Florida Flying to Texas
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Florida Flying to Texas

The Gators are on the road this weekend with another Top 25 matchup, this time traveling to College Station to face No. 18 Texas A&M. Saturday (5 p.m., SEC Network) and Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN2) will air live on national TV.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--The Gators are on the road this weekend with another Top 25 matchup, this time traveling to College Station to face No. 18 Texas A&M.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Friday | 7:30 pm (SEC Network+) Saturday | 5 pm (SEC Network) Sunday | 1 pm (ESPN2)
UF RHP Brady Singer (9-1, 2.62 ERA) RHP Jackson Kowar (7-2, 2.91 ERA) RHP Jack Leftwich (4-1, 3.50 ERA)
 TAMU RHP Mitchell Kilkenny (8-1, 2.12 ERA) LHP John Doxakis (6-2, 2.86 ERA) RHP Stephen Kolek (4-4, 3.75 ERA)

SERIES HISTORY

Texas A&M leads the all-time series against Florida 10-5. Under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan, the series is tied 4-4. The Gators swept the last regular season series (2016 in Gainesville).

QUICK HITS

  • The Gators check in at No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches Poll this week. Florida has been ranked in 65-straight polls, the longest active streak in the nation. During the 65 weeks, UF has been ranked in the top five 41 times, including 18 polls in which the Gators ranked No. 1.
  • Dating back to last season, Florida has won 17 regular-season series in a row with seven sweeps in that span. In addition, UF won a NCAA Regional, Super Regional and College World Series.
  • Since taking over the Gators program prior to the 2008 season, head coach Kevin O'Sullivan is 208-112 (.650) in SEC play. LSU is second during that span with 193 wins.
  • Junior BRADY SINGER had 8 strikeouts against Auburn, bringing his career total to 248 -- tied with Logan Shore for 8th all time at UF. With four strikeouts at Texas A&M, he will surpass A.J. Puk (251) for seventh all time. He has thrown 7.0 innings in eight of his 11 starts this year.
    • In his last 5 starts, he is 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA in 33.0 IP (14 H, 42 K, .126 BAA)
  • In SEC play, JONATHAN INDIA has an incredible slash line of .429 / .592 / .900 -- leading the league in OBP and SLG. He has 8 home runs (tied for lead) and 18 RBI (tied for 7th) in SEC play.
  • COMPLETE GAME NOTES


 
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