Florida Baseball Weekly Report - Week 2
Monday, February 23, 2015 | Baseball
Florida Baseball Weekly Report – Feb. 22, 2015
(Games from Feb. 16-22)
Overall Record: 6-1 (5-1 at home, 1-0 on road)
SEC Record: 0-0
Record Last Week: 3-1 (2-1 at home, 1-0 on road)
Streak: Won 1
Last Week's Results (3-1):
Wednesday, Feb. 18 – Won at USF, 13-3
Friday, Feb. 20 – Defeated No. 8 Miami (FL), 4-3
Saturday, Feb. 21 – Lost to No. 8 Miami (FL), 7-2
Sunday, Feb. 22 – Defeated No. 8 Miami (FL), 2-1
This Week's Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Tuesday, Feb. 24 – Florida Atlantic (6-1/C-USA), Roger Dean Stadium, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 27 – host Stony Brook (2-4/America East), McKethan Stadium, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 28 – host Stony Brook (2-4/America East), McKethan Stadium, 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 1 – host Stony Brook (2-4/America East), McKethan Stadium, 12 p.m.
Team Notes
Florida (6-1) claimed three of its four games last week, downing USF on the road Wednesday night, 13-3, and then notching a series victory over No. 8 Miami (4-3, 2-7, 2-1)…The Gators have now defeated the Hurricanes in 19 of the past 24 meetings and have taken five of the last six regular-season series between the Sunshine State rivals (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)…The three-game series drew 14,476 fans to McKethan Stadium, the fourth-highest total in school history…Sophomore center fielder Buddy Reed led UF with a .444 (8-for-18) average last week and was 5-for-12 (.417) against Miami, highlighted by a walk-off single in the ninth inning to cap Friday's 4-3 win…Junior right-hander Taylor Lewis (1-0, 0.00) earned the decision on Friday and registered the save on Sunday…Sophomore right-hander Dane Dunning fired five no-hit innings and Lewis recorded the final four outs as Florida edged Miami, 2-1, in Sunday's rubber game…Over a career-high five innings, Dunning (2-0, 1.93) did not allow any hits, gave up one unearned run, totaled four strikeouts and issued three walks…Junior lefty Danny Young (1.2 IP) set the down the first five batters he faced before yielding a two-out single to Brandon Lopez in the seventh inning for the visitors' first hit of the contest….Sophomore right-hander Shaun Anderson had sophomore Johnny Ruiz ground out to keep the Orange and Blue in front…Anderson struck out the first two Hurricanes in the eighth before sophomore Zack Collins greeted sophomore southpaw Kirby Snead with a base-hit into right field…Lewis then jammed junior David Thompson on a pop-up to preserve the lead…With the Hurricanes down to their final two outs, George Iskenderian legged out an infield single…A grounder by senior Garrett Kennedy moved his teammate into position with the potential tying run before Lewis had Lopez fly out to right field to complete the contest and collect his first save as a Gator…Reed had tied the game in the third with a two-out RBI single off of junior Enrique Sosa (1-1)...Freshman Christian Hicks had drawn a leadoff walk and advanced around the bases on ground balls by freshmen Logan Browning and Dalton Guthrie (.345, six runs)…Junior Harrison Bader moved the Gators in front, 2-1, by launching a solo homer in the fourth inning over the left-field bleachers…The Bronxville, N.Y., native is hitting a team-best. 423 and leads the SEC in homers (four) and RBI (15)…Miami scored in four of the first five innings and used a strong outing from junior left-hander Thomas Woodrey to square the series, 7-2, on Saturday night in front of 6,081 fans, the second-highest crowd in school history…Freshman JJ Schwarz (.280, nine RBI) belted his third homer in the setback for the hosts…Reed delivered a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth to score senior Josh Tobias from second base as UF pulled out a 4-3 decision on Friday night…Lewis picked up his first win as a Gator by stranding a Hurricane on third to complete the eighth and then retired the side in order in the ninth before Reed's heroics…Tobias was hit by a pitch from freshman Michael Mediavilla (0-1) to start the final frame, was sacrificed to second base on a bunt by sophomore Ryan Larson (.333, four RBI) and came home with the decisive run on Reed's base-hit into left center field with two strikes…The Gators had tied the game in the sixth inning on a two-run single with two down by freshman Mike Rivera (.286, six RBI) and used Reed's game-winning hit for their first walk-off victory since April 27, 2014 (Missouri)…Junior Bobby Poyner (0-0, 2.70) retired the first 11 Hurricanes before yielding a two-out single in the fourth to Thompson…Poyner's seven strikeouts equaled his career best set on April 19, 2014, against Georgia and over 5.1 innings, the southpaw gave up four hits and two runs…Sophomore Brett Morales (1-0, 0.00) retired all 18 batters he faced as Florida downed USF, 13-3, on Wednesday night at Red McEwen Field…The right-hander totaled a career-high seven strikeouts and threw 70 pitches in his first outing of the campaign...Schwarz (3-for-5) drove in a career-high five RBI, with a towering two-run homer in the fifth inning and a three-run triple during the Gators' seven-run eighth inning…Reed went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI, while Bader continued his torrid start by going 2-for-3 with three RBI…Florida faces Florida Atlantic (6-1) in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday before hosting Stony Brook (2-4) in a weekend series at McKethan Stadium.
Top Performers Last Week
Harrison Bader, Junior, OF, 6-0, 190, Bronxville, N.Y.
*Solo homer in the fourth inning was the difference in Florida's 2-1 victory over No. 8 Miami on Sunday
*Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored at USF last Wednesday
*Jump-started the Gators' offense with a two-run double in the first inning
*Has a team-leading .423 average and paces the SEC in RBI (15) and homers (4)
Dane Dunning, Sophomore, RHP, 6-3, 190, Fleming Island, FL
*Improved to 2-0 by throwing five no-hit innings in the finale with No. 8 Miami
*Yielded one unearned run to the Hurricanes and finished with four strikeouts in the longest outing of his career
*Has a 1.93 ERA in 9.1 innings this year and leads the Gators with nine strikeouts
Taylor Lewis, Junior, RHP, 6-0, 170, Claxton, GA
*Involved in both of the Gators' victories over No. 8 Miami, picking up the win in Friday's series opener and then collecting the save on Sunday
*Entered Friday's game with the possible go-ahead run on third base in the eighth inning and induced a fly-out before retiring the side in order in the ninth
*Florida would post a 4-3 win on sophomore Buddy Reed's walk-off single
*Recorded the final four outs on Sunday to preserve the Gators' 2-1 triumph over the Hurricanes
*Over four appearances, Lewis is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 4.2 innings
Brett Morales, Sophomore, RHP, 6-1, 195, Tampa, FL
*Set down all 18 USF hitters he faced in his season debut on Feb. 18
*Earned his first collegiate victory with six perfect innings in which he registered a career-high seven strikeouts
*Of the 18 outs Morales recorded, seven were strikeouts, six were ground outs and five were fly outs
Bobby Poyner, Senior, LHP, 6-0, 205, Wellington, FL
*Pressed into emergency service on Friday night in the first inning, the left-hander retired the first 11 Miami hitters he faced
*Tied his career high with seven strikeouts over 5.1 innings, with four hits and two runs
Buddy Reed, Sophomore, OF, 6-3, 200, Finksburg, MD
*Batted a team-best .444 (8-for-18) with four RBI, four stolen bases, three runs and a pair of outfield assists as the Gators went 3-1 last week
*Led Florida to the series victory over No. 8 Miami by going 5-for-12 (.417), with at least one hit in each game
*Tied Sunday's rubber match with a two-out RBI single in the third inning
*Delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning to score senior Josh Tobias with the winning run in UF's 4-3 triumph on Friday night
*Finished the opener 3-for-5 with two stolen bases and also scored on freshman Mike Rivera's game-tying two-run single in the sixth inning
*Earned an outfield assist as the Gators had cut down the potential tying run in the eighth inning
*Went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI as Florida handled USF in mid-week action
JJ Schwarz, Freshman, C/DH, 6-1, 205, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
*Hit .333 (5-for-15) with team-highs in slugging percentage (.867), RBI (6) and homers (2)
*Homered in the second meeting with No. 8 Miami
*Tallied a career-high five RBI in the 13-3 win at USF, with a two-run homer in the fifth and a three-run triple during UF's seven-run eighth inning
*Has started all seven games between catcher and as the designated hitter and has a .280 batting average with nine RBI and five runs
