2006 University of Florida Baseball Georgia (25-16) at Florida (24-20) Florida Baseball SID: John Hines • (352) 375-4683 x6130 • Fax: (352) 375-4809 • [email protected] • www.GatorZone.com 2006 Schedule & Results Friday-Sunday, April 28-30 • Alfred A. McKethan Stadium (4,000) Date Opponent Time/Result GAME TIMES: Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. Feb. 10 Cincinnati (GVO) W, 10-0 RADIO: All Florida games are broadcast live on the Gator Feb. 11 Cincinnati W, 10-4 Feb. 12 Cincinnati W, 20-4 Radio Network and on WRUF AM 850. A combination Feb. 15 Mercer L, 2-3 of Steve Babik, Mick Hubert and Steve Russell will Feb. 17 at Miami (Fla.) W, 2-1 call the action. Feb. 18 at Miami (Fla.) (SUN/FCS) W, 4-1 TELEVISION: Live on Sun Sports Friday and Sunday with Nick Feb. 19 at Miami (Fla.) (SUN/FCS) W, 11-10 Belmonte & Mick Hubert Feb. 22 Florida A&M W, 15-5 INTERNET: Live stats and audio via GatorZone.com Feb. 24 Missouri (GVO) L, 5-14 SERIES: UF leads, 160-94-2; UF leads in Gainesville, 86-36-1 Feb. 25 Ohio State (SUN/FCS) W, 10-3 RANKINGS: Neither team is ranked. Feb. 26 Wake Forest (GVO) L, 0-4 Feb. 28 Florida State (GVO) L, 4-6 HEAD COACHES: Pat McMahon (Stetson ’76) is 198-105-1 in his fifth March 3 Texas A&M (GVO) L, 0-4 season at UF and is 551-279-1 in his 14th year. March 4 Texas A&M (GVO) W, 4-1 David Perno (Georgia ’91) is 161-119 in his fifth March 5 Texas A&M (GVO) L, 0-1 season as a head coach, all at his alma mater. March 7 UNC Greensboro W, 2-1 March 8 UNC Greensboro W, 3-1 Gators Host Bulldogs in Pivotal SEC Series March 10 Harvard W, 12-6 Seeking to end a five-series losing streak in Southeastern Conference play, March 11 Harvard W, 10-2 Florida (24-20) welcomes Eastern Division rival Georgia (25-16) to McKethan March 12 Harvard W, 17-6 Stadium for three games. Although UF did not have a midweek game, the Dawgs March 14 at UCF W, 10-3 March 17 Arkansas* W, 6-3 fell to Western Carolina on Tuesday, 7-5, and bounced back to knock off No. 5 March 18 Arkansas* (GVO) L, 2-3 Georgia Tech on Wednesday, 12-6. March 19 Arkansas* (GVO) W, 8-7 March 21 Stetson (GVO) L, 6-7 Down to Four March 24 at South Carolina* L, 1-4 With four league matchups remaining in the regular season, the Gators and March 25 at South Carolina* L, 5-6 LSU are currently tied for 11th place with identical 6-12 records. The top eight March 26 at So. Carolina* (SUN/FCS) L, 4-21 teams will advance to the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., between May 24 and March 29 South Florida W, 6-5 28. Following its set with Georgia, Florida travels to Mississippi State (8-9) and March 31 Vanderbilt* (GVO) L, 0-6 April 1 Vanderbilt* W, 6-4 Alabama (13-5) before wrapping up against LSU. April 2 Vanderbilt* (SUN/FCS) L, 2-16 April 4 vs. North Florida (CSS) L, 5-6 Tentative Weekend Pitching Matchups April 7 at Kentucky* (UPN) L, 7-8 Georgia Florida April 8 at Kentucky* (UPN) W, 6-4 Friday M. Westphal (L) (3-0, 4.25) Bryan Ball (R) (4-6, 5.25) April 9 at Kentucky* L, 6-8 Saturday B. Brown (R) (4-3, 3.84) Bryan Augenstein (R) (8-3, 2.57) April 11 Bethune-Cookman W, 8-2 Sunday TBA Chas Spottswood (R) (1-2, 7.52) April 14 at Tennessee* (CSS) L, 2-4 April 15 at Tennessee* (CSS) L, 1-2 April 16 at Tennessee* W, 15-4 Split Personalities April 19 at Florida State (SUN/FCS) W, 8-3 After this weekend, the Gators will only face squads from the SEC’s Western April 21 Auburn* L, 6-9 Division. UF is 3-9 versus members of the East (1-2 vs. Kentucky, Tennessee, April 22 Auburn* (SEC-TV) W, 4-1 Vanderbilt, 0-3 vs. South Carolina) and an even 3-3 against teams from the West April 23 Auburn* (GVO) L, 4-5 (2-1 vs. Arkansas, 1-2 vs. Auburn). April 28 Georgia* (SUN/FCS) 6:30 p.m. April 29 Georgia* 4 p.m. Interesting to Note... April 30 Georgia* (SUN/FCS) 1 p.m. The last time that Florida failed to qualify for the SEC Tournament was in May 5 at Miss. State* (COX) 7:30 p.m. May 6 at Miss. State* (SUN/FCS) 3 p.m. 2003, when the Orange and Blue was 13-16-1 in conference play and placed May 7 at Miss. State* (COX) 1:30 p.m. third in the East. UF earned an at-large berth to NCAA Regionals and reached the May 12 at Alabama* (CSS) 7 p.m. championship game in Coral Gables before succumbing to Miami (Fla.), 13-10. May 13 at Alabama* 5 p.m. May 14 at Alabama* (SUN/FCS) 2 p.m. Back in the Fold May 18 LSU* (GVO) 6:30 p.m. After missing the final two encounters with Auburn due to a pulled hamstring, May 19 LSU* (GVO) 6:30 p.m. junior outfielder Gavin Dickey enters this weekend’s series riding the crest of a May 20 LSU* (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. career-high 11-game hitting streak. During this span, he is batting .452 (19-for- May 24-28 at SEC Tourney (SEC-TV) TBA June 2-5 NCAA Regionals TBA 42) with 12 RBI, 11 runs, three home runs, three doubles and three stolen bases. June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA The Tallahassee, Fla., native has totaled a career-high and team-leading 36 RBI, June 16-26 College World Series TBA is tied for the club lead with 10 homers and is first on the squad among those eligible with a .308 clip. All Times Eastern; *SEC Game; Home games in BOLD; SUN/FCS denotes Sun Sports; SEC-TV denotes SEC-TV Game of the Week; GVO denotes GatorVision Online; CSS Swatting Them Out denotes College Sports Southeast; COX denotes Cox Sports. Facing Georgia on Friday night, Gavin Dickey looks to become just the sec- 2006 University of Florida Baseball ond Gator to homer in four consecutive games. Jason Dill had a stretch in which Quick Facts he delivered a four-bagger from April 3-8, 1998. Dickey had a two-run jack against UNIVERSITY Tennessee on April 15, a two-run dinger at Florida State on April 19 and a two-run Location: ............................................... Gainesville, Fla. bomb last Friday. Enrollment: ........................................................... 48,673 Founded: ................................................................. 1853 Heating Up Nickname: ............................................................ Gators Junior Matt LaPorta hit .400 (4-for-10) with a team highs in runs (four), RBI Colors: ................................................ Orange and Blue (three), hit-by-pitches (three), homers (two), slugging percentage (1.000) and on- Conference: ................ Southeastern (Eastern Division) base percentage (.571) during the Auburn series. Despite missing 13 games Home Field (Capacity): ........ McKethan Stadium (4,000) President: ................ Dr. Bernie Machen (Vanderbilt ‘68) with a strained oblique muscle from Feb. 24-March 14, LaPorta is tied for the top Athletics Director: ................. Jeremy Foley (Hobart ‘74) spot with 10 HR and is fourth on the club with 26 RBI. The 2005 SEC Player of the Assoc. A.D. - Baseball: .............. Chip Howard (URI ‘84) Year has raised his average to .281 and is hitting .294 in 18 league outings. Seven Ticket Office: ............................ (352) 375-4683, x6800 of his 10 round-trippers this season have come in conference play. Gator Scoreline: ....................... (352) 375-4683, x3020 Web Address:............................. www.GatorZone.com Water Cooler Talk GATOR BASEBALL Florida will reach an interesting distinction the next time it sends senior Darren Head Coach: ................. Pat McMahon (Stetson ’76/5th) O’Day to the mound. It will be career appearance No. 110 for O’Day, giving the Asst. Coach: ........... Ross Jones (North Florida ’93/5th) Asst. Coach: .. Tim Parenton (Mississippi State ’89/2nd) Gators two players with at least 110 career appearances who played together Vol. Asst. Coach: .. Brian Fleetwood (North Florida/4th) (Connor Falkenbach appeared in 124 games from 2002 to 2005). Florida will be 2005 Overall Record: ................................. 48-23 (.662) the first program in NCAA Division I history to have two players play at least one 2005 SEC Record/Finish: .................... 20-10 (.667)/1st season together and still have at least 110 career appearances each. 2005 Postseason: ....................2-2 at SEC Tournament; .... 3-0 in NCAA Regional; 2-0 in NCAA Super Regional; Gator Bytes ........... 3-3 at NCAA College World Series (runner-up) *Florida has dropped the opener of five-straight SEC series since a 6-3 vic- Final Rankings: ............... 2nd (BA, CB, NCBWA, ESPN) tory over Arkansas on March 17. CWS/NCAA Regional Appearances: ....................... 5/23 First Year of Program: ............................................ 1912 *In league activity, the Gators are 1-5 on Friday, 3-3 on Saturday and 2-4 on All-Time Record: . 2,021-1,308-24 (.608, 92nd season) Sunday. *No UF starting pitcher besides sophomore Bryan Augenstein has picked 2006 Offensive Leaders up a win since senior Bryan Ball defeated Arkansas on St. Patrick’s Day. *Ball’s next start will be the 52nd of his career, trailing only Marc Valdes (55, OVERALL 1991-93) on the school’s all-time list. Batting Average: .311 - David Cash *Sophomore Josh Edmondson has not issued any walks in his last eight Slugging Pct.: .562 - Gavin Dickey Runs Batted In: 36 - Gavin Dickey appearances dating back to a free pass to Vanderbilt on April 2.