Hugh is the Spring 2025 baseball beat reporter for The Alligator. He is a fourth-year journalism sports and media major. In his free time, Hugh enjoys watching all kinds of sports with his friends.
Florida came back from a 5-1 deficit, scoring eight unanswered runs to win the series against No. 5 Arkansas on Sunday.
Through the first four innings in the second game of the weekend series between Florida and Arkansas, it seemed like there was a pitcher’s duel on hand. That sentiment quickly unraveled as the Razorbacks struck for six runs in the top of the fifth inning and took the energy out of the home crowd.
Florida upset No. 5 Arkansas 6-4 as the Gators took the series opener in a crucial conference matchup.
The Gators took down Georgia Southern at home in a mercy-rule victory, as Luke Heyman had a big night at the plate.
Our time together has been short, but it has been an experience I will cherish for a lifetime.
Going into the series finale between Florida and Mississippi State, the Gators had scored 24 runs on 28 hits in the first two games of the weekend. They continued their offensive onslaught on Sunday, scoring eight runs on 13 hits in Starkville, Mississippi. But it wasn’t enough, as UF was unable to complete the sweep.
The Florida Gators entered the sixth inning of Friday night’s series opener against Mississippi State down 3-2. Eleven batters later, UF went into the bottom half of the inning with a 9-3 lead after a red-hot hitting stretch. The Gators scored seven runs on eight hits, four of which went for extra bases.
Florida became the first program in the modern era to win a national championship without a top-100 recruit.
Bobby Boser hit three home runs on Tuesday as the Gators mercy-ruled Stetson to win their fifth straight game.
The Gators swept the doubleheader and series against Missouri as Florida notched its first SEC series victory of the season.
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