Tag: Gators baseball

Manning rises to the occasion in Gators’ semifinal win over Aggies

Timmy Manning rose to the occasion in his first outing in 53 days, firing a career-high five scoreless innings in the Gators' 9-0 semifinal win over Texas A&M. UF will play for a championship on Sunday.

Ficarrotta pitches Gators past Alabama, into semifinals

The Gators defeated Alabama 11-6 thanks to Nick Ficarrotta's career day on the mound. They'll play Texas A&M in a semifinal game that is scheduled to begin at approximately 5:30.

Gators’ offense wakes up in win over Arkansas

The Gators broke out of their team-wide offensive slump on Friday, erupting for seven runs on 10 hits in the first six innings of the game. They held on to defeat Arkansas 7-5 and earn a date with either Alabama or Texas A&M on Saturday.

Aggies pound Gators in SEC Tournament

Texas A&M dominated the Gators in all aspects of the game on Thursday to deal UF a 10-0 mercy-rule loss. Florida will try to stave off elimination against Arkansas on Friday morning.

Gators walk-off Gamecocks in wild SEC Tournament opener

The Gators won a wild SEC Tournament opener over South Carolina, 2-1, on Tuesday night thanks to 8 1/3 dominant innings by Brandon Sproat and a walk-off sacrifice fly by Colby Halter.

Three Gators named All-SEC

A trio of Gators has been named to the All-SEC team. Junior catcher BT Riopelle was voted to the first team, sophomore left fielder Wyatt Langford was named to the second team and pitcher Brandon Neely was selected to the Freshman All-SEC Team. 

Neely named SEC Freshman of the Week

UF pitcher Brandon Neely has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week. He struck out a career-high 10 batters in a career-high-tying seven scoreless innings against South Carolina on Friday.

Gators fall to Gamecocks in finale, will get rematch in SEC...

The Gators walked nine times on Saturday but could only muster three hits and one run in their regular-season-ending 4-1 loss to South Carolina. The Gators and Gamecocks will meet again in the first round of the SEC Tournament on Tuesday.

UF’s pitchers dominate South Carolina to clinch series

Brandon Neely, Blake Purnell and Anthony Ursitti combined to give up just three hits in the Gators' 8-0 defeat of South Carolina on Friday night. UF could enter the regional hosting conversation if they're able to complete the sweep on Saturday.

Langford’s remarkable season continues in series-opening beatdown of Gamecocks

The Gators pounded South Carolina 14-5 on Thursday night thanks in part to Wyatt Langford continuing his remarkable season by turning in his second two-homer game in a row.