2011 University of Florida Baseball Jacksonville (32-18) at Florida (39-13) Florida Baseball Contact: John Hines • (352) 375-4683 x6130 • Fax: (352) 375-4809 • [email protected] • www.GatorZone.com 2011 Schedule & Results Tuesday, May 17 • Alfred A. McKethan Stadium (5,500) • Gainesville, Fla. Date Opponent Time/Result GAME TIME: 7 p.m. Feb. 18 USF (SUN) (GVO) W, 7-2 RADIO: All Florida games are broadcast live on the Gator Feb. 19 USF (GVO) W, 4-1 Radio Network. Jeff Cardozo and Mick Hubert will Feb. 20 USF (GVO) W, 5-0 call the action on WRUF SportsRadio 850 Feb. 22 vs. FAU (FS-FL) W, 13-2 Feb. 24 Boston College (GVO) W, 4-0 TELEVISION: None Feb. 25 Boston College (GVO) W, 9-3 INTERNET: Live stats and audio via GatorZone.com Feb. 27 Boston College (GVO) W, 7-2 SERIES: UF leads, 49-29; including 29-11 in Gainesville March 1 vs. Florida State (BHSN) L, 3-5 RANKINGS: Baseball America: UF-6th; Collegiate Baseball: UF-4th; March 4 Miami (Fla.) (GVO) W, 8-3 NCBWA: UF-5th; USA Today/ESPN: UF-4th March 5 Miami (Fla.) (SUN) (GVO) W, 1-0 March 6 Miami (Fla.) (SUN) (GVO) W, 5-3 HEAD COACHES: Kevin O’Sullivan (Virginia ’91) is in his fourth year at March 8 Georgia Southern L, 0-7 UF and is 162-76 as a head coach. March 9 at USF (BHSN) W, 8-1 Terry Alexander (Florida State ’77) is 690-546-2 in his March 11 Rhode Island W, 11-5 21st year at JU and as a head coach. March 12 Rhode Island W, 12-4 March 13 Rhode Island W, 8-6 Gators Finish Non-Conference Slate Against Dolphins March 15 Fla. State (SUN) (GVO) W, 5-4 (10) Returning to McKethan Stadium for the final four games of the regular season, No. 4 March 18 at LSU* (CSS) (ESPN3) W, 5-4 Florida (39-13/20-7 SEC) welcomes Jacksonville (32-18/18-9 Atlantic Sun) for a Tuesday March 19 at LSU* (FS-FL) (GVO) W, 1-0 night matchup. Over the weekend, the Gators took two of three games at No. 2 Vanderbilt, March 20 at LSU* (CST) (GVO) W, 7-3 while the Dolphins defeated Florida A&M twice (14-11, 8-1). March 22 Winthrop W, 22-5 March 23 Winthrop W, 10-0 Tentative Pitching Matchup March 25 South Carolina* (GVO) L, 2-9 Jacksonville Florida March 26 So. Car.* (FS-FL) (GVO) W, 2-1 Tuesday: Matthew Tomshaw (L) (6-3, 4.14) Alex Panteliodis (L) (4-1, 4.03) March 27 So. Car.* (SUN) (GVO) L, 3-4 March 29 vs. Florida State (FS-FL) L, 2-5 Panda Gets The Nod April 1 Tennessee* (CSS) W, 3-0 Junior Alex Panteliodis will be making his eighth start and 14th appearance of the season April 2 Tennessee* (CSS) W, 11-2 against Jacksonville. Over 38 innings, the lefty has 32 strikeouts and issued six walks, while April 3 Tennessee* (GVO) W, 9-1 limiting opponents to a .253 batting average. Panteliodis provided a strong 1.1-inning relief April 5 UCF (GVO) L, 3-4 April 8 at Miss. State* (GVO) L, 5-7 stint on Saturday when the Gators resumed the suspended game at Vanderbilt and did not April 9 at Miss. State* (CSS) W, 18-0 allow any hits or runs. He picked up his fourth win of the year on May 11 with three scoreless April 10 at Miss. State* (GVO) W, 3-1 frames against UNF. April 12 at Florida State L, 1-3 April 15 at Georgia* (CSS) W, 5-4 Another Sunshine State Matchup April 16 at Georgia* (ESPNU) L, 2-7 Entering Tuesday’s game, the Gators are 11-5 (.688) against schools from Florida this April 17 at Georgia* (CSS) W, 14-7 season. UF went 4-0 versus USF, took all three games from Miami (Fla.), handled Bethune- April 20 at UCF (BHSN) L, 6-8 Cookman, Florida Atlantic and UNF once apiece and defeated Florida State in Gainesville. April 22 Alabama* (GVO) W, 7-0 On the flip side, the Orange and Blue dropped three of four meetings with the Seminoles and April 23 Alabama* (ESPN2) W, 9-2 fell to UCF twice. April 24 Alabama* (GVO) W, 2-1 April 29 Ole Miss* (GVO) W, 9-3 Last Meeting With Jacksonville April 30 Ole Miss* (GVO) W, 8-1 On April 6 of last season, the Gators used a four-run second and a five-run sixth to collect May 1 Ole Miss* (GVO) W, 7-2 a 12-2 victory over the Dolphins at McKethan Stadium. Jonathan Pigott and Nolan Fontana May 3 Bethune-Cookman W, 11-0 May 5 at Arkansas* (ESPNU) L, 3-4 each chipped in with two-run triples as the Gators tallied 14 hits, scored 10 runs with two out May 6 at Arkansas* (GVO) L, 3-5 and their bullpen ended the game with six scoreless innings. Making just his second career May 7 at Arkansas* (ESPNU) W, 5-3 start and first appearance since March 24, Greg Larson gave up three hits and a couple May 11 UNF W, 4-1 of unearned runs over three innings and matched his season high of two strikeouts. Justin May 13 at Vanderbilt* (CSS) W, 6-5 Poovey (2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 K), Anthony DeSclafani (2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K), Ben Brown (1.0 IP, 1 K) May 14 at Vanderbilt* L, 1-14 and Kevin Chapman (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K) followed on the mound and combined to keep JU off May 15 at Vanderbilt* W, 6-3 (12) the scoreboard. Mike Zunino was 2-for-2 and scored three runs, Brian Johnson (2-for-5) May 17 Jacksonville 7 p.m. collected the first two RBI of his career, highlighted by his first homer in the seventh, while May 19 Kentucky* (GVO) 7 p.m. Josh Adams was 2-for-3. May 20 Kentucky* (FS-FL) (GVO) 7 p.m. May 21 Kentucky* (SEC-TV) 4 p.m. Eyes On The Prize May 25-29 at SEC Tournament TBA Florida hosts Eastern Division rival Kentucky (24-28/7-20 SEC) beginning Thursday night June 3-6 NCAA Regionals TBA in the final SEC series of the campaign. At 20-7 in league activity, the Gators are locked into June 10-13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA a three-way tie for the top spot in the overall and East standings with South Carolina and June 18-29 College World Series TBA Vanderbilt. The Gamecocks finish at Alabama, while the Commodores wrap up at Georgia. There are four teams tied for first in the Western Division with identical 13-14 records: Ala- All Times Eastern; Home games in BOLD; *SEC Game; GVO-GatorVision Online; SUN/FS-FL-Sun Sports/FOX bama, Arkansas, Auburn and Mississippi State. The top eight teams will advance to Hoover, Sports Florida; BHSN-Bright House Sports Network; Ala., for the 2011 SEC Tournament that will be held from May 25-29. CSS-Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast; CST- Cox Sports Television; ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU-ESPN Family of Networks; Weekend Recap - Wild Finish In Nashville SEC-TV denotes SEC-TV Game of the Week. Florida split the first two games with No. 2 Vanderbilt, taking the opener, 6-5, before suffering a 14-1 setback in game two. The Gators and Commodores battled into the 12th 2011 University of Florida Baseball inning of the finale before UF prevailed, 6-3, to capture the series and forge a three-way tie Quick Facts on top of the SEC standings with the Commodores and South Carolina…With a 20-7 league mark, the Gators reached 20 wins in SEC play in consecutive seasons for the first time… UNIVERSITY UF went 22-8 last season en route to its 11th conference title… Sophomore Nolan Fontana Location: ...............................................Gainesville, Fla. (.315, 42 runs, 33 RBI) led the team with a .455 (5-for-11) average in Nashville but the squad Enrollment: ..........................................................48,419 was held to a .200 clip…Six of Florida’s 21 hits in the series were homers, including a pair by Founded: ................................................................1853 sophomore Mike Zunino (.367, 55 runs, 51 RBI, 12 HR) in Sunday’s finale…Zunino delivered Nickname: ............................................................Gators a three-run homer in the 12th to lift the Gators over Vanderbilt, 6-3, to take the rubber game of Colors: ................................................ Orange and Blue the series…Deadlocked at 3-3, Fontana (3-for-5, two runs) walked to open the 12th and was Conference: .................Southeastern (Eastern Division) sacrificed to second on a two-strike bunt by senior Bryson Smith (.269, 24 runs, 13 RBI)… Home Field (Capacity): ........McKethan Stadium (5,500) The Commodores walked junior Preston Tucker (.320, 47 RBI, 38 runs, 10 HR) intentionally President: ................Dr. Bernie Machen (Vanderbilt ’68) and Zunino (2-for-5, five RBI, two HR) greeted junior Navery Moore with his second homer Athletics Director: .................Jeremy Foley (Hobart ’74) of the day, a three-run shot into the right-field bleachers that gave the Gators their first lead Sr. Assoc. A.D. - Baseball: .......... Chip Howard (URI ’84) of the afternoon at 6-3…Zunino had blasted a solo homer in the seventh to pull UF within Ticket Office: .............................. (352) 375-4683, x6800 3-2…Junior Tommy Toledo (3-3, 3.21) struck out three batters over two scoreless innings Gator Weather Line: ................... (352) 375-4683, x3044 to earn the win and wiggled out of a jam in the 11th when the Commodores had the potential Web Address: ................................www.GatorZone.com winning run on third base with one down…UF’s five relievers tossed 7.2 innings of scoreless GATOR BASEBALL ball and gave up just three hits…Junior Nick Maronde (0-0, 1.80) followed freshman starter Head Coach: ............