Dear Oliver, I'll try my best, but it's looking pretty gloomy in all sections of the newspaper. I couldn't even find anything "uplifting" in the Lifestyle section.
Desperately trying, SHANE Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:30 PM, "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday was not a good day for Gators. > Dear Shane, try to find some better news to forward. > Thanks, > Oliver > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks Realty > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Fax: 615-822-2027 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 7:50 AM > To: GatorNEWS > Subject: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 4/30, AM Edition > > 'Backs take series from Gators > > > > Florida's Austin Maddox walks off the field after striking out against > Arkansas at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville, April, 29, 2012. > > Brad McClenny/Staff photographer > By Pat Dooley > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 6:43 p.m. > > Last Modified: Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 6:43 p.m. > > > > > > Kevin O’Sullivan knows his Florida baseball team will turn things around. He > hopes it happens soon. > > “We’ve been in a funk for awhile now to be honest with you,” said the Florida > coach. “Teams do that. We’re not unusual. We’ll get through it and we’ll be a > better team for it.” > > It has been an April to forget for the Gators, who managed only five hits and > struck out 13 times in a 3-1 loss to Arkansas in 10 innings at McKethan > Stadium on Sunday. > > Florida entered the month with a 24-3 record and a No. 1 ranking. But in > April, Florida was a pedestrian 9-9. The good news — the next game will be > played in May. > > “We haven’t played great in awhile,” O’Sullivan said. “We’ll get out of this. > It’s just very hard for us to score runs right now.” > > The Gators scored only five runs in the series, scoring in only three of the > 27 innings they came to the plate. Florida scored a single run in each of the > last two games. > > “I’m not sure what is going on right now,” said centerfielder Daniel Pigott. > “We have to have better approaches at the plate.” > > Arkansas starter DJ Baxendale pitched 7 1/3 innings and the Arkansas bullpen > held the Gators hitless. > > Mike Zunino had two of Florida’s five hits, one of them an infield single > when he beat out a slow roller in the fourth. Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn > was ejected while arguing first base umpire Scott Kennedy. > > Florida managed to tie the game in the eighth on two singles, a hit batter > and Preston Tucker’s ground out. But Zunino grounded out with runners on > second and third to end the inning. > > “You couldn’t have scripted it any better for us in the eighth,” O’Sullivan > said. “We had our guys up there.” > > The Razorbacks were shut out for eight straight innings but scored a run in > the first and two in the 10th. Pinch-hitter Michael Gunn’s sharp single to > right just eluded second baseman Casey Turgeon to bring home the winning run > and Florida was unable to turn a double play on a ground ball hit back to > reliever Daniel Gibson. > > Florida went quietly in the bottom of the inning. > > To make matters worse, Florida missed out on a golden opportunity to tighten > the SEC race. The top two teams in the SEC — LSU and Kentucky — both lost > Sunday, but Florida could not take advantage because of its anemic offense. > South Carolina, which has fought back from a 1-5 start in the league, > Kentucky and LSU are all tied for the league lead at 14-7 with nine games to > play. Florida is 12-9 and 33-12 overall. > > The Razorbacks (31-13 and 11-10) scored in the first inning off Florida > starter Jonathon Crawford. Dominic Ficociello doubled with two out and came > home on Bo Bigham’s RBI single. > > Crawford was strong after that, striking four batters in a row at one point > and left in the fifth inning after a walk and an error. Steven Rodriguez and > Austin Maddox also pitched well in relief, holding the Razorbacks scoreless. > Maddox struck out the side in the top of the ninth but after throwing three > balls to start the 10th he was lifted for Johnny Magliozzi. > > “The last fastball he threw didn’t look right,” O’Sullivan said. “We took him > out for precautionary reasons.” > > Florida begins a three-game series with Kentucky starting Thursday night in > Lexington. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > UF SOFTBALL > Gators unable to outlast Kentucky's ace hurler > > By Jim Harvin > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 6:01 a.m. > > Last Modified: Monday, April 30, 2012 at 12:22 a.m. > > > > > > The Florida Gators were probably very happy to see Kentucky's Chanda Bell > leave town. > > For the second time in a 48-hour period, the Wildcats' senior right-hander > had the second-ranked Gators' number, tossing her second complete-game > victory of the weekend and matching her season-high with 13 strikeouts in a > 5-1, series-clinching win over UF Sunday before a Katie Seashole Pressly > Stadium crowd of 1,058. > > The weekend's impressive line for Bell: one earned run and 21 strikeouts in > 14 innings of work. > > Although she was touched for seven hits Sunday – almost twice as many as the > four she allowed in a 2-0 shutout in the series opener Friday – Bell (14-10) > kept UF batters off balance, striking out the side in three of the first four > innings. > > “Chanda was exceptional, both Friday and today,” Kentucky head coach Rachel > Lawson said. “She's been pitching that well for about the last three weeks, > and it's been really awesome to see because she's reached a new level with > her game.” > > “They've got a good pitching staff, and good pitching staffs win ball games,” > UF head coach Tim Walton said. “That was just a good pitcher who was flat-out > dealing.” > > The Wildcats (26-27, 12-13) jumped in front 1-0 on junior Kara Dill's RBI > single in the top of the third off UF sophomore starter Hannah Rogers, but > the Gators (43-8, 20-5) got the equalizer in the bottom of the fifth on > freshman Lauren Haeger's bases-loaded sacrifice fly. > > The next inning proved to be the difference. It started innocently enough as > Haeger, who replaced Rogers in the circle in the fifth, sandwiched a pair of > strikeouts around a walk. > > But UK's No. 9 hitter, Alice O'Brien, stroked a single to put runners on the > corners and keep the inning alive. That brought senior Brittany Cervantes to > the plate, and she slapped a run-scoring single off the glove of a diving > Katie Medina, UF's freshman second baseman, that scored the go-ahead run. > > A walk to Dill loaded the bases, and designated player Rachel Riley provided > the nail in the coffin with a bases-clearing, three-run double to the left > field corner to make it 5-1. > > O'Brien (3-for-3) and Dill (2-for-3) led a nine-hit Kentucky attack, while > junior catcher Kelsey Horton (2-for-3) paced UF. > > “Every win is a good win,” Lawson said. “We're fighting for our postseason > lives. We've had a lot of good wins, but our record is kind of a middle of > the road thing. We've got to put out another good weekend next weekend > (against LSU), but this was awesome for us. > > “Florida's such a good program; one of the best, if not the best, in the > country. So for us to come into their home and play as well as we did is a > real tribute to how hard our team has worked.” > > Haeger (13-4) took the loss, giving up four runs, all earned, on four hits > over the final three innings in relief of Rogers, who allowed five hits and > an unearned run through the first four innings. With the upset, the Wildcats > became the first team in nine tries to win a league series against UF this > season. > > The loss also dropped Florida a game behind No. 4 Alabama (45-5, 21-4), a 5-1 > winner over Arkansas, in the overall SEC race. The Gators finish the regular > season with a big three-game series beginning Friday against the two-time > defending league champs in Tuscaloosa. > > “Obviously we've still got a dogfight of a race going on, so it should be a > good series,” Walton said. “It's obviously unfortunate that we couldn't take > this one here and keep ourselves in control of our own fate, but again, give > Kentucky credit. Their pitchers did a good job.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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
