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Yahoo
10-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Ty Evans emerging and other takeaways from Florida baseball sweep at South Carolina
Florida baseball continued its second-half-of-the-season tear by sweeping South Carolina over the weekend at Founders Park. The Florida Gators (33-16, 11-13 SEC) have won 13 their last 15 games and 10 of their last 12 in conference play. Advertisement Florida outscored South Carolina 39-8 over the three-game series, including pounding out a season-high 22 runs in a 22-3 win over the Gamecocks in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon. That included UF scoring 11 runs in the top of the ninth. "Usually, the winning team scores more runs in one inning then the losing team does throughout all nine," Florida baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "And we had three in the fourth, five in the eighth and 11 runs in the ninth." UF won 9-5 in the first game of the series on Friday and 8-0 in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday. With the Sunday win, O'Sullivan notched his 750th career win. Here's what UF learned after sweeping the series over the Gamecocks: Florida baseball can adjust without its leading hitter in the lineup The Gators remained without starting shortstop Colby Shelton (.377, 7 home runs, 35 RBIs), who has missed UF's last four games with a hand injury. Advertisement Without Shelton, Bobby Boser has filled in at shortstop while Brendan Lawson has moved across the diamond from first base to third base. Luke Heyman, Brody Donay and Landon Stripling filled in at first base over the weekend. Without Shelton, Florida was still productive up and down the lineup, scoring 39 runs by belting 15 extra-base hits. Heyman had a big series, going 4 for 13 with three homers and 5 RBIs, while Lawson (8 for 14, 1 HR, 6 RBIs) and Boser (4 for 11, 4 RBIs) remained productive at the plate. Florida baseball outfielder Ty Evans has a power surge left in him After a disappointing start to the season, Evans has found his groove at the plate of late, going 5 for 13 with two home runs and 6 RBIs in the three-game series. Advertisement Evans, who belted five home runs in the 2023 College World Series for UF, is batting .247 with three homers and 22 RBIs as a senior this season. "We're not going to get to where we want to without him in the lineup," O'Sullivan said. "So, I'm really, really pleased for him." Florida baseball can piece together its pitching staff through rain delays Florida lost its starting pitcher on Friday night when righty Liam Peterson didn't come back after throwing just seven pitches before a three-hour rain delay. Then, on Saturday, freshman righty Aidan King only went 2 2/3 innings on Saturday in a game that was ultimately suspended due to rain. Advertisement Peterson (8-2) came back to pitch 3 1/3 innings of relief in the completion of the suspended game on Sunday, allowing two runs to earn his seventh win of the season. Then, in the second game on Sunday, junior lefty Pierce Coppola made his first appearance since March 1 against Miami, pitching one scoreless inning to start a seven-inning game. Freshman Jackson Barberi (2-1) followed with 3 1/3 innings to pick up his second win of the season and Christian Rodriguez followed with 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit to earn his first save of the season. "It's been kind of a weird weekend obviously, with the rain delays and lightning delays and all that type of thing," O'Sullivan said. "I thought that Liam did what he needed to do, he wasn't as sharp as he'd like to be today, but he did what he needed to do." Up next Florida will host USF on Tuesday night at Condron Family Ballpark (6:30 p.m., SEC Network Plus). Advertisement Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun's Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@ Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1 This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida baseball sweeps South Carolina. What UF learned in the series
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Florida baseball vs No. 1 Texas score today: Live updates, game highlights, how to watch
Florida baseball will get another late-season test when it plays its final SEC road series of the season over the weekend at No. 1 Texas. It's the first regular-season matchup between the two schools, though they have squared off four times at the College World Series in Omaha, with the series tied 2-2. In the last meeting, the Florida Gators beat Texas 6-1 in the 2018 CWS. Advertisement The Longhorns (39-8, 19-5) have made a successful first-year transition to the SEC under first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle, who left rival Texas A&M to take over Texas during the offseason. Texas is two games ahead of No. 2 Arkansas for first place in the conference with six league games remaining, but were just swept by the Razorbacks last weekend. "They are playing a really clean brand of baseball," Florida baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "They don't beat themselves. They pitch, they hit, they play defense." Texas got back in the win column with a 9-3 win over Lamar on Tuesday. The Longhorns are led by slugging catcher Rylan Galvan, who is batting .317 with 13 home runs, 12 doubles and 41 RBIs. Florida (33-17, 11-13) remains without shortstop Colby Shelton, who is dealing with a hand injury that will likely sideline him until the start of NCAA Regionals. Advertisement "It's just a hamate," O'Sullivan said. "It's basically what they did was just take the bone out so it's just a matter of letting that incision heal. The timeline for that is different for everybody ... whether that's two weeks or three weeks I don't know. It all comes down to if that incision heals." The Gators have won four straight SEC series and 13 of their last 16 games overall to bounce back from a 1-11 league start. Florida baseball vs Texas: Live score updates How to watch Florida baseball vs Texas TV Channel: ESPNU (Friday), SEC Network+ (Saturday and Sunday) Live stream: SEC Network+, ESPN+, FUBO Florida's game vs No. 1 Texas on Friday night will air on ESPNU. The Saturday and Sunday afternoon games between the two schools will air on SEC Network+. Florida baseball vs Texas start times Game 1, Friday, May 9: 7:30 p.m. ET Advertisement Game 2, Saturday, May 10: 2 p.m. ET Game 3, Sunday, May 11: 2 p.m. ET Who is pitching for Florida baseball vs Texas? Friday: LHP Pierce Coppola (2-0, 1.32 ERA) vs. RHP Ruger Rojas (8-2, 4.19 ERA) Saturday: RHP Liam Peterson (8-2, 4.09 ERA) vs. LHP Luke Harrison (4-1, 3.25 ERA) Sunday: RHP Aidan King (4-2, 3.29 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Flores (4-1, 2.40 ERA) Florida baseball schedule 2025: Next five games May 15-17: vs. No. 20 Alabama SEC Tournament May 20-25: TBD, Hoover, Ala. Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun's Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@ Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his coverage of the Gators' national championship basketball season in 'CHOMP-IONS!' — a hardcover coffee-table collector's book from The Sun. Details at This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida baseball-Texas score today: Live updates, channel for SEC game
USA Today
25-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Florida baseball moves up a couple spots in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 rankings
Florida baseball moves up a couple spots in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 rankings Florida baseball has ascended two spots to secure the No. 8 position in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 rankings. Their 7-0 start to the season helped them rise in the rankings and they are still looking to do more damage. The Gators have seen incredible performances so far from players such as junior catcher Brody Donay, who has a batting average of .524 to go along with four home runs and seven RBI. Junior infielder Colby Shelton has also had a nice start to the season, holding a batting average of .407 while also recording a total of seven RBI to go along with a home run. Looking at the pitching, Florida sophomore right-hander Liam Peterson has been lights out. In 10 innings, Peterson has allowed four hits, three walks, no earned runs, and has struck-out 16 batters. Redshirt junior left-handed pitcher Pierce Coppola has been a strikeout machine. He leads the team with 20 strikeouts in 10 innings of work so far this season. The rise to No. 8 in the D1Baseball rankings places Florida in a strong position at the beginning of the season. As the season unfolds, the Gators will be able to show off just how good they truly can be, because make no mistake, the level of competition hasn't exactly been the best. This is where teams from the SEC were ranked in the latest D1Baseball Top 25 rankings. Where the SEC teams were ranked in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings 24. Ole Miss Rebels 18. Mississippi State Bulldogs 16. Oklahoma Sooners 15. Texas Longhorns 14. Vanderbilt Commodores 8. Florida Gators 6. Georgia Bulldogs 4. Arkansas Razorbacks 3. Tennessee Volunteers 2. LSU Tigers 1. Texas A&M Aggies Up next for the Gators Florida gets set to head on the road to Stetson for a Tuesday mid-week matchup. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
