The top-ranked Florida baseball team won the series against the number nine Kentucky Wildcats Friday night in Lexington, Kentucky by beating the Wildcats 9-4. This was the first time since 2012 that the Gators have won the series against the Wildcats while in Lexington. Florida starting pitcher Jackson Kowar pitched …
Read More »Not So Sunny in Gainesville (Gator Baseball Photo Gallery)
The weather was sunny and higher than 75, but the outcome was not as such for the Gators Tuesday night. The Gator baseball squad was handed a tough 8-4 loss at the hands of the Jacksonville University Dolphins. Freshman Jack Leftwich made his fourth start of the year pulling out …
Read More »Marlins Win Big, Rays Take Another Loss
It wasn’t just a normal win for the Miami Marlins last night, but it was a domination of the New York Yankees. The Marlins defeated the Yankees 9-1 at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. What Happened to the Yankees? The Yankees seemed as though they decided not to show up as the Marlins …
Read More »Gator Baseball Drops Midweek Contest to Dolphins
The Jacksonville Dolphins always seem to play the Florida Gator baseball team tough…and Tuesday night was no different in Gainesville. The Dolphins beat the top ranked Florida Gators 8-4 at Alfred McKethan Stadium. JU roughed up Gator pitching to the tune of 13 hits against five Florida arms. The damage …
Read More »Florida Baseball will Host Jacksonville in Midweek Contest
Number one Florida Gator Baseball will be playing the Jacksonville Dolphins Tuesday night in Gainesville. The Gators have a 32-6 overall record and 12-3 in conference record. While the Dolphins come into the game with a 24-9 overall record and 6-3 in conference record. The Gators are coming off a three-game …
Read More »Breaking Barriers: A Pioneer for Women in Sports
Written and edited by Jordyn Reed and Courtney Mims. “By 1988…I became the country’s second national baseball columnist and we were reinventing the wheel.” A pioneer for women in the sports world and the first female recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, Claire Smith, has accomplished a great deal …
Read More »David Ross After Baseball
David Ross started his baseball career in 1996 with the Auburn University Tigers where he played until 1998. He then transferred to the University of Florida and became one of the few players to attend a College World Series with two different teams. After college, Ross was drafted to …
Read More »Rays Defeat White Sox in Front of Empty Stadium
On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays won 6-5 over the Chicago White Sox. The Rays jumped out to an early 4-0 lead followed shortly by a solo home run from Carlos Gómez. Blake Snell gave up only 1 hit and 1 run through 6 innings and struck out ten batters. …
Read More »Marlins Give Up Another Lead and Fall to the Mets
The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins last night after the Marlins led the game twice. Marlins first-baseman Justin Bour smacked two home runs in the 5th and the 7th innings to give the Marlins the lead. Bour’s success at the plate, however, did not push the Marlins past …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Win In The Windy City, Hope To Win Series
With a 21-minute snow delay on Monday and game time weather of 35 degrees, the snow wasn’t stopping the Tampa Bay Rays (2-8) and the Chicago White Sox (3-6) on Monday. However, maybe the snow was just what the Rays needed to snap a losing streak of eight games. They beat …
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