No. 1 Florida Hits the Road
Thursday, April 5, 2018

No. 1 Florida Hits the Road

The No. 1-ranked Gators hit the road this weekend, traveling to Knoxville, Tenn., for a key Southeastern Conference series at Tennessee.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--The No. 1-ranked Gators hit the road this weekend, traveling to Knoxville, Tenn., for a key Southeastern Conference series at Tennessee.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Friday | 6:30 pm (SEC Network+ ) Saturday | 6 pm (SEC Network+) Sunday | 12 pm (SEC Network)
UF RHP Brady Singer (6-1, 2.74 ERA) RHP Jackson Kowar (5-1, 2.68 ERA) RHP Tyler Dyson (4-1, 2.33 ERA)
UT  LHP Garrett Crochet (2-3, 4.46 ERA) RHP Garrett Stallings (4-2, 2.98 ERA) RHP Will Neely (3-1, 3.00 ERA)

SERIES HISTORY

Florida is 150-84 all-time against Tennessee. The Gators are 20-10 against the Vols under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan, going 8-2 in weekend series. 

QUICK HITS

  • Florida's 25-5 start through 30 games is the second-best start for a defending national champion over the last 20 seasons. Only LSU (2010) had a better start at 26-4, they lost the next two.
  • Junior Jonathan India was named the SEC Player of the Week for his performance last week. He is currently on a career-best 16-game hitting streak and he leads the SEC in batting average (.430), on-base percentage (.545) and slugging percentage (.903).
  • Junior Michael Byrne broke the UF career record with his 26th save last Friday night. He surpassed John Pricher (1988-92) for most all-time at Florida.
  • The Gators are showing unprecedented power lately, with 23 home runs over the last 13 games. On the year, Florida has 47 home runs -- 25 more than it had through 31 games last season.
  • COMPLETE GAME NOTES

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