Florida’s bats have returned to form, but Jonathon Crawford did not take that for granted against Auburn.
Steven “Paco” Rodriguez and Austin Maddox have been nearly unhittable out of the Gators’ bullpen this season. The duo has combined for a 1.82 ERA, a .193 batting average against and 15 saves in 103.1 innings pitched.
Seventeen pitches and a Mike Zunino home run are all Austin Maddox needed to earn his third victory of the season.
Karsten Whitson has finally returned to form.
The Gators did everything they could Sunday to look for offense, but they left the field still searching for answers as Florida continued its midseason slump, and Arkansas continued to prove why its pitching staff is tops in the Southeastern Conference.
Midweek games became routine once again for the Gators on Wednesday night.
Austin Maddox had just thrown 61 pitches, the highest single-game total of his UF career.
Florida knew a rough stretch was coming, even before the season began.
After carrying Florida to a series win at Tennessee during the weekend, Brian Johnson took a curtain call Tuesday night.
Vickash Ramjit was one swing away from clinching the weekend series for Florida.
Down 3-0 early on the road against top-ranked FSU, Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan was worried that the Seminoles would keep piling on the runs.
Any momentum No. 1 Florida got from Friday night’s shutout victory against No. 12 LSU went by the wayside in Saturday’s series finale.
After Thursday’s series-opening loss to LSU, UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan said his team would need a great outing out of starting pitcher Jonathon Crawford to have a chance on Friday.
It took 37 days, but Karsten Whitson finally appears to be done watching.
JACKSONVILLE — Kevin O’Sullivan could do nothing but shake his head and shrug his shoulders as he looked around at an emptying Harmon Stadium.
Don’t blame Vickash Ramjit for Florida’s bats slumping since Southeastern Conference play began.
For once, it wasn’t the Gators celebrating.
For the first 16 innings of Florida’s weekend series against Ole Miss, the Rebels frustrated the Gators’ bats, limiting them to just three hits Friday night and two runs through seven innings Saturday afternoon.
Florida’s bats still haven’t arrived in Oxford, Miss., and Kevin O’Sullivan isn’t entirely surprised.
Karsten Whitson won’t take the mound for the Gators this weekend.
Solutions by The State News
