With a season-high 5,276 fans packed into McKethan Stadium, it was as loud as it has been all season during the ranked matchup between Florida and Florida State.
Sunday’s switch to daylight savings time left the Gators, Bulls and audience in a stupor – until Nathan Hickey woke everyone up.
The last time Jack Leftwich started on the mound, he allowed six hits and six earned runs in three innings of work against Troy.
Florida went for the kill shot in the first inning.
Florida’s pitching staff silenced the Florida A&M bats for all nine innings.
The Florida Gators made history on Tuesday when they started their season 12-0 — a feat never accomplished before.
It’s been 18 years since the Gators started a season 11-0.
There’s just something about that lucky number seven.
The Sunshine State hasn’t lived up to its name for the Gators recently.
The Gators will have to wait another 24 hours before their first game as the nation’s No. 1 team.
Josh Rivera has set up camp quickly out at shortstop.
Hunter Barco was dealing throughout the early stages of Sunday afternoon’s showdown between Florida and Miami.
Kirby McMullen wanted all of the smoke as he blazed around third after his go-ahead homer in the 10th.
With runners at first and third, Jacob Young stood at the plate in the top of the eleventh inning with his team’s undefeated record resting on his shoulders.
The Gators will go from walk-off winners to walking into the eye of the storm against the Hurricanes.
Brady Smith waited on deck for his fourth at-bat of the season, looking toward the diamond as he practiced his swing repeatedly.
Shortstop Josh Rivera slowly made his way to the plate in the bottom of the sixth for his third career at-bat, bobbing his head to his walk-up song: Lil Baby’s “Sum 2 Prove.”
Florida began the 2019 season as a consensus top-10 team. However, the Gators limped into the postseason and were quickly eliminated from the Regionals. Now, with a No. 1 recruiting class in tow, UF is back in the top 10 with a No. 4 preseason ranking and returns talent on the mound and at the plate.
It’s Friday Night Lights but on the diamond.
The Florida baseball team didn’t live up to expectations last season.
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