Bullpen melts down in baseball team's loss to Jacksonville
By Patrick Pinak | Feb. 21, 2017Everything was lined up.
Everything was lined up.
Three weeks before his team’s season opener, Kevin O’Sullivan sat on the bench inside the first base dugout at McKethan Stadium and spoke to reporters.
Ryan Hall reacted immediately, sprinting toward the wall the moment the ball left Austin Langworthy’s bat.
Before the ball found the back of JJ Schwarz’s glove, Brady Singer was already walking off the field. He knew the grounder he’d induced would end the inning and, presumably, his day on the mound.
When he heard the metallic ping of bat meeting ball, Deacon Liput didn’t think. He ran.
Deacon Liput’s freshman year can be described as the fun part of a roller coaster.
Alex Faedo is early.
Baseball is back.
Question marks.
Kevin O’Sullivan isn’t leaving Florida any time soon.
Halfway into his introductory press conference as Florida’s newest athletic director, Scott Stricklin said something that caught Kevin O’Sullivan’s attention.
After a two-game stint with the Seattle Mariners earlier this month, former Florida standout Mike Zunino was called up from Triple-A Tacoma again on Wednesday.
In his first game of the season, Mike Zunino homered twice.
The ball was low, but Peter Alonso swung.
After losing its first game of the College World Series, Florida is one loss away from postseason elimination.
The ball left JJ Schwarz’s bat, the crowd erupted, and the sophomore pointed out of the park as he began to run around the bases.
After Florida’s 3-0 loss to Florida State on Saturday night, in which FSU pitcher Drew Carlton threw a complete-game shutout, Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan was surprisingly calm.
Deacon Liput rested his hands on his hips.
When Florida pitcher A.J. Puk travels more than 2,700 miles to start his new job next year, there will be at least one familiar face.