10 FLORIDA GATORS Vs. KENTUCKY WILDCATS
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-318-6680 @GATORSBB #10 FLORIDA GATORS vs. KENTUCKY WILDCATS THURSDAY, MAY 6 - 7 PM ET | FRIDAY, MAY 7 - 6:30 PM ET | SATURDAY, MAY 8 - 2 PM ET .287 BA .285 KENTUCKY PROUD PARK (LEXINGTON, KY.) 1521 AB 1359 TV/STREAM SEC NETWORK (THURSDAY) & SEC NETWORK+ (FRIDAY & SATURDAY) RADIO ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF (GNV) & 1010XL (JAX) 305 R 254 OVERALL / SEC 31-13 / 13-8 OVERALL / SEC 26-15 / 10-11 436 H 387 H / A / N 26-6 / 5-7 / 0-0 H / A / N 20-8 / 6-7 / 0-0 84 2B 70 D1BASEBALL RANK 10 D1BASEBALL RANK NR 11 3B 9 Kevin O’Sullivan / 578-269 (14th season) HEAD COACH Nick Mingione / 140-95 (5th season) HEAD COACH 56 HR 53 PROB. STARTER RHP Franco Aleman (1-2, 5.05 ERA) PROB. STARTER RHP Cole Stupp (4-4, 4.03 ERA) 282 RBI 230 RHP Tommy Mace (5-0, 4.35 ERA) RHP Sean Harney (3-0, 3.45 ERA) LHP Hunter Barco (7-2, 4.76 ERA) RHP Zack Lee (4-4, 4.47 ERA) .467 SLG% .467 206 BB 148 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 142-69-1 IN GAINESVILLE 77-29 AWAY 60-37-1 NEUTRAL 5-3 363 SO 347 NOTABLE Florida has won six of their last eight games against Kentucky and is 4-1 on the road over their last five contests outside of Gainesville. .378 OB% .369 FLORIDA VISITS KENTUCKY: No. 10 Florida GOING STREAKING: In addition to C Nathan UNIQUE HITTING STREAK: Sophomore Jacob 25-38 SB-ATT 57-61 (31-13, 13-8 SEC) visits Kentucky (26-15, 10-11) Hickey's 21-game on-base streak, INF Kirby Young broke Tim Olson’s 21-year-old record 4.24 ERA 4.40 for a three-game series, marking the first McMullen has hit safely in 11 straight games. on Sunday, March 7, as he singled in the 14 SV 10 meeting between the two teams since 2019 McMullen is batting .341/.429/.537 with two eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to 133 BB 129 and the first to take place in Lexington since homers and 11 RBI during the streak, while a record 30 games. 392 SO 387 the Gators took two-of-three back in 2018. Hickey is slashing .367/.480/.582 with three Young recorded hits in the final two games .240 BAA .254 Florida is 20-18 overall vs. Kentucky under home runs and 21 RBI during his on-base of the 2019 Lubbock Regional, all 16 games streak. .970 FLD% .976 Kevin O'Sullivan, including 9-9 on the road. he made a plate appearance in 2020, and 49 E 34 The Gators enter Tuesday having won 11 of HERE COMES THE JUD: Sophomore OF Jud the first 12 games of this season. The hitting their last 13 games as well as 14 of their last Fabian had his career-long nine-game hit- streak spanned over 646 days, as his streak 18 after taking two-of-three from No. 2 Van- ting streak snapped in game three against began June 1, 2019. RADIO/TV ANNOUNCERS No. 2 Vanderbilt, but has been on a torrid Radio: Jeff Cardozo derbilt last weekend. Young hit .415 (51-123) over the streak, with 11 Thursday (SEC Network): Clay Matvick & Mike Rooney pace over the last 11 games to the tune of a doubles, 18 RBIs, and 23 runs. GATORS IN THE RANKINGS: Florida ranks 1.375 OPS. Across those 11 games, Fabian is Friday (SEC+): Dick Gabriel & Doug Flynn inside the top three in the SEC in hits (sec- Saturday (SEC+): Dick Gabriel & Doug Flynn slashing .375/.500/.875 with 5 HR, 5 2B, 13 R, SULLY MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY: Gators head ond; 436), sacrifice flies (tied second; 24), 11 RBI and is a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases. coach Kevin O’Sullivan passed Dave Fuller batting average (third; .287), doubles (third; for the most wins in program history. O’Sul- ON DECK 84), total bases (third; 710) and triples (tied FLORIDA BATS HEATING UP: The Gators have livan has 578 career wins and a .682 winning third; 11). On the pitching side, the Gators double-digit hits in five of their last six M6 at Kentucky SEC Net. 7 PM percentage (which ranks third among active M7 at Kentucky SEC+ 6:30 PM are tied for second in saves (14) and have games, averaging 12.8 hits per game during coaches with at least 10 Division I seasons). allowed the fourth-fewest walks (133) in the that span. M8 at Kentucky SEC+ 2 PM Fuller finished his illustrious Gators head M11 at Stetson ESPN+ 6:30 PM conference. ARMSTRONG FLEXING: INF/DH Kris Arm- coaching career with 556 wins from 1948-75. M14 Georgia SEC+ 6:30 PM Individually, OF Jud Fabian is tied for the strong has homered three times in the SEC lead with 16 home runs while being tied last four games, owning a 1.368 OPS and NEXT TIME OUT: Florida visits Stetson on M15 Georgia SEC+ 6:30 PM for second nationally in long balls. Fabian .353/.368/.100 slash line with 17 total bases, Tuesday, May 11 prior to welcoming Georgia M16 Georgia SEC Net. 12 PM also ranks third in the SEC in total bases five extra-base hits, seven RBI and four runs to Florida Ballpark for a three-game series M20 at Arkansas SEC Net. 7 PM (101), tied for sixth in walks (30), eighth in during that time. from May 14-16. M21 at Arkansas SEC+ 7:30 PM slugging (.605) and tied for eighth in runs M22 at Arkansas SEC+ 3 PM (43). OF Jacob Young leads the SEC with 48 runs scored and 218 plate appearances (213). PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based off last game) 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Young is also tied for the top mark in the SEC NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 with 13 doubles and is tied for third in hits C 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .354 161 32 57 8 45 .596 .478 1-2 (59) and tied for fifth in stolen bases (12). C Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 1B 15 Jordan Butler JR* .254 134 22 34 1 16 .343 .331 1-3 Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 Nathan Hickey has reached base in 21 con- 2B 5 Colby Halter FR .310 145 31 45 3 31 .469 .389 1-3 secutive games. Hickey ranks second in the Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) SEC in OBP (.478), second in walks (27), tied 3B 52 Kirby McMullen GR .275 142 21 39 9 35 .507 .363 0-0 for fifth in RBI (45), sixth in batting average SS 24 Josh Rivera FR* .267 135 22 36 4 20 .430 .336 0-2 (.354) and tied for 11th in hits (57). LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .316 187 48 59 3 23 .455 .405 12-13 2020 RECAP 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) On the mound, RHP Hunter Barco is tied CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .263 167 43 44 16 40 .605 .374 4-5 RF 29 Sterlin Thompson FR .288 132 31 38 3 19 .439 .405 1-2 2020 SEC Record: -- for second in the SEC with seven wins on SEC Finish: -- DH 34 Kris Armstrong SO .307 88 15 27 7 24 .648 .340 0-0 the season while Jack Leftwich is tied for Home Record: 11-1 (.917) SP 35 Franco Aleman SO* 1-2 / 5.05 ERA / 41.0 IP / 39 H / 27 R / 23 ER / 16 BB / 42 K sixth with six victories of his own and ranks Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) seventh in the conference with a .177 BAA. 47 Tommy Mace JR* 5-0 / 4.35 ERA / 62.0 IP / 60 H / 35 R / 30 ER / 11 BB / 74 K Neutral Site Record: 0-0 Tommy Mace is tied for 12th in the SEC with 12 Hunter Barco FR* 7-2 / 4.76 ERA / 56.2 IP / 59 H / 36 R / 30 ER / 19 BB / 66 K 74 strikeouts and tied for seventh with 62 IP. 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.