UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES BASEBALL CONTACT Daniel Apple / EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-692-6008 / @GATORSBB vs. #14 FLORIDA GATORS (16-7, 1-2) #6 VANDERBILT (16-5, 1-2) .298 BA .317 SO. RHP TOMMY MACE (4-1, 3.69) vs. JR. RHP DRAKE FELLOWS (4-0, 4.88) 785 AB 723 THURSDAY, MARCH 21 / 7:00 P.M. ET 185 R 169 CHARLES HAWKINS FIELD / NASHVILLE, TN 234 H 229 TV SEC NETWORK / RADIO 98.1 FM/AM 850 / ONLINE FloridaGators.com & WatchESPN 42 2B 41 OVERALL / SEC 16-7 / 1-2 OVERALL / CONF 16-5 / 1-2 5 3B 10 H / A / N 15-6 / 1-1 / 0-0 H / A / N 12-2 / 1-2 / 3-1 26 HR 18 USA TODAY RANK 14 USA TODAY RANK 6 159 RBI 153 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 513-236 (same at UF) HEAD COACH Tim Corbin / 803-485-1 (697-347-1 at VU) .464 SLG% .476 UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS 101 BB 120 So. RHP Jack Leftwich (4-1, 3.29) FRIDAY Sr. RHP Patrick Raby (3-0, 0.70) 186 SO 162 Jr. RHP Tyler Dyson (3-0, 3.42) SATURDAY TBD .393 OB% .420 24-31 SB-ATT 21-30 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL UF LEADS 140-72-1 IN GAINESVILLE UF LEADS 79-23 AWAY UF LEADS 56-42-1 NEUTRAL VU LEADS, 7-5 3.82 ERA 4.03 NOTABLE Florida swept Vanderbilt last year in Gainesville and has won four in a row overall. Coach O’Sullivan is 27-12 against the Dores. 10 SV 11 71 BB 96 O’SULLIVAN VS. VANDY: The Gators are 8-3 A few Gators have seen extended success: 179 SO 240 in weekend series against Vanderbilt under LAST YEAR vs. THE DORES CAREER VS. VANDERBILT Game 1: Florida 8, Vanderbilt 4 .248 BAA .221 O’Sullivan, including 3-2 in series in Nash- Langworthy: .333 (7-21), 4 R, 3 2B, 7 RBI .969 FLD% .981 ville. Florida has won four straight series Maldonado: .324 (11-34), 7 R, HR, 10 RBI Florida jumped out to a 7-1 lead and held 27 E 14 against the Commodores. on for the win. Michael Byrne broke the CALILAO HONORED: Following a seven-RBI Last year, UF swept Vanderbilt in Gainesville. all-time UF saves record with his 26th week, freshman Kendrick Calilao was career save. LAST 10 GAMES (7-3) The result snapped a streak of 59-straight named SEC Freshman of the Week for the DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L-S SEC series without being swept for the second time this season. He went 6-19 last Game 2: Florida 10, Vanderbilt 2 M5 FGCU W 15-0 W-Blasucci (1-0) Dores (streak started in 2012). M6 FGCU L 2-7 L-Luethje (0-1) week and had six RBI in the Gators’ 20-7 win The Gators used a seven-run seventh M8 Yale W 6-5 W-Mace (4-0); S-Crisp (7) STANDOUTS VS. VANDY: Several players had over in-state rival Florida State. inning to blow past the Dores and clinch M9 Yale W 15-1 W-Leftwich (4-0) M10 Yale W 4-3 W-Dyson (2-0); S-Ruth (1) individual success last year against VU: WHOA NELLY: Nelson Maldonado, a senior the series. All nine UF starters had at least one hit and six players had a RBI. M12 #6 Florida St W 20-7 W-Alintoff (1-0) 2018 VS. VANDERBILT captain, has been on fire the last three M15 #5 Mississippi St L 5-6 L-Mace (4-1) Reese: .400 (4-10), R, 2B, RBI weeks. Over the past 15 games, he is 27- Game 3: Florida 8, Vanderbilt 2 M16 #5 Mississippi St-1 L-5-10 L-Leftwich (4-1) Maldonado: .333 (4-12), 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI for-55 (.491) with 11 extra base hits, three M16 #5 Mississippi St-2 W 4-2 W-Dyson (3-0) Florida scored four runs in the first in- M19 Jacksonville W 13-8 W-Crisp (1-0); S-Alintoff (1) Dalton: .333 (4-12), 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI home runs and 20 RBI. During that span, he ning and didn’t look back. Wil Dalton had HITTING AVG AB R H HR RBI SB Leftwich: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K has separate six-game and eight-game hit 3 RBI with a double and home run. Jack Butler: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K streaks. He has only struck out five times in Maldonado .486 37 13 18 3 13 0-0 Leftwich pitched three shutout innings. Young .400 40 12 16 0 5 2-2 63 plate appearances in that span and has Smith .360 25 7 9 1 4 1-2 SEC STANDINGS (entering today’s game) nine multi-hit games. McConnell .333 39 13 13 3 11 1-1 COACHING STAFF CONSISTENCY: Florida’s Calilao .333 39 6 13 1 12 0-1 EAST OVERALL SEC GB MARCHING ALONG: UF’s offense has heated full-time staff of head coach Kevin O’Sulli- TEAM .312 353 89 110 16 76 11-15 Georgia 19-2 3-0 -- up since the calendar turned to March: Florida 16-7 1-2 2.0 van and assistants Craig Bell and Brad Weit- PITCHING* ERA G-S IP H ER BB SO Vanderbilt 16-5 1-2 2.0 FEBRUARY (6-4) MARCH (10-3) zel are in their 12th season together at UF. Ruth 1.42 3-0 6.1 5 1 1 8 Kentucky 14-7 0-3 3.0 Avg .238 .340 They are the longest tenured trio in the SEC. Armstrong 1.80 3-0 5.0 2 1 1 4 Missouri 13-8 0-3 3.0 Scott 2.57 3-0 7.0 3 2 3 7 Runs 47 138 WINNING TRADITION: Florida owns the South Carolina 15-6 0-3 3.0 Dyson 3.97 2-2 11.1 12 5 2 3 R/G 4.7 10.6 Crisp 4.50 3-1 6.0 4 3 3 3 Tennessee 18-4 0-3 3.0 most wins in the country this decade. HR 3 23 TEAM 4.30 90.0 49 43 29 73 DIVISION I WINS THIS DECADE (2010-19) WEST OVERALL SEC GB SLG .341 .548 *min. 5.0 IP Florida 437 Arkansas 18-3 3-0 -- OBP .353 .421 Auburn 19-2 3-0 -- Louisville 436 Entering Thursday, UF ranks second in total LSU 433 ON DECK LSU 16-5 3-0 -- M22 at #6 Vanderbilt SEC+ 7:30 pm Ole Miss 16-6 2-1 1.0 hits (234) and third in runs scored (185). M23 at #6 Vanderbilt SEC+ 2 pm Mississippi St. 20-2 2-1 1.0 M26 vs. #19 Florida St. (Jacksonville) 6 pm Texas A&M 18-5 2-1 1.0 M29 Alabama SEC+ 6:30 pm Alabama 18-4 1-2 2.0 M30 Alabama SEC+ 6:30 pm 1988 1991 1996 1998 2005 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL TOMMY MACE RHP 2019 STATS: 4-1, 3.69 ERA 47 2019 GAME LOG (*started) HEIGHT 6-6 CLASS Sophomore DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP ERA QS WEIGHT 205 HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL Tampa, Fla. / Sunlake HS 2/16 *Long Beach St. W 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 7 30 98 2.57 YES 2/23 *Miami W 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 4 31 97 3.21 YES 3/3 *Winthrop-1 W 5.0 3 2 1 1 1 6 19 72 2.84 no CAREER STATS 3/8 *Yale W 6.1 9 4 4 0 0 3 31 90 3.55 no YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R ER BB K 3/15 *Mississippi St L 6.1 3 3 3 1 3 5 26 85 3.69 YES 2018 4.16 5-0 26 6 0 62.2 66 37 29 12 45 2019 3.69 4-1 5 5 0 31.2 25 14 13 11 25 MACE’S SEASON + CAREER HIGHS CAREER 4.01 9-1 31 11 0 94.1 91 51 42 23 70 SEASON CAREER 4 - 2/16-3/8 Win Streak 9 - 3/13/18-3/8/19 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 7.0 - 2x Innings Pitched 7.0 - 3x, last LBSU, 2/16/19 INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 - Yale, 3/8 Runs Allowed 6 - at South Carolina, 3/17/18 RUNS 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 - Yale, 3/8 Earned Runs Allowed 6 - at South Carolina, 3/17/18 9 - Yale, 3/8 Hits Allowed 9 - Yale, 3/8/19 MACE’S RUN SUPPORT 4 - Miami, 2/23 Walks Allowed 4 - Miami, 2/23/19 RUNS SCORED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 7 - LBSU, 2/16 Strikeouts 7 - LBSU, 2/16/19 GAMES 2 1 1 1 31 - 2x Batters Faced 31 - 2x, last Yale, 3/8/19 MACE W-L 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 TEAM W-L 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 MACE VS. VANDERBILT DATE H/A/N GS DEC IP H R ER HR BB K NP 2019 MISCELLANEOUS STATS 3/30/18 H no ND 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 2 14 WHIP 1.39 K / 9 7.1 3/31/18 H no ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 QUALITY STARTS 3 BB / 9 3.1 Totals 0-0 1.1 2 3 3 1 0 3 PITCHES / START 88.4 (442 in 5 starts) K / BB RATIO 2.3 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 16-7-10 3.82 205.0 197 104 87 71 179 .248 23 Long Beach St.