Mike Rivera batted a team-high .500 in Florida's four wins last week.
Florida Baseball Weekly Report - Week Five
Monday, March 21, 2016 | Baseball
The No. 1 Gators went 4-0 last week to raise their winning streak to 15 games.
Florida Baseball Weekly Report – March 21, 2016
(Games from March 14-20)
Overall Record: 21-1 (16-0 at home, 4-1 away, 1-0 at neutral site)
SEC Record: 3-0 (3-0 at home)
Record Last Week: 4-0 (4-0 at home)
Streak: Won 15
Last Week's Results (4-0):
Tuesday, March 15 – Defeated No. 11 Florida State, 6-0
Friday, March 18 – Defeated Missouri, 4-3 (10)
Saturday, March 19 – Defeated Missouri, 6-2
Sunday, March 20 – Defeated Missouri, 7-5
This Week's Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 22 – No. 20 Florida Atlantic (15-3) (McKethan Stadium), 7 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Friday, March 25 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Saturday, March 26 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 2 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Sunday, March 27 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 1 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Team Notes
No. 1 Florida (21-1/3-0 SEC) extended its winning streak to 15 games by taking the first of three meetings in the Sunshine Showdown with No. 11 Florida State (6-0) and sweeping Missouri at McKethan Stadium (4-3 (10), 6-2, 7-5) to open SEC action…The 15-game skein is the second-longest in school history, shy of an 18-game run during the 2012 campaign…The Orange and Blue is 16-0 at home and has a 23-game winning streak on its turf since dropping the opener of a series with Auburn last May…The school-record stretch of 24 games occurred from April 24, 2010-March 8, 2011…The Gator pitching staff registered 44 strikeouts over 28 innings of work against the Tigers, a record for a weekend series in the nine years of Kevin O'Sullivan's tenure…Florida's trio of starting pitchers, junior RHP Logan Shore (4-0, 2.23), junior LHP A.J. Puk (1-1, 1.88) and sophomore RHP Alex Faedo (5-0, 2.61) combined for 30 strikeouts and two walks in 18 innings versus Missouri…The Gators are hitting .307, have a team earned run average of 2.51 and a fielding percentage of .982…O'Sullivan's squad is 4-0 in one-run games and 4-1 in two-run games…Sophomore catcher Mike Rivera (.292, 24 RBI) led the offense in the first league series by going 5-for-9 (.556) with five RBI, while junior center fielder Buddy Reed (.308, 19 runs, 13 walks) was 5-for-11 (.455) and freshman third baseman Jonathan India (.323, 13 runs, 8 RBI) was 4-for-11 (.364) in the SEC debut…Junior RHP Shaun Anderson (3-0, 1.15) was called upon in all three games and responded with a win in Friday's opener and a pair of saves….Over 3.1 innings, the righty totaled six strikeouts and permitted one hit…On the season, Anderson has 21 strikeouts and zero walks in 15.2 innings spanning 11 appearances…Reed went 3-for-4 and Anderson picked up his second save in as many days as the Gators held off Missouri, 7-5, to sweep the series on Sunday…The Tigers had pulled to within 6-5 with a four-run sixth inning before being kept at bay by four Florida relievers…Faedo struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings to earn the decision and was followed to the mound by junior Kirby Snead (0.2 IP, 2 H), sophomore Scott Moss (0.1 IP), junior Dane Dunning (1.1 IP, 2 K) and Anderson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K)…Puk registered a season-high 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings as UF secured the series with a 6-2 win on Saturday night…In his longest start of the season, Puk surrendered three hits and was one strikeout shy of his career high to lift the Gators…Freshman Deacon Liput (.372, 18 RBI) (second inning), junior Peter Alonso (.400, 28 RBI, 21 R) (sixth inning) and Rivera (eighth inning) each homered for Florida, while India (2-for-3) drove in a pair of runs…Anderson picked up his second save of the year by retiring all four batters that he faced…Alonso delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to bring home sophomore Nick Horvath as Florida defeated Missouri, 4-3, in the league opener…The Tigers had tied the game on a two-out single in the ninth…After Anderson struck out the side in the top of the 10th, Horvath drew a leadoff walk…A grounder by sophomore Dalton Guthrie (.375, 20 runs) pushed Horvath into scoring position and Reed (2-for-4) and sophomore JJ Schwarz (.342, 20 RBI) earned back-to-back free passes to load the bases…Facing a full count, Alonso singled through the left side of the infield to drive in Horvath…Shore had a career-high 10 strikeouts over 5.1 innings but was not involved in the decision…Florida topped No. 11 Florida State, 6-0, last Tuesday night, their first shutout of the Seminoles in Gainesville since March 3, 1994…The contest drew a season-high crowd of 5,917, the fifth-largest in McKethan Stadium history...Dunning (2-0, 3.32) scattered seven hits and totaled five strikeouts over 5.2 innings to earn the victory and was followed to the mound by freshman Jackson Kowar (2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K), Snead (0.1 IP, 1 K) and Anderson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K)…The Gators turned a season-high three double plays and their pitching staff notched 11 strikeouts and permitted one walk…Freshman Nelson Maldonado opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second inning into the left-field bleachers…It was his second homer in the past three games…In the bottom of the third, Schwarz (3-for-5) led off with a single into left field and Alonso followed with his fourth homer to deep left field for a 3-0 Gator advantage…Schwarz boosted Florida's margin to 4-0 with a two-out RBI single up the middle in the fourth that scored Reed…India (2-for-4) led off with a double into the left-field corner, prompting a pitching change...Guthrie laid down a sacrifice bunt that pushed India to third…Although a fielder's choice by Reed erased India at the plate, Reed stole second base and went to third when the relay throw went into the outfield…Schwarz poked a 3-2 pitch into center field to bring across Reed…The Gators tacked on two more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by India and sophomore Jeremy Vasquez came home on a wild pitch with the bases full…Florida wraps up a nine-game homestand by facing No. 20 Florida Atlantic (15-3) on Tuesday night and will then travel to Lexington to face Eastern Division rival Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) over Easter Weekend.
Top Performers of the Week
Peter Alonso, Junior, First Baseman, Tampa, FL
*Was 5-for-16 (.313) last week and tied Mike Rivera for the top spot with five RBI
*Batted .308 (4-for-13) on the opening weekend of SEC play, featuring a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning on Friday night
*Roped a run-scoring double in Sunday's finale and scored a run
*Was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning on Saturday as the Gators clinched the series
*Also belted a two-run shot in the 6-0 shutout of No. 11 Florida State
*Paces Florida's offense in batting average (.400), RBI (28), doubles (9), sacrifice flies (4) and slugging percentage (.680)
Shaun Anderson, Junior, Right-Hander, Coral Springs, FL
*Appeared in all four wins for the Gators and picked up a win and two saves during the sweep of Missouri
*Over 4.1 scoreless innings, Anderson recorded eight strikeouts and did not allow any walks
*Struck out all three batters he faced in the 10th inning of the SEC opener on Friday and became the winning pitcher when Peter Alonso delivered a walk-off RBI single
*Earned the save in game two of the series by retiring all four batters that he faced
*Preserved Sunday's win with a scoreless ninth as Florida collected a 7-5 win
*Had two strikeouts in the ninth inning and ended the contest as UF shut out No. 11 Florida State in Gainesville for the first time since March 3, 1994
*Is 3-0 with a 1.15 ERA in 11 appearances and has 21 strikeouts and zero walks in 15.2 innings
Dane Dunning, Junior, Right-Hander, Fleming Island, FL
*Came through with seven scoreless innings over two appearances, one as a starter and the other as a reliever
*Collected the victory against No. 11 Florida State with 5.2 innings of shutout ball, with five strikeouts and a walk
*Was summoned from the bullpen on Sunday against Missouri with runners on the corners in the seventh inning of a one-run game and came though with a strikeout
*Although the Tigers had the tying run on second base with one out in the eighth, Dunning responded by retiring the next two batters to preserve the lead
*Has a 2-0 record and a 3.32 ERA in seven appearances, including four starts, with 29 strikeouts and six walks
Jonathan India, Freshman, Third Baseman, Coral Springs, FL
*Batted .400 (6-for-15) with three RBI, one double, one run and a stolen base as the Gators captured all four games
*Went 4-for-11 (.364) in the sweep of Missouri
*On Sunday, India singled in the eighth inning, stole second base and scored on JJ Schwarz's two-out double to give the Gators an insurance run in the 7-5 win
*Was 2-for-3 with two RBI on Saturday night, a run-scoring single in the second inning and a base-hit in the seventh that brought home Ryan Larson during the 6-2 triumph
*Went 1-for-4 in the series opener
*Boasts a career-high six-game hitting streak in which he is 9-for-22 (.409)
*Is hitting .323 with 13 runs, eight RBI, five stolen bases and four doubles
A.J. Puk, Junior, Left-Hander, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
*Delivered seven shutout innings and had a season-high 11 strikeouts as Florida clinched its weekend series with a 6-2 victory over Missouri on Saturday night
*The seven-inning outing matched a career high for the southpaw
*Out-dueled Missouri right-hander Tanner Houck and struck out the side in his final inning of work
*Lowered his ERA to 1.88, the best for a Gator starter, and issued one walk
*Puk has 29 strikeouts in 24 innings and has held opponents to a .191 batting average
Buddy Reed, Junior, Outfielder, Finksburg, Md.
*Hit .313 (5-for-16) during the Gators' four victories, with three runs, three walks and a pair of stolen bases
*Opened SEC play by going 5-for-11 (.455) in the sweep of Missouri
*Connected on a two-run homer in the first inning on Sunday and was 3-for-4 with two runs in the 7-5 victory
*Was 2-for-4 on Friday night and doubled in the eighth inning
*Is batting .308 with 19 runs, 13 walks 10 RBI and is 9-for-10 on the basepaths
Mike Rivera, Sophomore, Catcher, Venice, FL
*Powered the No. 1 Gators to a 4-0 week by hitting .500 (6-for-12) with five RBI, three runs, two doubles, a homer and a .917 slugging percentage
*Was 5-for-9 (.566) in the sweep of Missouri, with a team-high five RBI and scored twice
*Delivered a two-run double in Sunday's finale
*Both of his hits on Saturday went for extra bases, as he doubled in the second inning and homered in the eighth
*Went 2-for-4, highlighted by a two-run single in the first inning, on Friday night
*Has raised average to .292 and is second on the Gators with 24 RBI
(Games from March 14-20)
Overall Record: 21-1 (16-0 at home, 4-1 away, 1-0 at neutral site)
SEC Record: 3-0 (3-0 at home)
Record Last Week: 4-0 (4-0 at home)
Streak: Won 15
Last Week's Results (4-0):
Tuesday, March 15 – Defeated No. 11 Florida State, 6-0
Friday, March 18 – Defeated Missouri, 4-3 (10)
Saturday, March 19 – Defeated Missouri, 6-2
Sunday, March 20 – Defeated Missouri, 7-5
This Week's Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 22 – No. 20 Florida Atlantic (15-3) (McKethan Stadium), 7 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Friday, March 25 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Saturday, March 26 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 2 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Sunday, March 27 – at Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) (Cliff Hagan Stadium), 1 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Team Notes
No. 1 Florida (21-1/3-0 SEC) extended its winning streak to 15 games by taking the first of three meetings in the Sunshine Showdown with No. 11 Florida State (6-0) and sweeping Missouri at McKethan Stadium (4-3 (10), 6-2, 7-5) to open SEC action…The 15-game skein is the second-longest in school history, shy of an 18-game run during the 2012 campaign…The Orange and Blue is 16-0 at home and has a 23-game winning streak on its turf since dropping the opener of a series with Auburn last May…The school-record stretch of 24 games occurred from April 24, 2010-March 8, 2011…The Gator pitching staff registered 44 strikeouts over 28 innings of work against the Tigers, a record for a weekend series in the nine years of Kevin O'Sullivan's tenure…Florida's trio of starting pitchers, junior RHP Logan Shore (4-0, 2.23), junior LHP A.J. Puk (1-1, 1.88) and sophomore RHP Alex Faedo (5-0, 2.61) combined for 30 strikeouts and two walks in 18 innings versus Missouri…The Gators are hitting .307, have a team earned run average of 2.51 and a fielding percentage of .982…O'Sullivan's squad is 4-0 in one-run games and 4-1 in two-run games…Sophomore catcher Mike Rivera (.292, 24 RBI) led the offense in the first league series by going 5-for-9 (.556) with five RBI, while junior center fielder Buddy Reed (.308, 19 runs, 13 walks) was 5-for-11 (.455) and freshman third baseman Jonathan India (.323, 13 runs, 8 RBI) was 4-for-11 (.364) in the SEC debut…Junior RHP Shaun Anderson (3-0, 1.15) was called upon in all three games and responded with a win in Friday's opener and a pair of saves….Over 3.1 innings, the righty totaled six strikeouts and permitted one hit…On the season, Anderson has 21 strikeouts and zero walks in 15.2 innings spanning 11 appearances…Reed went 3-for-4 and Anderson picked up his second save in as many days as the Gators held off Missouri, 7-5, to sweep the series on Sunday…The Tigers had pulled to within 6-5 with a four-run sixth inning before being kept at bay by four Florida relievers…Faedo struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings to earn the decision and was followed to the mound by junior Kirby Snead (0.2 IP, 2 H), sophomore Scott Moss (0.1 IP), junior Dane Dunning (1.1 IP, 2 K) and Anderson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K)…Puk registered a season-high 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings as UF secured the series with a 6-2 win on Saturday night…In his longest start of the season, Puk surrendered three hits and was one strikeout shy of his career high to lift the Gators…Freshman Deacon Liput (.372, 18 RBI) (second inning), junior Peter Alonso (.400, 28 RBI, 21 R) (sixth inning) and Rivera (eighth inning) each homered for Florida, while India (2-for-3) drove in a pair of runs…Anderson picked up his second save of the year by retiring all four batters that he faced…Alonso delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning to bring home sophomore Nick Horvath as Florida defeated Missouri, 4-3, in the league opener…The Tigers had tied the game on a two-out single in the ninth…After Anderson struck out the side in the top of the 10th, Horvath drew a leadoff walk…A grounder by sophomore Dalton Guthrie (.375, 20 runs) pushed Horvath into scoring position and Reed (2-for-4) and sophomore JJ Schwarz (.342, 20 RBI) earned back-to-back free passes to load the bases…Facing a full count, Alonso singled through the left side of the infield to drive in Horvath…Shore had a career-high 10 strikeouts over 5.1 innings but was not involved in the decision…Florida topped No. 11 Florida State, 6-0, last Tuesday night, their first shutout of the Seminoles in Gainesville since March 3, 1994…The contest drew a season-high crowd of 5,917, the fifth-largest in McKethan Stadium history...Dunning (2-0, 3.32) scattered seven hits and totaled five strikeouts over 5.2 innings to earn the victory and was followed to the mound by freshman Jackson Kowar (2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K), Snead (0.1 IP, 1 K) and Anderson (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K)…The Gators turned a season-high three double plays and their pitching staff notched 11 strikeouts and permitted one walk…Freshman Nelson Maldonado opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second inning into the left-field bleachers…It was his second homer in the past three games…In the bottom of the third, Schwarz (3-for-5) led off with a single into left field and Alonso followed with his fourth homer to deep left field for a 3-0 Gator advantage…Schwarz boosted Florida's margin to 4-0 with a two-out RBI single up the middle in the fourth that scored Reed…India (2-for-4) led off with a double into the left-field corner, prompting a pitching change...Guthrie laid down a sacrifice bunt that pushed India to third…Although a fielder's choice by Reed erased India at the plate, Reed stole second base and went to third when the relay throw went into the outfield…Schwarz poked a 3-2 pitch into center field to bring across Reed…The Gators tacked on two more runs in the fifth on an RBI single by India and sophomore Jeremy Vasquez came home on a wild pitch with the bases full…Florida wraps up a nine-game homestand by facing No. 20 Florida Atlantic (15-3) on Tuesday night and will then travel to Lexington to face Eastern Division rival Kentucky (14-5/2-1 SEC) over Easter Weekend.
Top Performers of the Week
Peter Alonso, Junior, First Baseman, Tampa, FL
*Was 5-for-16 (.313) last week and tied Mike Rivera for the top spot with five RBI
*Batted .308 (4-for-13) on the opening weekend of SEC play, featuring a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning on Friday night
*Roped a run-scoring double in Sunday's finale and scored a run
*Was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning on Saturday as the Gators clinched the series
*Also belted a two-run shot in the 6-0 shutout of No. 11 Florida State
*Paces Florida's offense in batting average (.400), RBI (28), doubles (9), sacrifice flies (4) and slugging percentage (.680)
Shaun Anderson, Junior, Right-Hander, Coral Springs, FL
*Appeared in all four wins for the Gators and picked up a win and two saves during the sweep of Missouri
*Over 4.1 scoreless innings, Anderson recorded eight strikeouts and did not allow any walks
*Struck out all three batters he faced in the 10th inning of the SEC opener on Friday and became the winning pitcher when Peter Alonso delivered a walk-off RBI single
*Earned the save in game two of the series by retiring all four batters that he faced
*Preserved Sunday's win with a scoreless ninth as Florida collected a 7-5 win
*Had two strikeouts in the ninth inning and ended the contest as UF shut out No. 11 Florida State in Gainesville for the first time since March 3, 1994
*Is 3-0 with a 1.15 ERA in 11 appearances and has 21 strikeouts and zero walks in 15.2 innings
Dane Dunning, Junior, Right-Hander, Fleming Island, FL
*Came through with seven scoreless innings over two appearances, one as a starter and the other as a reliever
*Collected the victory against No. 11 Florida State with 5.2 innings of shutout ball, with five strikeouts and a walk
*Was summoned from the bullpen on Sunday against Missouri with runners on the corners in the seventh inning of a one-run game and came though with a strikeout
*Although the Tigers had the tying run on second base with one out in the eighth, Dunning responded by retiring the next two batters to preserve the lead
*Has a 2-0 record and a 3.32 ERA in seven appearances, including four starts, with 29 strikeouts and six walks
Jonathan India, Freshman, Third Baseman, Coral Springs, FL
*Batted .400 (6-for-15) with three RBI, one double, one run and a stolen base as the Gators captured all four games
*Went 4-for-11 (.364) in the sweep of Missouri
*On Sunday, India singled in the eighth inning, stole second base and scored on JJ Schwarz's two-out double to give the Gators an insurance run in the 7-5 win
*Was 2-for-3 with two RBI on Saturday night, a run-scoring single in the second inning and a base-hit in the seventh that brought home Ryan Larson during the 6-2 triumph
*Went 1-for-4 in the series opener
*Boasts a career-high six-game hitting streak in which he is 9-for-22 (.409)
*Is hitting .323 with 13 runs, eight RBI, five stolen bases and four doubles
A.J. Puk, Junior, Left-Hander, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
*Delivered seven shutout innings and had a season-high 11 strikeouts as Florida clinched its weekend series with a 6-2 victory over Missouri on Saturday night
*The seven-inning outing matched a career high for the southpaw
*Out-dueled Missouri right-hander Tanner Houck and struck out the side in his final inning of work
*Lowered his ERA to 1.88, the best for a Gator starter, and issued one walk
*Puk has 29 strikeouts in 24 innings and has held opponents to a .191 batting average
Buddy Reed, Junior, Outfielder, Finksburg, Md.
*Hit .313 (5-for-16) during the Gators' four victories, with three runs, three walks and a pair of stolen bases
*Opened SEC play by going 5-for-11 (.455) in the sweep of Missouri
*Connected on a two-run homer in the first inning on Sunday and was 3-for-4 with two runs in the 7-5 victory
*Was 2-for-4 on Friday night and doubled in the eighth inning
*Is batting .308 with 19 runs, 13 walks 10 RBI and is 9-for-10 on the basepaths
Mike Rivera, Sophomore, Catcher, Venice, FL
*Powered the No. 1 Gators to a 4-0 week by hitting .500 (6-for-12) with five RBI, three runs, two doubles, a homer and a .917 slugging percentage
*Was 5-for-9 (.566) in the sweep of Missouri, with a team-high five RBI and scored twice
*Delivered a two-run double in Sunday's finale
*Both of his hits on Saturday went for extra bases, as he doubled in the second inning and homered in the eighth
*Went 2-for-4, highlighted by a two-run single in the first inning, on Friday night
*Has raised average to .292 and is second on the Gators with 24 RBI
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