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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
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After a tough series loss against LSU and a disastrous weekend being swept by Georgia, the unrelenting schedule of weekend series continued as the Gators welcomed No. 2 Arkansas to town on Thursday. On paper, Arkansas is excellent defensively: top-5 in fielding percentage and top-20 in ERA. The Hogs’ backed up the numbers, putting their…
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Florida’s weekend series against the Georgia Bulldogs was simply disappointing. Getting swept is never good, but to lose three straight in the fashion the Gators did, especially in the context of the season? Just brutal. The now unranked Gators (18-10, 3-6 SEC) dropped three straight to Georgia (22-6, 6-3 SEC), who moved up from No.…
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The game of baseball offers fans a chance to see something new anytime its being played, or so the adage goes. On Tuesday, Gators’ freshman shortstop Deric Fabian managed to strikeout despite never swinging and missing at a third strike. Following the second pitch of Fabian’s fifth inning at-bat, home plate umpire, Scott Cline, raised…
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As LSU designated hitter Brayden Jobert rounded the bases, the third-base dugout of Florida Ballpark lost its mind. As the Tigers’ roster whooped, hollered and rattled the dugout cage to celebrate the sophomore’s second home run of the day, a ‘L-S-U’ chant broke out among the smattering of purple and gold faithful in attendance. The…
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Florida ace Hunter Barco admitted he didn’t have his best stuff on Friday. That didn’t stop him from tossing seven innings of two-hit ball against one of the best lineups in the nation. “I knew from the time I was in the bullpen that I didn’t have my best stuff…so I just had to go…
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Jud Fabian barely needed to watch the ball fly through the dim Gainesville sky. He tossed his now-unneccessary bat to the dirt as the ball sailed into the visitor’s bullpen of Florida Ballpark. 3-2, Gators lead. “I figured…they’d give me a first-pitch heater,” Fabian said. “And I got a first-pitch heater.” Florida (16-5) battled off…
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For eight innings, the Florida Gators looked like one of the top teams in the SEC by doing exactly what they were supposed to against a good, but not great opponent. Things got a little tight in the ninth, but the Gators came away with a 6-4 win over Alabama to open SEC play on…
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After two overpowering performances offensively on Saturday, Florida’s bats cooled off resulting a disappointing loss that could’ve been a series sweep on Sunday. No. 11 Florida (13-4) fell to Seton Hall (1-12) 6-4 on Sunday to close the weekend series 2-1. Florida’s bullpen couldn’t provide ample support to its lackluster offense and granted the Pirates…
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On Friday, it poured rain in Gainesville. The weather was disruptive enough to force Florida and Seton Hall’s opening game of the weekend series to be pushed back another day and serve as the first game of a double header. The doubleheader came around on Saturday, yet it continued to pour. This time, though, the…
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It was an old fashioned pitcher’s duel at Florida Ballpark on Tuesday as the Gators defeated Jacksonville 1-0. It was also the return of Tyler Nesbitt to the mound after undergoing Tommy John surgery prior to the 2021 campaign. It had been almost exactly two years since his last appearance in a ballgame at UF…
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