UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BASEBALL NEWS & NOTES EMAIL [email protected] / [email protected] / PHONE 352-262-3887 / @GATORSBB #12 FLORIDA GATORS vs. STETSON HATTERS TUESDAY, APRIL 6 - 6 PM .277 BA .262 FLORIDA BALLPARK at ALFRED A. McKETHAN FIELD (GAINESVILLE, FLA.) 953 AB 934 ONLINE SECNETWORK+ (TUESDAY) | RADIO ESPN 98.1FM / 850AM WRUF (GAINESVILLE) 190 R 183 OVERALL / SEC 18-9 / 5-4 OVERALL / ASUN 19-9 / 5-1 264 H 245 H / A / N 17-5 / 1-4 / 0-0 H / A / N 12-4 / 7-5 / 0-0 49 2B 52 D1BASEBALL RANK 12 D1BASEBALL RANK -- 9 3B 7 Kevin O’Sullivan / 565-265 (14th season) HEAD COACH Steve Trimper / 132 - 88 (4th season) HEAD COACH 33 HR 22 PROB. STARTER R-JR RHP Garrett Milchin (1-1, 7.59 ERA) PROB. STARTER Fr. LHP Jonathan Gonzalez (2-0, 3.38 ERA) 173 RBI 162 .451 SLG% .404 122 BB 127 SERIES HISTORY OVERALL 81-34 IN GAINESVILLE UF LEADS, 45-11 AWAY UF LEADS, 35-23 NEUTRAL UF LEADS, 1-0 237 SO 235 NOTABLE Florida is 6-0 against Stetson under head coach Kevin O’Sullivan. .366 OB% .366 GATORS AT FLORIDA BALLPARK: The Gators UNIQUE HITTING STREAK: Sophomore Jacob week games this season. Florida will be 13-21 SB-ATT 24-29 have taken a liking to their new digs at Flor- Young broke Tim Olson’s 21-year-old record playing its first mid-week contest since 3.86 ERA 4.44 ida Ballpark as they are 17-4 at the friendly on Sunday, March 7, as he singled in the March 16. In the mid-week matchups, UF is 7 SV 7 confines. UF is batting .296 and sports a eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to batting .260 with six home runs and 34 RBI. 74 BB 94 3.19 ERA. Opponents are batting just .221 in a record 30 games. The Gators have outscored their opponents, 259 SO 234 Gainesville while the Gators have outscored Young recorded hits in the final two games 36-30. On the mound, Florida has a 4.67 ERA, .237 BAA .259 their opponents, 165-90. Nathan Hickey of the 2019 Lubbock Regional, all 16 games allowing 58 hits and 30 runs in 54 innings .970 FLD% .979 leads the team in hitting at home with a he made a plate appearance in 2020, and pitched. Individually, Kendrick Calilao paces 31 E 22 .372 average, adding five home runs and a the first 12 games of this season. The hitting the team offensively with a .375 batting av- team-high 27 RBI. Hickey also touts an im- streak spanned over 646 days, as his streak erage. In 10.2 innings pitched, Trey Van Der pressive .667 slugging percentage. Weide has a 3.38 ERA. ON DECK began June 1, 2019. A7 Florida A&M SEC+ 6 PM CARRION EARNS SEC NOD: Freshman Jordan Young hit .415 (51-123) over the streak, with 11 SULLY MAKES SCHOOL HISTORY: Gators head A9 at Tennessee SEC+ 6:30 PM Carrion was tabbed the SEC Co-Freshman of doubles, 18 RBIs, and 23 runs. coach Kevin O’Sullivan passed Dave Fuller A10 at Tennessee SEC Net. 7 PM the Week following his performance against for the most wins in program history. O’Sul- A11 at Tennessee SEC+ 1 PM No. 3 Ole Miss. The Miami native was monu- Young set the fourth-longest streak in SEC livan has 563 career wins and a .681 winning A13 Florida State SEC Net. 7 PM mental in helping Florida achieve the top-5 history behind Vanderbilt’s Ryan Flaherty percentage (which ranks third among active A16 Missouri SEC+ 6:30 PM (36 games in 2006-07) and Warner Jones A17 Missouri SEC+ 6:30 PM series win. The freshman started Saturday’s coaches with at least 10 Division I seasons). A18 Missouri SEC+ 1 PM game at shortstop, batting seventh for the (32 games in 2003-04), and Mississippi State’s Rex Buckner (31 games in 1992-93). Fuller finished his illustrious Gators head A20 at Jacksonville -- TBA Gators and recording his first career homer- coaching career with 556 wins from 1948-75. un in the fourth inning to give Florida a 3-0 Prior to a 1-for-4 night against Florida A&M lead. last season (March 4, 2020), Young was one NEXT TIME OUT: Florida will complete its 2021 TEAM INFORMATION Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 28 / 7 Ole Miss recorded five runs over three in- of three Gators since the start of 2009 to homestand when Florida A&M returns to Position Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 nings and threatened to take the lead in the record seven consecutive multi-hit games. Gainesville for the fourth and final meeting Pitchers Returning / Lost: 16 / 2 top of the seventh inning with runners on of the 2021 season. First pitch is set for 6 MID-WEEK MAYHEM: As the calendar has p.m. ET and will air on SEC Network+. Newcomers: 10 (9 fresh.) first and third. Carrion was pulled from the turned to April, the Gators are 4-2 in mid- field and immediately put on the mound, where he retired Justin Bench on a ground- 2020 RECAP er to short to strand the tying run at third. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based off last game) 2020 Overall Record: 16-1 (.941) He pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and recorded an 2020 SEC Record: -- NO NAME CL AVG AB R H HR RBI SLG OBP SB-ATT out in the ninth prior to giving way to left- SEC Finish: -- hander Ryan Cabarcas with two on, and one C 11 Nathan Hickey FR* .344 96 22 33 6 31 .625 .464 0-1 Home Record: 11-1 (.917) out. 1B 15 Jordan Butler SO* .255 102 15 26 1 13 .343 .333 1-3 Away Record: 5-0 (1.000) 2B 5 Colby Halter FR .297 91 20 27 3 21 .462 .385 0-1 LAST TIME VS. STETSON: This is the second Neutral Site Record: 0-0 matchup of the season between the Gators 3B 52 Kirby McMullen GR .275 80 10 22 6 19 .550 .348 0-0 2020 Postseason: n/a and Hatters. Stetson traveled to Gainesville SS 29 Jordan Carrion FR .286 49 10 14 1 6 .347 .340 3-3 on March 10 for a Wednesday night meet- LF 1 Jacob Young SO* .336 116 27 39 1 16 .491 .406 8-9 ing. After being down 5-0 after the first two CF 4 Jud Fabian SO* .234 107 25 25 9 24 .523 .333 0-1 innings, Florida battled back behind a ral- RF 29 Sterlin Thompson FR .274 73 21 20 1 13 .438 .404 0-1 ly-leading homerun from third-year soph- DH 34 Kris Armstrong SO* .313 48 10 15 3 11 .625 .346 0-0 omore Kris Armstrong. The Gators claimed the victory, 10-7. SP 3 Garrett Milchin RJR* 1-1 / 7.59 ERA / 10.2 IP / 19 H / 10 R / 9 ER / 2 BB / 11 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.