Full Postgame Coverage From Gators’ Win Over Miami
Thursday, June 18, 2015 | Baseball
Photo gallery: Miami vs Florida, by Tim Casey
OMAHA, Neb. – The Gators eliminated Sunshine State rival Miami from the 2015 NCAA College World Series with a 10-2 victory at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on Wednesday night. Florida (51-17) faces Virginia (41-22) for the second time on Friday at 3 p.m. on ESPN2.
Above are highlights from GatorVision from tonight's game, as well as a recap done by Jeff Cardozo and Mick Hubert from the Gator IMG Sports Network, video of the press conference that included head coach Kevin O'Sullivan, junior left fielder Harrison Bader, freshman right-hander Alex Faedo and sophomore center fielder Buddy Reed and postgame locker room sound from sophomore first baseman Peter Alonso, Faedo, junior shortstop Richie Martin and freshman right fielder Jeremy Vasquez.
Transcript of Gators' Postgame Press Conference
Postgame Notes:
- Florida captured four of the five meetings with Miami this season, including a pair of victories during the NCAA College World Series.
- Under Kevin O'Sullivan, the Gators are 8-0 against Miami in the NCAA Tournament and have ended the Hurricanes season in 2009 (Gainesville Regional), 2010 (Gainesville Super Regional), 2011 (Gainesville Regional) and 2015 (College World Series).
- Florida has now claimed 21 of the last 26 meetings versus its Sunshine State rival.
- The Gators' four homers tonight were more than in the entire 2013 & 2014 College World Series and tied for the most in a CWS since Vanderbilt had four during the 2011 event.
- Harrison Bader also led off the SEC Tournament Championship Game with a home run against Vanderbilt on May 24 in Hoover, Ala.
- Preston Tucker and Mike Zunino had gone deep in 2011 for the Gators' only homers at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha before tonight.
- Florida became the first team with two homers in the same inning and the same game in Omaha since 2012, when Arizona had a pair against Florida State.
- Alex Faedo struck out the side in the first and finished with a career-high seven strikeouts over five innings.
- His total of seven strikeouts was one shy of the most in a CWS outing by a Gator hurler, accomplished by Alan Horne in 2005 against Tennessee.
- After a one-out walk in the third, Faedo had Christopher Barr line out to first baseman Peter Alonso for an inning-ending double play.
- In two NCAA Tournament starts, Faedo has tallied 13 strikeouts in 11 innings, giving up six hits and a couple of earned runs.
- The Gators are now 17-6 against top-25 teams this season.
- With three runs in the first inning, Florida improved to 23-1 in 2015 when scoring in the opening frame.
Up Next
Florida will have a rematch with Virginia (41-22) on Friday at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha at 3 p.m. The Gators need to defeat the Cavaliers twice in order to reach the CWS Championship Finals. The game can be heard on the Gator IMG Sports Network with Jeff Cardozo and Mick Hubert, will be carried on ESPN2 with Aaron Boone, Jon Sciambi and Kaylee Hartung and will be available through WatchESPN.
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