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Tennessee salvaged the final game of the weekend series at home against bama by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win 10-9 after bama broke an 8-8 tie by scoring 1 run in the top of the 9th. UF and bama are now tied at 12-6 overall in SEC play with 12 conference games to play. UF plays Missouri in Gainesville next weekend while bama plays at South Carolina. In two weeks, the tide hosts the Gators in Tuscaloosa.

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Monday April 21, 2014
No. 12 Florida Baseball Begins Five-Game Week By Hosting Jacksonville Tuesday
Gainesville, Fla.


After sweeping SEC Eastern Division rival Georgia over the weekend, No. 12 Florida (27-13) continues its eight-game homestand at McKethan Stadium by welcoming Jacksonville (13-25) to town on Tuesday. The Gators will entertain Florida A&M on Wednesday before Missouri visits for a three-game series starting Friday night.



The game against the Dolphins will be available on the Gator IMG Sports Network with Jeff Cardozo & Mick Hubert at 7 p.m. Live stats for the game will be available on GatorZone.com and fans can also follow updates of each game on @gatorzonebb, the official Twitter account of the Gator baseball team.



PITCHING PROBABLES

Jacksonville (13-25) No. 12 Florida (27-13)

Tuesday: Justin Russell, RJr., RHP (4-2, 4.22) Karsten Whitson, RJr., RHP (1-0, 4.29)



QUICK HITS ABOUT THE GATORS

· Florida (27-13/12-6 SEC) captured all four of its games last week to increase its winning streak to six games.

· After downing Florida Gulf Coast, 7-1, in Fort Myers on Tuesday, the Gators posted their first sweep of SEC Eastern Division rival Georgia since 2010 by scores of 3-2, 8-1 and 10-3 at McKethan Stadium.

· Florida is tied atop the league standings with Alabama (28-12/12-6 SEC) and leads South Carolina (30-10/10-8 SEC) by two games in the East.

· The Gators improved to 18-6 (.750) at home this year and are 4-2 (.667) in their league series.

· Junior catcher Taylor Gushue (.345, 35 RBI) went 4-for-9 (.444) in the series with the Bulldogs, while sophomore outfielder Harrison Bader (.271, 9 RBI) went 4-for-10 (.400) with a team-high five RBI.

· Gushue is riding a career-high 14-game hitting streak in which he is 21-for-55 (.382) with 17 RBI and 10 runs.

· All three Gator starting pitchers on the weekend, freshman RHP Logan Shore (4-2, 1.83), sophomore RHP Aaron Rhodes (4-2, 2.51) and sophomore LHP Danny Young (5-0, 1.80), collected victories, while the pitching corps registered a 2.00 ERA (6 runs in 27 innings), with 25 strikeouts and four walks.

· Junior LHP Bobby Poyner totaled a career-high seven strikeouts over four shutout frames in game one of the Georgia series. He picked up his third save of the campaign and has 35 strikeouts in 38.1 innings this season.

· Freshman LHP Kirby Snead tossed 6.1 scoreless innings over two appearances last week. He yielded one hit over four shutout frames in the Gators’ 7-1 victory over FGCU last Tuesday and worked 2.1 innings as Florida completed a doubleheader sweep of Georgia on Saturday.

· Junior right fielder Braden Mattson is hitting .321 overall and .313 in SEC play.

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Shit! Damn! Hell! UF plays a lackluster game and loses 3-1 to Jacksonville, a team that was 12 games below .500. (shaking head)

The only good thing about the game was that Karsten Whitson pitched 5 scoreless innings. It was his longest stint of the season. We could use an extra good pitcher the rest of the way.

[trnyerheadncough]

Gates are a tough group to figure out. Win games against top teams and shit the bed against scrubs.

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Apr 22, 2014 22:26:59 GMT -5 trnyerheadncough said:

Gates are a tough group to figure out. Win games against top teams and shit the bed against scrubs.

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It's a young team, but Jacksonville? Really? O'Sullivan has done an outstanding job except for most of these crapper games. There is no way this can't be considered to be a bad loss.

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Apr 23, 2014 8:35:01 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

Apr 22, 2014 22:26:59 GMT -5 trnyerheadncough said:

Gates are a tough group to figure out. Win games against top teams and shit the bed against scrubs.

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It's a young team, but Jacksonville? Really? O'Sullivan has done an outstanding job except for most of these crapper games. There is no way this can't be considered to be a bad loss.

it happens more in baseball than any other sport. run up against a pitcher who has hot stuff that day and the best of lineups can be crippled. plus jacksonville was likely a lot more pumped to play uf than the gators were, no matter where artis gilmore went to college. i think they'll survive.

mark scott
tosu 81

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FAMU 4
UF 3

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Apr 24, 2014 8:01:41 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

FAMU 4
UF 3

Yeesh.

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Apr 24, 2014 8:33:59 GMT -5 trnyerheadncough said:

Apr 24, 2014 8:01:41 GMT -5 ETGator1 said:

FAMU 4
UF 3

Yeesh.

That's one more word than I could come up with.

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UF 7
Mizzou 1

This is definitely a Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde team.

UF is 28-15 (13-6), has a two game lead over USC in the East, and a one game lead over bama for best SEC record.

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FSU is in the middle of a big series against number 1 Virginia. Lost the first one last night 5-3 in ten innings, with Mr. Winston taking the loss.

FSU had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out and couldn't push across a run for the win. When we didn't get one there, I figured we would lose.

Our Saturday starter has been out injured for a month or two, and won't pitch today, so unless FSU can find some bats against Virginia's very stout hurlers, looks like we'll probably drop the series.

Last night would've been a big one to get, as I think we'll win Sunday with our Sunday guy. FSU has 3 outstanding starters, and several good relievers. If we make Omaha, we have the arms to go deep into the tourney....but our bats are streaky.

And sadly....our fielding is not good. 2 more errors last night.

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Apr 26, 2014 9:49:02 GMT -5 trnyerheadncough said:

FSU is in the middle of a big series against number 1 Virginia. Lost the first one last night 5-3 in ten innings, with Mr. Winston taking the loss.

FSU had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out and couldn't push across a run for the win. When we didn't get one there, I figured we would lose.

Our Saturday starter has been out injured for a month or two, and won't pitch today, so unless FSU can find some bats against Virginia's very stout hurlers, looks like we'll probably drop the series.

Last night would've been a big one to get, as I think we'll win Sunday with our Sunday guy. FSU has 3 outstanding starters, and several good relievers. If we make Omaha, we have the arms to go deep into the tourney....but our bats are streaky.

Go nolies! Personally, I think the cavaliers can be had as they have not been as battle tested as FSU. UVA hasn't played a strong enough schedule to convince me that they deserve that #1 ranking. Maybe they will prove it against FSU. It's a good thing FSU has a good lead in their division. The cavaliers don't have that luxury with the candy canes breathing down their necks.

Three years ago, UF was playing USC in the World Series final. In the first game, UF was down 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th, but had the bases loaded with no outs. The Gators with a high powered homerun hitting offense didn't score and lost a game that they should have won and lost the series the next night. Bottom line, I think it takes a combo of being hot at the right time along with talent and luck to win the CWS. While I sit here thinking that neither UF or FSU have the offense to get it done at the CWS, all it takes is the right combo of events to make it happen.

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Hey Kevin, it's your job to get them to focus and bear down in every game. UF is not good enough to let up on any team. Losing at home to Jax and FAMU shouldn't have happened:

Postgame Quotes

Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan

On tonight’s game:

“We beat a really good pitcher tonight. I don’t know how high in the draft he’s going to go, but he’s for sure going in the first couple of rounds anyways. It thought we had much better at bats; it’s amazing what 48 hours will do for you. We squared up some balls tonight. Obviously, the error there in the second inning by the second baseman helped us, but overall our at bats were better.



Logan (Shore) was as good as he’s been in a long time. We had no walks as a staff and made one error so it was a much better game than Tuesday or Wednesday. The bottom line is that when this team focuses and bears down, it’s got a chance to beat anybody. But, unfortunately, in this game, you can also lose to anybody as well. I’m really pleased at how we bounced back; it was a really good team win and, like I said, I was really pleased with the at bats against a really quality pitcher.”

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Game two of the Mizzou at UF series will be televised in Florida on Sun Sports at noon EST today.

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UF 5-9-0
Mizzou 0-1-3

UF is now 29-15 (14-6). Freshman Aaron Rhodes pitched a complete game 1 hitter. It's the only complete game by a UF pitcher this season.

UF has its Friday and Saturday starters in freshmen Logan Shore and sophomore Aaron Rhodes. If Karsten Whitson can get past his injury problems, pitched 6 innings of shutout ball against Jax last Wednesday, he would make an excellent Sunday starter. Before arm injuries limited his play, Whitson was considered to be a can't miss MLB prospect.

The Gators have won the weekend series with Mizzou and breakout the brooms on Sunday afternoon.

I don't want to think about mid-week games so up next in SEC play for UF is at bama next weekend.