UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES EMAIL [email protected] / PHONE 352-318-6680 @GATORSBB #14 FLORIDA GATORS vs. SOUTH FLORIDA NCAA GAINESVILLE REGIONAL - FRIDAY, JUNE 4 - 12 PM ET .280 BA .265 FLORIDA BALLPARK AT ALFRED A. MCKETHAN FIELD (GAINESVILLE, FL) 1984 AB 1849 TV SEC NETWORK RADIO ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF (GNV) & 1010XL (JAX) 373 R 294 555 H 490 OVERALL / SEC 38-20 / 17-13 OVERALL / AAC 28-27 / 14-14 102 2B 81 H / A / N 28-7 / 7-12 / 3-1 H / A / N 14-12 / 10-14 / 4-1 13 3B 9 14 D1BASEBALL RANK NR D1BASEBALL RANK 70 HR 53 HEAD COACH Kevin O’Sullivan / 585-276 (14th season) HEAD COACH Billy Mohl / 95-85-1 (4th season) 348 RBI 273 PROB. STARTER RHP Tommy Mace (6-1, 4.32 ERA) PROB. STARTER RHP Jack Jasiak (6-7, 2.92 ERA) .450 SLG% .405 261 BB 207 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 62-26 IN GAINESVILLE 42-10 AWAY 19-15 NEUTRAL 1-1 488 SO 483 NOTABLE Florida has won 24 of its last 27 games against South Florida and the Gators are 17-3 across their last 20 home contests. .372 OB% .358 FLORIDA WELCOMES SOUTH FLORIDA: No. 14 fifth player in Florida baseball history to hit HOOVER RECAP: Florida went 3-1 across four 32-48 SB-ATT 35-55 Florida (38-20, 17-13 SEC) welcomes South 20 homers in one season. Fabian also ranks games at the SEC Tournament last week, us- 4.18 ERA 4.12 Florida (28-27, 14-14 AAC) to town for the fifth in the SEC in walks (40) and tied for ing a 2.12 team ERA to start 3-0 at the event 17 SV 11 opening game of the 2021 NCAA Gainesville seventh in total bases (126). OF Jacob Young for the first time in 21 years. The Gator offense posted a season-high 18 hits (most since April 168 BB 196 Regional. paces the SEC in plate appearances (284) 522 SO 505 and at-bats (246) while ranking second in 23, 2019) in their round-two win over No. 8 Florida is 22-3 overall vs. South Florida under Mississippi State, eventually combining for 32 .244 BAA .243 Kevin O'Sullivan, including 19-2 in games doubles (16), T-fifth in triples (3), sixth in hits in rounds two and three following a 14- played in Gainesville. Florida has won four hits (78), T-sixth in runs (55) and T-seventh hit effort vs. Alabama (W, 7-2) the next day. .969 FLD% .967 staright against the Bulls. in steals (13). SEASON HONORS: OF Jud Fabian was named 66 E 65 The Gators are 79-46 (.632) all-time at NCAA On the mound, LHP Hunter Barco is tied a Third Team All-American by Collegiate Regionals and have claimed 14 Regional for second in the SEC (T-5th NCAA) with 10 Baseball on June 3 after recieving First Team RADIO/TV ANNOUNCERS wins on the season while being tied for the All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team honors. Radio: Jeff Cardozo & Steve Russell Championships across 35 appearances (36th C Nathan Hickey and LHP Hunter Barco in 2021). 2021 marks the 17th time that Flor- conference lead in games started (15). RHP TV: Jon Meterparel & Nick Belmonte Jack Leftwich is tied for ninth in both wins collected Newcomer All-SEC Honors while ida has hosted an NCAA Regional and the OF Sterlin Thompson was named to the SEC 10th time under O'Sullivan's tenure. From (seven) and saves (five). RHPTommy Mace All-Freshman Team. Hickey (.375/.474/.563), 2014-18 in particular, Florida hosted five con- ranks fourth in the SEC with 109 strikeouts Thompson (.375/.375/.688) and OF Jacob and fifth with 85.1 innings pitched. (.471/.474/.882) each garnered SEC ON DECK secutive NCAA Regionals. Young J4 South Florida SEC Net. 12 p.m. BARCO DAY = WINNING WAYS: LHP Hunter All-Tournament Team honors as well, with Florida has earned a national seed nine Young posting the highest batting average of NCAA Regionals (J4-7) TBD TBD times in the last 12 seasons, more than any Barco boasts a 10-2 record on the season and is 7-0 across his previous nine starts, includ- any player at the event. J11 NCAA Super Regionals (J11-14) TBD TBD other school. The Gators' 12-season NCAA J19 College World Series (J19-30) TBD TBD Tournament streak is the fourth-longest in ing wins in six of his last seven. He has not SULLY MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY: Gators head lost a start since March 28 at South Carolina. coach Kevin O’Sullivan passed Dave Fuller the country. for the most wins in program history. O’Sul- VS. THE REST OF THE FIELD: While a Flori- HOT AT HOME: The Gators have won 17 of livan has 585 career wins and a .679 winning da-South Alabama meeting would mark their last 20 games at home including 11 of percentage (which ranks third among active 2021 TEAM INFORMATION just the fourth-ever between the two pro- their last 13. Florida ended the season with coaches with at least 10 Division I seasons). Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 grams, the Gators have a 258-game history eight-straight series wins while playing at Fuller finished his illustrious Gators head Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 with Miami. Florida is 2-1 all-time vs. the Florida Ballpark. coaching career with 556 wins from 1948-75. Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 Jaguars, with the most-recent game com- Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) ing in 1991. The Gators are 125-132-1 (.486) all- time against the Hurricanes, most recently PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based off last game) dropping two-of-three games to Miami at NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT Florida Ballpark on opening weekend of the C 9 Mac Guscette FR .283 53 9 15 0 8 .321 .361 0-0 2020 RECAP 2021 season. 1B 6 Kendrick Calilao SO* .292 106 22 31 5 19 .462 .371 0-0 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) GATORS IN THE RANKINGS: Florida ranks 2B 22 Cory Acton SO* .259 58 10 15 0 10 .293 .449 3-4 2020 SEC Record: -- inside the top four in the SEC in sacrifice 3B 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .312 218 40 68 9 48 .518 .432 1-2 SEC Finish: -- flies (second; 30), doubles (third; 102), SS 24 Josh Rivera FR* .251 183 29 46 5 26 .393 .325 0-2 Home Record: 11-1 (.917) triples (fourth; 13), and hits (fourth; 555). LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .317 246 55 78 5 41 .467 .389 13-14 Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) As a pitching staff, the Gators rank third in CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .258 217 51 56 20 46 .581 .375 6-8 Neutral Site Record: 0-0 innings (514), saves (17) and fewest-walks RF 29 Sterlin Thompson FR .313 176 39 55 5 27 .489 .410 2-3 2020 Postseason: n/a allowed (168). DH 34 Kris Armstrong SO* .281 135 22 38 7 29 .519 .348 0-1 With four two-home run games in 2021, SP 47 Tommy Mace JR* 6-1 / 4.32 ERA / 85.1 IP / 87 H / 46 R / 41 ER / 20 BB / 109 K most recently against Georgia on May 15, OF 12 Hunter Barco FR* 10-2 / 3.81 ERA / 82.2 IP / 75 H / 41 R / 35 ER / 25 BB / 94 K Jud Fabian ranks second in the SEC with 20 home runs (T-6th NCAA), becoming just the 35 Franco Aleman SO* 1-4 / 5.02 ERA / 66.1 IP / 68 H / 43 R / 37 ER / 19 BB / 62 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 - 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.