 0 Ruth 0 5 .000 0 2 8 4 .500 2 5.1 3/10 - Yale 3.2 1 0 0 0 5 H.McMullen 1-1 1.0 0-1 0 Scott 0 3 .000 0 2 1 0 .000 2 5.2 3/5 - FGCU 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 Scott 1-1 1.0 0-1 0 Specht 1 3 .333 1 0 2 0 .000 1 1.2 3/9 - Yale 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 9 41 .220 3 12 23 11 .478 2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 12 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES | 15 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 24 SEC EASTERN DIVISION TITLES | 7 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL CHARTING THE STARTERS FROM THE BULLPEN MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS SEASON TOTALS W-L IP H R ER BB SO SEASON TOTALS W-L-S IP H R ER BB SO Game 1 of Weekend Series 3-1 3.86 ERA 11-3 79.1 82 40 34 29 71 2.68 ERA 2-2-8 80.2 64 31 24 26 71 Game 2 of Weekend Series 4-0 Game 3 of Weekend Series 4-0 OPPONENT W/L IP H R ER BB SO OPPONENT W/L/S IP H R ER BB SO Midweek Games 2-3 Long Beach St - 3.1 2 2 1 4 4 Long Beach St W 5.2 3 0 0 5 7 Long Beach St W 7.0 5 2 2 3 7 Long Beach St S 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Against Top 5 Teams 0-0 Long Beach St W 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 Long Beach St S 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 Against Top 10 Teams 0-0 at South Florida L 2.1 5 3 3 2 1 at South Florida - 5.2 7 3 3 5 5 Against Top 25 Teams 0-0 North Florida L 2.0 4 2 2 0 3 North Florida - 7.0 5 5 5 2 6 Against Unranked Teams 13-5 Miami (Fla.) - 4.0 6 2 2 1 3 Miami (Fla.) L 5.0 7 3 2 2 4 Miami (Fla.) W 7.0 5 3 3 4 4 Miami (Fla.) S 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 vs.