baseball is stupid On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gators drop consecutive games to FGCU > > Florida outfielder Nick Horvath (26) and Nelson Maldonado (27) both try to > catch a ball throw at them by a teammate during the second game of the > weekend series against Miami at McKethan Stadium in Gainesville Saturday > Feb. 25, 2017. > *Brad McClenny/Staff Photographer* > By Graham Hall > Gainesville SUN Correspondent > Published: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:05 p.m.Last Modified: > Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:05 p.m. > > The No. 2 Florida baseball team’s hitting woes continued Wednesday night > when the Gators' comeback fell just short in a 3-2 loss to Florida Gulf > Coast in Gainesville. > Facts*Up next* > > *Who:* Seton Hall vs. Florida > > *When:* 6:30 p.m. Friday > > *Where:* McKethan Stadium > > *Radio:* AM-850, 98.1-FM > > A night after falling 7-3 to the Eagles (12-2) in Fort Myers, the Gators > (10-4) looked impressive from the opening stretch. > > Florida got the scoring started in the first inning as sophomore Blake > Reese scored on a wild pitch from Eagles junior right-handed pitcher Peyton > Gray. > > But after the shaky start, Gray wouldn’t give up a hit before exiting in > the seventh inning. FGCU’s bats, however, had no trouble making contact on > Florida’s pitches. Six hits in as many innings helped solidify the win for > the Eagles. > > “I thought we got off to a good start,” UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. > “We got on the board there in the first, but just did not make any > adjustments.” > > In his first career start, freshman left-hander Austin Langworthy (0-1) > lasted until midway through the fourth inning. In addition to two > strikeouts and two walks, the Williston native gave up all three runs on > five hits. > > Looking to slow the bleeding, right-handed freshman Kirby McMullen entered > in relief of Langworthy and struck out four FGCU batters while giving up a > lone hit. > > Freshman Tyler Dyson, who didn’t become a pitcher until prior to his > senior year of high school, closed the game for the Gators. > > “If I go into close games, my mentality is to just shut it down and not > let the offense get anything going,” Dyson said. “I just want to end the > game if I’m a closer. I just want to help my team win the game.” > > A solo home run to deep left-center field from junior JJ Schwarz, his > first of the season, brought Florida to within one in the bottom of the > ninth inning, but UF’s comeback would come up just short. > > With the winning run on base, sophomore infielder Jonathan India connected > on a pitch that was within several feet of giving Florida the walk-off win. > > But Eagles center fielder Gage Morey made a diving catch at the wall to > end the inning and give FGCU the two-game series sweep. > > “Home runs come when you least expect it, and when you’re not trying to,” > Schwarz said. “That was a big relief, yeah, but I’d rather get out and have > a win than have a home run and get a loss.” > > Florida returns Friday at 6:30 p.m. to McKethan Stadium for a weekend > series with Seton Hall. > > “Teams go through this, players go through difficult stretches,” > O’Sullivan said. “We just so happened to go through it to start the season.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
