MSU rallies to win with walk-off bomb as Gators implode late
By JESSE SIMONTON | June 11, 2011Eight outs away from back-to-back trips to the College World Series, the top-ranked Gators imploded.
Eight outs away from back-to-back trips to the College World Series, the top-ranked Gators imploded.
The No. 1 Florida baseball team is just nine solid innings away from another patented dogpile and euphoric plane ride to Omaha, Neb.
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For the past six months, Tyler Thompson has coped with more injuries than a Spanish bullfighter.
After advancing to the Super Regionals for the third straight season, Alex Panteliodis was grinning ear-to-ear, swollen with “Gator Swag.”
For the third straight year, Florida ended Miami's season, but on Sunday, it was Preston Tucker — not errors and miscues — that did in the Hurricanes.
In a span of minutes, Miami's demons reared their ugly head again, and Nolan Fontana possibly saved Florida's season.
On a beautiful, sweltering Friday afternoon at McKethan Stadium, Florida's top-ranked baseball team rained all over Manhattan's parade.
Five questions to ponder as No. 1 Florida opens the NCAA Tournament Friday at 4 p.m. against Manhattan.
After a steamy, emotional, rollercoaster weekend, No. 1 Florida exited Hoover, Ala., with its first Southeastern Conference Tournament trophy since 1991 and a No. 2 overall national seed in the 2011 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
HOOVER, Ala.— In No. 3-seed Florida's biggest game this season, the
HOOVER, Ala. — On a steamy, emotional, maddening, marathon
HOOVER, Ala. — Gators left-hander Brian Johnson was struck in the
HOOVER, Ala. — For the second time this season, a coach from the
HOOVER, Ala. — With the game seemingly slipping away Wednesday, Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan convened his team in the dugout.
After No. 3 Florida walloped Kentucky in the weekend’s series finale to capture a share of the Southeastern Conference crown, coach Kevin O’Sullivan could finally breathe easy, at least for a little while anyways.
There was a uniqueness about the way it ended.
For the second time in three home games, No. 6 Florida was walloped at McKethan Stadium. But unlike Tuesday's relatively meaningless loss to Jacksonville, Friday night's blowout was a tad more significant.
Gators shortstop Nolan Fontana just smiled, practically speechless. Starter Brian Johnson chuckled and said, "I've never seen that before in my life."
In the span of 48 hours, the No. 6 Gators baseball team stomached rampant jubilation followed by muddled misery.