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Gators catcher BT Riopelle has been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week. He hit .533 with two home runs and eight RBI last week, and he also helped the pitching staff only give up nine earned runs in the series against Mississippi State.

For seven innings, Sunday's series finale between the Gators and Mississippi State was a pitchers' duel. Then, for the second day in a row, the UF offense sprang to life in the late innings to secure a 6-2 win and their first SEC road sweep since 2019.

The Gators erupted for six runs in the ninth inning to defeat Mississippi State 9-3 on Saturday night and clinch their first road series victory since mid-March.

The Gators survived another rough outing by their bullpen to defeat Mississippi State 8-6 in the series opener on Friday night.

Left-handed pitcher Hunter Barco announced on social media on Tuesday night that he will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.

Jud Fabian entered Tuesday night's game with South Florida with 48 career home runs, but he had never hit three homers in a game or hit a grand slam. So, fittingly, he knocked both milestones out of the way in the same game as part of the Gators' 18-3 win.

After racking up 18 runs and 21 hits in the first two games of the series, the Gators' bats went quiet on Sunday in an 8-1 loss to Kentucky in the series finale.

The game started in April and ended in May, but nobody in orange and blue will complain about the result. The Gators routed Kentucky 9-1 to secure a big series victory.

The Gators exploded in the middle innings to blow out Kentucky 9-2 in a series opener that got heated in the ninth inning.

The Gators had a two-run lead on No. 1 Tennessee with two outs in the ninth but weren't able to finish things out. The Volunteers rallied for a 6-4 extra-innings win that sank the Gators to 6-12 in SEC play.