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It was a free fall that all could have been forgotten had the Gators been able to put up a good showing in Hoover, Alabama in the SEC Championship.

After finishing the regular season with a 29-27 (14-16 SEC) record, the Gators were given the eighth seed in the tournament and played in a single elimination game against the ninth seeded Aggies of Texas A&M.]]> 2013-05-22T04:37:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_drops_rubber_match_to_uga/17212 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_drops_rubber_match_to_uga/17212/article}#When:06:10:00Z
Although the Bulldogs loaded the bases in the first inning against freshman right-hander Eric Hanhold (Palm Harbor, Fla.) (0-4), they came away empty-handed. Sophomore Nelson Ward (2-for-5) led off with a single up the middle but was erased on a fielder’s choice by senior Curt Powell (2-for-5). Another fielder’s choice by sophomore Hunter Cole forced Powell at second base before senior Kyle Farmer (3-for-5) had a base-hit into center field and sophomore Jared Walsh (1-for-2, two RBI) walked to fill the bags. Hanhold escaped the jam with a strikeout of senior Brett DeLoach.]]> 2013-05-19T06:10:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/gators_drop_game_two_at_georgia/17209 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/gators_drop_game_two_at_georgia/17209/article}#When:06:30:00Z
Florida was able to get on the board first in the second inning. Justin Shafer led the inning off with a walk, followed by a strikeout from Zack Powers and a ground out from Vickash Ramjit that moved Shafer to second base. That’s when freshman Josh Tobias stayed hot with men in scoring position and knocked in Shafer with a two-out RBI double.]]> 2013-05-18T06:30:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/gators_get_big_win_in_athens/17203 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/gators_get_big_win_in_athens/17203/article}#When:03:26:00Z
With the game deadlocked at two runs apiece entering the final frame, senior Vickash Ramjit (Miami, Fla.) (2-for-3, two runs) led off with an infield single off of UGA redshirt junior Patrick Boling (3-7) and sophomore Josh Tobias (Greensboro, N.C.) (2-for-3) followed with a base-hit down the right-field line that pushed Ramjit to third base. Bader moved the visitors in front with a single into left center that brought home Ramjit and a sacrifice bunt by freshman Brady Roberson (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) left UF with a pair of runners in scoring position. After senior Cody Dent (Boynton Beach, Fla.) flew out to left field, Boling was charged with a balk that scored Tobias for a 4-2 advantage. ]]> 2013-05-17T03:26:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/baseball_drops_series_finale_to_auburn/17180 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/baseball_drops_series_finale_to_auburn/17180/article}#When:05:36:00Z
After redshirt freshman right-hander Justin Camp threw 4.1 shutout innings in his starting debut, sophomore Chase Williamson (3-0) gave up one run over 2.2 innings to pick up the win and junior Terrance Dedrick registered the final six outs to collect his eighth save of the season and second of the series. Freshman Eric Hanhold (Palm Harbor, Fla.) (0-3) surrendered just one run and four hits over a career-high five innings for Florida.

“I thought Eric (Hanhold) did a nice job,” head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “I thought he threw the ball well, we just didn’t get the bats going today for whatever reason. Auburn’s pitcher (Justin Camp) was in his first career start, he mixed his pitches and threw his breaking ball for strikes early in the count. We weren’t able to put some good swings on them. It was a 1-0 game for awhile there, but, obviously, the sixth inning hurt us, pitching-wise.”]]> 2013-05-13T05:36:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_takes_game_two_against_auburn/17177 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_takes_game_two_against_auburn/17177/article}#When:04:31:00Z
With UF down to its final three outs and trailing 4-1, sophomore Casey Turgeon (Palm Harbor, Fla.) started things off by being hit by a pitch from Tiger junior starter Michael O’Neal but was erased at second base on a fielder’s choice by sophomore Taylor Gushue (Boca Raton, Fla.). After sophomore Justin Shafer (Lake Wales, Fla.) went down swinging, senior Vickash Ramjit (Miami, Fla.) sliced a single into right field for two Gators aboard. Tobias launched O’Neal’s next pitch into the left-field bleachers to knot the score at 4-4 with his third round-tripper of the campaign.]]> 2013-05-12T04:31:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_drops_series_opener_7_4/17175 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/florida_drops_series_opener_7_4/17175/article}#When:03:29:00Z
“Credit Auburn’s hitters; they put some good swings together,” head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “They were able to score seven runs with two outs. We got some advantage counts from offensive standpoint. On our side, we just didn’t put good swings on some pitches and probably chased out of the zone a little bit. Auburn’s hitters did a really good job tonight and their starter [Conner Kendrick] kept us off balance. We had a plan coming into the game. We felt like we wanted to get his pitch count up a little bit. It was just one of those nights. We just have to come back ready for tomorrow.”]]> 2013-05-11T03:29:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/baseball_earns_one_hitter_over_fau/17163 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/baseball_earns_one_hitter_over_fau/17163/article}#When:05:54:00Z
“I thought their starter [Jake Meiers] did a really nice job,” O’Sullivan said. “He threw some quality changeups and breaking balls and he kept the ball down, but Bobby [Poyner] matched him pitch-for-pitch. He pitched outstanding for us tonight. Our relief pitching was really good – holding a team like FAU to one run and one hit over nine innings. We were obviously pleased with the effort. There were a lot of big at-bats tonight. Credit their starter, he did a great job, but we hung in there and the fifth inning was a big one for us offensively.”

“I felt pretty good,” Poyner said. “I was trying to throw the ball to the plate and let the defense play. We made really good catches in the outfield, played really great on defense and didn’t make any errors.” ]]> 2013-05-08T05:54:00-05:00 http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/lsu_sweeps_florida/17148 {title_permalink=http://www.gatorcountry.com/baseball/article/lsu_sweeps_florida/17148/article}#When:16:40:00Z
The Gators jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning against junior right-hander Ryan Eades (8-1) on an RBI triple by sophomore Taylor Gushue (Boca Raton, Fla.) (2-for-3) and a sacrifice fly by sophomore Justin Shafer (Lake Wales, Fla.). Sophomore Casey Turgeon (Palm Harbor, Fla.) (3-for-4) had singled up the middle with one down and Gushue lined a triple off of the wall in right field to put the visitors on the scoreboard. Shafer followed with his fourth sacrifice fly of the season to straightaway center field to bring home Gushue.

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Junior JaCoby Jones (2-for-4) provided the Tigers with a 1-0 lead in the second inning against UF sophomore left-hander Bobby Poyner (Wellington, Fla.) (2-2) on an RBI grounder. Senior Raph Rhymes (2-for-3) had opened the frame with a single into left field and junior Christian Ibarra was hit by a pitch before junior Ty Ross moved his teammates over with a sacrifice bunt. Jones brought home Rhymes with a ground ball to second base to open the scoring.

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