Current Overall Record: 28-6
Conference Record: 9-3
Winning/Losing Streak: Lost 1
Last Week (Games Monday-Sunday): 3-1
W 8-3 vs. FGCU
W 22-6 at Tennessee
W 6-4 at Tennessee (11 innings) – DH1
L 4-6 at Tennessee (7 innings) – DH2
This Week's Games:
Tuesday at #10 Florida State (6 p.m. – WatchESPN)
Friday vs. Missouri (6:30 p.m. – SEC Network+)
Saturday vs. Missouri (5 p.m. – SEC Network+)
Sunday vs. Missouri (1 p.m. – SEC Network)
KEY NOTES OF WEEK:
Florida extended its winning streak to nine games before falling in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader at Tennessee…The Gators won its midweek against Florida Gulf Coast 8-4 before winning a SEC road series at Tennessee…After weather postponed Friday's game, the Gators offense exploded for a season high 22 runs on a season high 19 hits…The Gators put up a crooked number in three separate innings, scoring five runs in the second, seven in the fifth and seven in the sixth…Florida has now scored five-plus runs in an inning 12 times; last season, UF scored five-plus in a frame just nine times…
Brady Singer pitched five innings to improve to 7-1 on the year…In game two, Florida trailed 3-0 before it came back to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh…Closer
Michael Byrne had his first blown save of the year allowing the Vols to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh…
JJ Schwarz's sac fly in the top of the 11th provided the winning run and gave Schwarz a team-high 30 RBI on the season…In game three, Tennessee used a six-run third inning and held on for a 6-4 win…On the week,
Austin Langworthy led the team with a .471 (8-for-17) average…He also pitched 4.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen…
Deacon Liput hit .429 (9-for-21) with a team-best seven RBI and two home runs…
Jonathan India extended his hitting streak to 19 games, the longest hitting streak in 11 seasons under head coach
Kevin O'Sullivan, surpassing Mike Zunino's 17-game streak in 2011.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Deacon Liput – Jr. – SS – Oviedo, Fla.
4 G/GS, .429 / .810 / .455, 9-for-21, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 8 R, 1 BB, 2-2 SB
- Liput has an eight-game hitting streak after going 9-for-21 last week
- He had a team-high 7 RBI, 8 runs scored and 2 home runs
- Liput has a hit in 15 of the last 17 games with a .373 average (28-for-75) with 20 RBI and 8 extra-base hits in that span
