Mr2Bits
Gator Fan
The Florida Gators baseball team defeated the University of Miami Hurricanes 16-5 to claim the NCAA Gainesville Regional last night at McKethan Stadium. Next stop... the Super Regionals (which are also in Gainesville) against the winner of the Atlanta Regional.
"The whole goal going into the weekend was to win this one and earn another weekend to play," head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. "We came out tonight with a really good approach at the plate. We didn’t chase anything out of the zone. When you get an early lead like we did, it makes it awful easy on your pitching staff. The relief pitching once again was outstanding."
Freshman Preston Tucker was named the Regional's Most Outstanding Player after going 9-13 with six RBI, and two homeruns. He was absolutely slugging the ball. There's no doubt the Gators wouldn't have been as successful in the Regionals without his bat.
"Winning this award is really just a tribute to everyone on this team swinging the bat," Tucker said. "When we have players on base, it puts more pressure on the pitcher than on me. Everyone swung really well today and just gave our pitchers the confidence to throw strikes."
The winner of the Super Regional next weekend will earn a place in Omaha at the College World Series.
"The whole goal going into the weekend was to win this one and earn another weekend to play," head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. "We came out tonight with a really good approach at the plate. We didn’t chase anything out of the zone. When you get an early lead like we did, it makes it awful easy on your pitching staff. The relief pitching once again was outstanding."
Freshman Preston Tucker was named the Regional's Most Outstanding Player after going 9-13 with six RBI, and two homeruns. He was absolutely slugging the ball. There's no doubt the Gators wouldn't have been as successful in the Regionals without his bat.
"Winning this award is really just a tribute to everyone on this team swinging the bat," Tucker said. "When we have players on base, it puts more pressure on the pitcher than on me. Everyone swung really well today and just gave our pitchers the confidence to throw strikes."
The winner of the Super Regional next weekend will earn a place in Omaha at the College World Series.
