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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Errors doom Gator baseball in loss to FSU > > > By Pat Dooley <[email protected]> > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > > Published: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 11:26 p.m. > Last Modified: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 11:26 p.m. > > > > > > JACKSONVILLE — On a perfect night for baseball, Florida played a very > imperfect game Tuesday against Florida State. > > As a sellout crowd of 9,276 watched, Florida committed a season-high five > errors that led to five unearned runs for the Seminoles and managed only six > hits in a 7-2 loss to FSU. FSU takes a 2-1 lead in the Traveling Rivalry > Series (the first two games were in Tampa and Gainesville) with the finale > set for April 13 in Tallahassee. > > "Games like this against a rival have a lot to do with momentum," said > Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan. "We could never get the momentum on our > side. It's hard for me to put my finger on it. We've played great defense > all year." > > Florida had committed only 15 errors in 23 games heading into Tuesday > night's game, but got things off to a bad start when rightfielder Kamm > Washington misplayed Stuart Tapley's pop fly. Tapley later scored the first > unearned run of the game. > > It kept getting worse. > > While Florida's bats were quieted for the most part, FSU kept taking > advantage of Gator miscues. An unearned run in the fifth gave the Seminoles > a lead they would not relinquish. Two unearned runs in the seventh gave FSU > some breathing room and Tapley iced the victory with a two-run homer in the > ninth after, you guessed it, another Florida error. > > "That's uncalled for," said second baseman Josh Adams of the mistakes made > by the Gators. "I take it personally because I'm one of the older guys out > there. You won't see that again." > > Florida, now 18-6 on the season, returns home for a weekend series against > Vanderbilt starting on Friday night. FSU is now 20-4. > > "As painful as it is, we have to turn around and get ready for a big series > this weekend," O'Sullivan said. "It's really frustrating. Some of our older > guys have just got to start playing better, It's as simple as that." > > FSU scored first in the top of the second against starter Jeff Barfield, > who only pitched to nine batters. Devon Travis' RBI single gave the > Seminoles a 1-0 lead, but in the bottom of the inning it was erased when > Thompson ripped a line-drive homer just inside the right field foul pole > with Kamm Washingon aboard. > > That lead lasted only two batters as FSU tied the game off reliever Justin > Poovey on Stephen Cardullo' single. > > Florida missed out on a chance to score in the bottom of the fourth when > Austin Maddox doubled to lead off the inning and couldn't advance past > third. FSU took the lead in the fifth on an error by Preston Tucker at first > base after Tapley's two-out double. > > "That's a play Preston usually makes," O'Sullivan said. "Even if he knocks > it down, they don't score." > > An error by third baseman Maddox in the seventh was followed by a double by > Florida State's James Ramsey, who later scored on a sacrifice fly. > > Florida had its chances to rally but couldn't get the big hit. With two on > and two out in the seventh, Tucker's deep fly ball died in the big Triple A > ball park and was corralled by Tyler Holt in center. Holt also chased down > Josh Adams' line drive in left center with a runner on second in the fifth. > > The Gators also struck out 10 times in the game against a pair of Seminole > pitchers. > > "We had some bad swings out of the zone," said Maddox. "We just have to put > it behind us and get ready for this weekend." > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
