WEEK 2 | GATORS & EAGLES BATTLE IN MIDWEEK SERIES | TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23-24 | GAINESVILLE, FL (TUESDAY) & LAKELAND, FL (WEDNESDAY) John Hines, Associate Communications Director University Athletic Association - Communications Department P.O. Box 14485 | Gainesville, FL 32604 Cell: 352-317-7386 | Office: 352-375-4683 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.FloridaGators.com | Twitter: @GatorsBB | Instagram: gatorsbb 9 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES | 31 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES | 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 22 SEC EASTERN DIVISION TITLES | 7 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 4Radio: Jeff Cardozo & Steve Russell will call the action on the Gator IMG Sports Network 2016 GATOR BASEBALL SCHEDULE & RESULTS 4Television: None 4Internet: Live stats & audio through FloridaGators.com FEBRUARY 4Series: Florida leads 5-1; all meetings in Gainesville; More info on page 2 19 FGCU (SEC+) 7 p.m. W, 4-2 4Rankings: UF is 1st in Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, NCBWA, Perfect Game & USA 20 FGCU (SEC+) 4 p.m. W, 8-4 21 FGCU (SEC+) 1 p.m. W, 12-3 Today 23 EASTERN MICHIGAN 7 p.m. 4Head Coaches: Kevin O’Sullivan, 9th year at Florida and overall, 347-173 (.667); Mark Van Ameyde, 2nd 24 vs. E. Michigan (Lakeland) 7 p.m. year at Eastern Michigan and overall, 23-36 (.390) 26 @Miami (FL) (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 27 @Miami (FL) (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Eastern Michigan Tuesday: Kevin Shul, Jr. (R) (0-0, 0.00) Dane Dunning, Jr., (R) (0-0, 9.00) 28 @Miami (FL) (ESPN3) 1 p.m. EAGLES Wednesday: TBA Scott Moss, So., (L) (0-0, 0.00) MARCH (0-0, MAC) 1 @UCF 6:30 p.m. 3 UCF (SEC+) 7 p.m. 4 DARTMOUTH 7 p.m. FLORIDA & EASTERN MICHIGAN TO MEET IN MIDWEEK SERIES 5 DARTMOUTH 4 p.m. No. 1 Florida (3-0) kicks off a five-game week by hosting Eastern Michigan (3-1) on Tuesday night at McKethan Stadium. The Gators and Eagles will 6 DARTMOUTH 12 p.m. meet on Wednesday in Lakeland at Joker Marchant Stadium, the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers, before UF travels to No. 6 Miami (3-0) 8 @UNF 6 p.m. for a weekend series in Coral Gables. 9 UNF (SEC+) 7 p.m. 11 HARVARD (SEC+) 7 p.m. 12 HARVARD (SEC+) 4 p.m. QUICK HITS ABOUT THE GATORS 13 HARVARD (SEC+) 1 p.m. f No. 1 Florida (3-0) kicked off its 102nd season of competition by taking all three games from preseason Atlantic Sun Conference favorite FGCU at 15 FLORIDA STATE (SEC) 7 p.m. McKethan Stadium by scores of 4-2, 8-4 and 12-3. 18 MISSOURI* (SEC+) 7 p.m. f The weekend attendance of 14,570 fans established a Gator record for Opening Weekend and the crowd of 5,778 on Friday set a new standard 19 MISSOURI* (SEC+) 7 p.m. for Opening Night. 20 MISSOURI* (SEC+) 1 p.m. f Members of the Gators’ 1996 SEC Championship team that advanced to that season’s NCAA College World Series were on hand for Friday night’s 22 FLA. ATLANTIC (SEC+) 7 p.m. 25 @Kentucky (SEC+) 6:30 p.m. festivities and a brunch on Saturday morning, while former standout Mark Ellis delivered the ceremonial first pitch to raise the curtain on the 25 @Kentucky (SEC+) 2 p.m. season. 25 @Kentucky (SEC+) 1 p.m. f The Gators batted .330 (32-for-97) in the sweep of the Eagles, out-scored FGCU, 24-8, and totaled eight doubles, two homers and a pair of 29 vs. Florida State (Jax) 6 p.m. triples. f Florida was 7-for-8 on the basepaths, drew 12 walks and struck out 11 times. APRIL f On the pitching side, Kevin O’Sullivan’s club compiled a 1.67 earned run average, with 35 strikeouts and five walks in 27 innings, while holding 1 TEXAS A&M* (SEC+) 7 p.m. FGCU to a .194 (19-for-98) clip. 2 TEXAS A&M* (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. f Freshman second baseman Deacon Liput enjoyed a solid collegiate debut by posting team highs in batting average (.556), RBI (7) and doubles 3 TEXAS A&M* (ESPNU) 2 p.m. 5 JACKSONVILLE (SEC+) 7 p.m. (2) and playing flawless defense. 8 MISS. STATE* (SEC+) 5:30 p.m. f Junior left fielder Ryan Larson hit .455 (5-for-11) during the series and was a career-best 4-for-4 with three runs as UF came from behind in 9 MISS. STATE* (SEC+) 7 p.m. Saturday’s game. 10 MISS. STATE* (SEC) 4 p.m. f Liput had a pair of two-run doubles and sophomore right-hander Alex Faedo matched his career high of seven strikeouts as Florida posted a 12 @Florida State (ESPN3) 6 p.m. 12-3 victory over FGCU on Sunday afternoon to complete the series. 14 @Arkansas* (ESPNU) 9 p.m. f Liput drove in a career-high four runs with a pair of two-run doubles, while sophomore shortstop Dalton Guthrie (.385) was 3-for-4 and scored 15 @Arkansas* (SEC+) 7:35 p.m. 16 @Arkansas* (SEC+) 3:05 p.m. twice out of the leadoff spot. 21 GEORGIA* (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. f Sophomore catcher Mike Rivera (.333, 5 RBI) tallied three RBI and sophomore catcher Mark Kolozsvary cranked his first career homer with 22 GEORGIA* (SEC) 7 p.m. a two-run bomb in the eighth inning. 23 GEORGIA* (ESPN2) 2 p.m. f Liput and freshman third baseman Jonathan India drove in three runs apiece and Larson was 4-for-4 as Florida clinched the series on Saturday, 29 @South Carolina (SEC+) 7 p.m. 8-4. 30 @South Carolina (SEC+) 4 p.m. TENTATIVE GATOR LINEUP MAY cl. avg. gp -gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so ob% sf sh sb-att fld% 1 @South Carolina (SEC+) 1:30 p.m. C Mike Rivera So. .333 3-3 9 3 3 0 0 1 5 6 .667 1 0 0 .333 2 0 0-1 1.000 3 B.-COOKMAN 7 p.m. JJ Schwarz So. .125 3-3 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 .375 4 0 1 .385 1 0 0-0 1.000 6 @Tennessee* (SEC+) 6 p.m. 1B Peter Alonso Jr. .375 3-2 8 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 .375 0 1 0 .400 1 0 1-1 1.000 7 @Tennessee* (SEC+) 4 p.m. 2B Deacon Liput Fr. .556 3-3 9 2 5 2 1 0 7 9 1.000 2 0 0 .636 0 0 1-1 1.000 8 @Tennessee* (SEC+) 2 p.m. SS Dalton Guthrie So. .385 3-3 13 3 5 1 0 0 0 6 .462 1 0 0 .429 0 0 2-2 1.000 10 USF (SEC+) 7 p.m. 3B Jonathan India Fr. .167 3-3 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 .167 2 0 0 .333 1 0 1-1 .833 13 VANDEBRILT* (SEC+) 7 p.m. Christian Hicks So. .000 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1.000 14 VANDEBRILT* (ESPN2) 4 p.m. LF Ryan Larson Jr. .455 3-3 11 3 5 2 0 0 2 7 .636 1 0 1 .500 0 0 0-0 1.000 15 VANDEBRILT* (SEC) 1 p.m. CF Buddy Reed Jr. .250 3-3 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 .333 1 1 4 .357 0 0 2-2 1.000 19 @LSU* (SEC+) 7:30 p.m. RF Jeremy Vasquez So. .364 3-3 11 2 4 2 0 0 1 6 .545 0 0 2 .364 0 0 0-0 1.000 Nelson Maldonado Fr. .000 2-1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 .200 0 0 0-0 1.000 20 @LSU* (SEC) 7 p.m. DH JJ Schwarz So. .125 3-3 8 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 .375 4 0 1 .385 1 0 0-0 1.000 21 @LSU* (ESPNU) 4:30 p.m. Mike Rivera So. .333 3-3 9 3 3 0 0 1 5 6 .667 1 0 0 .333 2 0 0-1 1.000 POSTSEASON GATOR PITCHERS M 24-29 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. cl. era w-l app-gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hbp bk J 3-6 NCAA Regionals 16 sites R Shaun Anderson Jr. 0.00 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 J 10-13 NCAA Super Regionals 8 sites L Hunter Bowling Fr. Has not played J 18-29 College World Series Omaha, Neb. R Michael Byrne Fr. Has not played R Eddy Demurias Fr. Has not pitched All times EASTERN and subject to change | Home games in BOLD R Dane Dunning Jr. 9.00 0-0 1-0 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 |*SEC game | SEC+-SEC Network Plus | SEC-SEC Network | ESPN/ R Alex Faedo So. 1.59 1-0 1-1 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 .190 0 1 0 R MacGregor Hines Fr. Has not played ESPN2/ESPNU-ESPN Family of Networks | ESPN3-online stream L Nick Horvath Jr. 0.00 0-0 2-0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 R Jackson Kowar Fr.