Florida Baseball Weekly Report ? April 5, 2015
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Florida Baseball Weekly Report – April 5, 2015
(Games from March 29-April 5)
Overall Record: 24-9 (19-3 at home, 4-5 on road, 1-1 at neutral sites)
SEC Record: 6-6 (4-2 home, 2-4 on road)
Record Last Week: 1-3 (1-2 on road, 0-1 at neutral site)
Streak: Lost 2
Last Week's Results (1-3):
Tuesday, March 31 – Lost to No. 8 Florida State, 8-3, at The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville
Friday, April 3 – Won at Missouri, 5-1
Saturday, April 4 – Lost at Missouri, 10-1
Sunday, April 5 – Lost at Missouri, 5-3
This Week's Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Tuesday, April 7 – Stetson (18-15/3-0 A-Sun), McKethan Stadium, 7 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Friday, April 10 – No. 13 South Carolina (21-11/6-6 SEC), McKethan Stadium, 7 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Saturday, April 11 – No. 13 South Carolina (21-11/6-6 SEC), McKethan Stadium, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)
Sunday, April 12 – No. 13 South Carolina (21-11/6-6 SEC), McKethan Stadium, 12 p.m. (SEC Network)
Team Notes
Florida (24-9/6-6 SEC) went 1-3 last week, falling to No. 8 Florida State in Jacksonville on Tuesday night, 8-3, and dropping two of the three games with Eastern Division rival Missouri in Columbia (5-1, 1-10, 3-5)…The Gators will play their next four games at McKethan Stadium, where they are 19-3 this year…UF hosts Stetson (18-15/3-0 Atlantic Sun) on Tuesday night and then welcomes No. 13 South Carolina (21-11/6-6 SEC) to Gainesville for a weekend series…Florida is hitting .296 overall, has a 3.45 earned run average and is fielding at a .983 clip…The Gators have split their four SEC series, all by 2-1 margins, defeating Tennessee and Alabama at home but falling to Ole Miss and Missouri on the road…UF has 27 homers in 33 games, surpassing last season's total of 26 round-trippers in 63 contests…Senior third baseman Josh Tobias (.394, 24 runs, 23 RBI) went 5-for-9 (.556) on the weekend, with five RBI and four extra-base hits (two triples, homer, double), while sophomore center fielder Buddy Reed (.305, 25 RBI, 22 runs) was 5-for-11 (.455) and scored three runs in the series…The Orange and Blue did not commit any errors in the Show-Me State and has played error-free in 17 of 33 contests this spring for a 14-3 (.824) mark…Sophomore first baseman Peter Alonso returned to the lineup on Friday night after missing the first 30 games of the year with a foot injury…Other Gator starters batting over .300 on the campaign are sophomore right fielder Ryan Larson (.329, 17 runs, 15 RBI), junior left fielder Harrison Bader (.324, 33 RBI, 26 runs, eight homers) and freshman second baseman Dalton Guthrie (.319, 28 runs, 12 RBI, 11 doubles)…A five-run fifth inning powered Missouri to a series-clinching 5-3 victory on Easter Sunday…Junior right-hander Peter Fairbanks (3-3) limited the Gators to one run on two hits over five innings to pick up the win and sophomore Ryan Howard expanded the Tigers' 2-1 margin with a three-run homer during the frame…Tobias (2-for-3, two RBI) provided the Gators with 1-0 lead in the second inning with a one-out homer to right center field for his fourth dinger of the year and added an RBI triple in the ninth inning…Freshman right-hander Tanner Houck carried a shutout into the eighth inning and junior Zach Lavy belted a pair of homers as the Tigers evened the series with a 10-1 victory on Saturday afternoon…For the Gators, Tobias drove in Reedwith a double to left field in the eighth inning after Reed had started the frame with a bunt single…Behind eight strong innings from sophomore right-hander Logan Shore (5-2, 1.76) and two RBI apiece from Alonso and Tobias, Florida posted a 5-1 victory on Friday night…Shore retired the final 13 hitters he faced as the Gators used three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth to down the Tigers…Florida plated three runs on three hits in the fourth to seize a 3-1 advantage against junior right-hander Reggie McClain (4-3), three-time SEC Pitcher of the Week recipient this season…Making his 2015 debut, Alonso (2-for-4) had a one-out single into center field and Reed (2-for-4) delivered a base-hit through the right side of the infield before Tobias (2-for-3) ripped a triple on a 0-2 count into the right-field corner…Freshman JJ Schwarz then plated Tobias with an RBI grounder…The Gators expanded their lead to 5-1 in the fifth on a two-out, two-run double by Alonso…Larsonhad led off with a bunt single and stole second with one down before junior Richie Martin walked…Larson moved to third on a wild pitch and Martin stole second base before Alonso drove in both of his teammates with a two-bagger into right center field for his first RBI of the campaign…Florida captured game one of an SEC series for the first time this year…The Gators overcame a 1-0 deficit with five unanswered runs for their eighth come-from-behind victory…In his last two outings versus Missouri, Shore has yielded two runs in 17 innings and has notched 13 strikeouts.
Top Performances Last Week
Buddy Reed, Sophomore, Center Field, 6-3, 200, Finksburg, MD
*Hit .333 (5-for-15) and scored three runs
*Batted .455 (5-for-11) during the weekend series at Missouri
*Went 2-for-4 in the series finale and scored on Josh Tobias' ninth-inning triple after a leadoff single
*Singled and scored in the second meeting with the Tigers
*Started the series in Columbia by going 2-for-4
*Has a .305 average, to go along with 25 RBI, 22 runs, 11 stolen bases, 11 walks and seven doubles
Logan Shore, Sophomore, Right-Hander, 6-2, 215, Coon Rapids, MN
*Limited Missouri to four hits and one run over eight innings as the Gators claimed the series opener in Columbia, 5-1
*The right-hander registered five strikeouts and issued three walks and has yielded two runs in 15.1 career innings against the Tigers
*Worked out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the first inning by inducing a foul pop-up and a 6-4-3 double play
*Retired the final 13 hitters he faced and set down 15 of his final 16 batters
*Did not allow any hits from the fourth through eighth innings
*Shore is 5-2 on the season with a 1.76 ERA and has registered 32 strikeouts in 46 innings
Josh Tobias, Senior, Third Base, 5-10, 205, Greensboro, NC
*Batted a team-leading .500 (6-for-12), with six RBI, four runs and a 1.417 slugging percentage last week
*Five of his six hits went for extra bases, with two homers, two triples and a double
*Went 5-for-9 (.556) in the series at Missouri and had five of the Gators' nine RBI
*Gave Florida a 1-0 lead in the finale with his fourth homer of the campaign and drove in Buddy Reed with a triple in the ninth inning
*Knocked in the squad's lone run on Saturday with double
*Was 2-for-3 with two RBI in the series-opening triumph over Mizzou
*Belted a solo homer against No. 8 Florida State in Jacksonville
*Paces the Gator offense with a .394 average, has scored 24 runs, totaled 23 RBI and registered a perfect fielding percentage
