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Florida Gators Win Regional

Mr2Bits — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:45:36 +0000

The No. 4 Florida Gators defeated FIU this weekend by a final score of 15-0. Yowzers! Sophomore Tyler Thompson played a big part in the teams victory – he belted 3 homers with 6 RBIs in the game. And of course there’s freshman left-hander Brian Johnson, who threw 7 scoreless innings and struck out 4 batters. Overall, the Gators played like a team on a mission. With the victory, the Gators advance to next weekend’s Super Regional for the second-straight year and the fourth time in the past seven years. UF will host the winner of the Coral Gables Regional, which will be determined on Monday night when Miami (Fla.) (42-18) faces Texas A&M (43-20-1) at 7 p.m.

From GatorZone.com

“It was a great team effort tonight,” head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “We had a chance to get everyone in the ballgame, first and foremost. We swung the bats really well, got off to an early lead and had production all the way down the lineup. We had great pitching from (Brian) Johnson as the starter and got the chance to get (Tommy) Toledo and (Kevin) Chapman back out there. I’m awfully proud of them. We have our sights set on playing well into the summer. I feel really good about this team at this point, I think we’re clicking. We have a lot of work ahead of us this week, but we’re looking forward to the challenge next weekend.”

Next weekend’s game (likely against Miami) will be a best of three series. If the Gators win the Super Regional they will move on to the College World Series in Omaha.

Gator Baseball Update

Mr2Bits — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:14:44 +0000

We are just a little bit past the mid-season mark in college baseball. The No. 22 Florida Gators are 23-12 (Overall) and 9-6 in the SEC. The are led by Preston Tucker (who is putting up some monster power numbers) and Josh Adams. The Gators are on a nice little hot streak right now, having won 4 of their last five against three different opponents.

The future looks bright for the Florida Gators. Both Preston Tucker and Anthony DeSclafani (the Gator best pitcher right now) are freshman.

Here are some highlights from a game against UNF just a few weeks ago.

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Gator Baseball Starts Off Hot

Mr2Bits — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:48:24 +0000

The No. 12 Florida Gator baseball team has started their season off in the right direction. They opened the 2009 season by sweeping the Louisville Cardinals and Eastern Michigan Eagles. They are now 5-0 and welcome the Miami Hurricanes tomorrow to McKethan Stadium.

The Gators are batting an impressive .343 as a team. I’d liked to see their power numbers improve a little bit (only 3 homeruns through 5 games), but they are still managing to put up a lot of runs without the long ball. Patrick Keating was impressive in his first start of the 2009 season, giving up only 2 earned runs in 7 innings pitched while striking out 7 batters.

Miami will test the Gators this weekend. If we can come out 2-1 in the 3 game series I’ll be very happy and it will show the Gators are back to being contenders.