It was not the prettiest of wins, but the No. 6 Florida Gators won a midweek game at Condron Family Ballpark. Gators defeated the Florida A&M Rattlers 10-7. Solid relieving pitching, hot bats and Jac Caglianone being a one-of-a-kind player were the key factors in Tuesday’s win. Florida (17-11) has …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Baseball Making Things Interesting
The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend and I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Sunday. I know I did. 10. Let us start with baseball where the Gators had two walk-off wins in a series for the first time in 10 years. On Friday night, …
Read More »Florida State Baseball routs Florida, 14-3
The No. 6 Florida Gators baseball team has been up-and-down coming into Tuesday’s game against No. 17 Florida State. The Gators in recent weeks lost in their midweek games, but would end up winning the weekend series. This trend continued against their state rivals. The Seminoles defeated the Gators 14-3 …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Sure, ‘I had Yale beating Auburn’ In My Bracket
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that pretty much had every emotion possible. 10. Let’s start with what happened Friday evening and the depression that fell over Gainesville with the end of another basketball season. There was anger, there was pain, there was the stinging realization that …
Read More »Caglianone’s Extra-Inning Homer Surges Florida Past LSU To Even Series
In front of the second largest crowd in LSU program history of 12,892 at Alex Box Stadium, No. 5 LSU put on a laser show, but the No. 6 Florida Gators silenced the Tiger fans Saturday night thanks to a two-run home run from Jac Caglianone in the 11th inning …
Read More »Florida Baseball Falls At No. 5 LSU
No. 5 LSU took control from the start of Friday’s series opener at Alex Box Stadium to defeat the No. 6 Florida Gators 6-1. The Tigers (19-4, 2-2 SEC) rode ace Luke Holman (5-1) and two strong innings by their offense, while Florida struck out 19 times and just had …
Read More »Gators Baseball Stunned By Dolphins
The No. 6 Florida Gators were defeated by the Jacksonville Dolphins 7-6 at Condron Family Ballpark on Tuesday night. Yet another mid-week collapse by the Gators (12-8). This time caused by ice-cold bats and inconsistent pitching. Jac Caglianone (two home runs), Tyler Shelnut and Luke McNeillie were bright spots in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Handlogten’s injury got Tournament committee’s attention
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included a little bit of everything, kind of like a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixins, but the bean casserole made you ill. 10. As soon as I saw Micah Handlogten on the floor of the Bridgestone Arena and it …
Read More »Gators Take SEC Series Against Aggies
A total of 30 runs and 40 hits occurred in the first two games between the No. 8 Florida Gators and No. 4 Texas A&M Aggies at Condron Family Ballpark. In the SEC baseball opening series that was defined by that offensive explosion by both teams, it was only fitting …
Read More »Pitching Continues To Haunt Gators In 9-7 Loss to St. Mary’s
In every loss this season, the issue for the Florida baseball team has been run prevention from its pitching staff. The trend of lackluster pitching continued Saturday at Condron Family Ballpark. The No. 4 Gators lost to the St. Mary’s Gaels 9-7 to tie the series 1-1. The Gators (9-5) have …
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