Gators blow five-run lead, end season in loss to Golden Eagles
The Gators have come from behind to win 27 games this season, but it was their inability to protect a 6-1 lead that ended their season.
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The Gators have come from behind to win 27 games this season, but it was their inability to protect a 6-1 lead that ended their season.
A season's worth of accomplishments earned UF the No. 8 national seed and the right to host an NCAA Super Regional, but Southern Miss continued to defy the odds in its unlikely run for Omaha, Neb., with a 9-7 victory in McKethan Stadium on Saturday.
OKLAHOMA CITY - "Hindsight is 50/50."
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Washington didn't just punch UF in the stomach; the Huskies reached into the Gators' collective chest and pulled out their still-beating heart like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
Pitching is a lot like real estate: location, location, location.
HOOVER, Ala. &ndash In order to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament, UF had to prove it was capable of beating every team in the eight-team field.
Adam Carolla, whose podcast I listen to on a near daily basis, recently put a common occurrence perfectly into words.
HOOVER, Ala. - In order to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament, UF had to prove it was capable of beating every team in the eight-team field.
Stan Van Gundy really can't catch a break lately.
The Gators have created an unorthodox formula for winning baseball games: Rocky starting pitching plus strong long-relief outings plus explosive late-game hitting equals success.
Walks and missed opportunities can be just as harmful to a team's chances of winning as errors and home runs.
Two Pigotts were better than one for the Gators on Wednesday night.
TALLAHASSEE - If being a senior leader means sacrificing yourself for the team, hitting a home run and remmbering to bring your jersey on road trips, then Teddy Foster wasn't just 2 for 3 in the batter's box on Tuesday.
The Gators are hoping to avoid a case of deja vu in Tallahassee tonight.
If earning the team's first Southeastern Conference road victory against Vanderbilt was learning to walk, then a series win in Auburn this weekend will be learning to run for UF.
When UF coach Kevin O'Sullivan and his players were asked which freshman impressed them the most during the preseason, one name surfaced time and again - Preston Tucker.
A 14-0 run usually occurs on the basketball court, not the baseball field.
JACKSONVILLE - When the rain clouds settled over the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, finalizing a 3-2 five-inning loss for UF at the hands of rival FSU, the Gators' recent propensity for slow starts became magnified as the last four innings were washed away.
It's hard to say which causes a bigger swing in momentum: winning a rivalry game or losing a rivalry game with a rematch scheduled just two weeks later.
Junior center fielder Matt den Dekker had always been a do-it-all player in his first two seasons at UF, but coach Kevin O'Sullivan has managed to find new ways for the preseason All-American to make an impact on the team.