I'll check out the stat. We're going back to Gainesville tomorrow. A. Leon Polhill, Gator "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain
________________________________ From: Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, March 14, 2012 3:40:20 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 3/14, AM EDITION Actually, there's at least one loss. They lost to FSU at the Florida Four on a chilly night at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Arthur Polhill <[email protected]> wrote: And, baseball team is 5-0 against Semi's since Coach O'Sullivan came. > > A. Leon Polhill, Gator >"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. >I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain > > > > > ________________________________ From: Oliver Barry <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wed, March 14, 2012 10:02:15 AM >Subject: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For >3/14, AM EDITION > > >Did you notice? Last night around 10 PM? >Order seemed to be restored to the universe. (and Jupiter aligned with Mars… >Ok, Venus, but Mars is more poetic) >What could it have been? > >Oliver Barry CRS,GRI >Real Estate Broker >Bob Parks Realty >1517 Hunt Club Blvd >GallatinTN 37066 >Phone: 615-826-4040 >Fax: 615-822-2027 >Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > Gator baseball dominates Seminoles for 14th straight win > >Florida 's Preston Tucker follows through as he watches the ball sail over the >right-field wall for a three-run home run during a game against Florida >State >, at McKethan Stadium, in Gainesville , March 3, 2012. The Gators beat the >Seminoles 9-2. >Brad McClenny/Staff photographer >By Jim Harvin >Gainesville SUN Correspondent >Published: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:03 p.m. >Last Modified: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 10:03 p.m. > > >Senior Preston Tucker’s three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning >erased an early 2-0 FSU lead and No. 1 Florida went on to post a 9-2 win over >No. 6 Florida State before a record McKethan Stadium crowd of 6,005 Tuesday >night. >The previous mark was 5,930, set last year against FSU. >Tucker lined a one-out, 2-2 pitch from FSU reliever Scott Sitz into the >Seminole >bullpen in right-center, and the Gators (16-1), who got their leadoff batter >on >base in all eight innings they batted, added single runs in the fourth, sixth >and seventh before capping the night with three in the eighth to win their >14th >game in a row. >The streak ties the all-time UF mark set in 2001 and first equaled in 2004. >“We were down two runs at the time, and we were just trying to at least get >one >across,” Tucker said. “He (Sitz) left the pitch up a little, and I just put a >good swing on it.” >Gator relievers Greg Larson, Steven Rodriguez, Daniel Gibson and Austin Maddox >combined to hold FSU scoreless over the final 6 1/3 innings on just two hits, >with Larson (3-0) picking up the win and Maddox earning his team-high sixth >save. >“The bullpen did great,” said Rodriguez, who tossed three innings of no-hit >ball >and retired all nine batters he faced. >“Everybody came out and threw strikes. We pounded the strike zone and we got >outs.” >Sitz (1-1) took the loss for the Seminoles, who had a 10-game winning streak >ended in dropping to 14-2. >“One of the strengths of our team is from top to bottom, one through nine, >we’ve >got a pretty deep lineup, and our bullpen is good,” UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan >said. “We have multiple guys we can go to, to kind of settle things down and >give our offense a chance to get back into it.” >Both teams went with freshman starters, but neither one made it to the third >inning. >Freshman left-hander Bobby Poyner from Wellington made his second career >start >for the Gators and went 2 2/3 innings before giving way to Larson. >FSU countered with freshman right-hander Luke Weaver from DeLand, who was >pulled >in favor of Sitz after issuing back-to-back walks to UF’s Tyler Thompson and >Nolan Fontana to start the bottom of the third inning after the Seminoles had >just taken a 2-0 lead in the top of the inning. >Both came around to score one out later on Tucker’s homer, his sixth of the >year >and 47th of his career. >Catcher Stephen McGee led off the FSU third with a single and was sacrificed >to >second by No. 9 hitter Seth Miller. After Sherman Johnson reached on a base on >balls, FSU’s Devon Travis placed a perfect bunt that was fielded by >hard-charging freshman third baseman Josh Tobias, but his throw to first >glanced >off the back of Travis. The ball rolled into foul territory in right field, >allowing both runners to score. >UF extended its lead to 4-2 in the fourth when the speedy Tobias lined a >double >down the left-field line, went to second on Thompson’s sacrifice bunt and >scored >on Fontana ’s grounder to second. >Fontana’s two-out, solo homer to right in the sixth, his fourth of the year, >made it 5-2, and Tucker’s leadoff triple in the seventh, followed by Mike >Zunino’s sac fly to center, made it 6-2. >Senior Daniel Pigott’s one-out, bases-loaded single in the eighth knocked in >two >runs, and Zunino’s RBI single capped the Gator scoring. >While FSU had won 11 of the last 16 matchups since O’Sullivan took over for UF >(2008), they fell to 0-5 against his Gators in Gainesville . The Seminoles >last >won at McKethan Stadium on Feb. 20, 2007. >“It’s a great feeling,” Rodriguez said. “It’s always good to beat FSU and beat >our instate rivals because it’s us pretty much against them. >“We’re on the top right now, so we’ve got to basically go out there and show >them we’re the best.” >Following tonight’s exhibition game at 7 that is free of charge, the Gators >open >SEC play by hosting Vanderbilt in a three-game series starting Friday. > > > > > > > -- >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 > -- >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 -- 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
