Homestand Wraps Up Tuesday With Top 25 Matchup

The Florida baseball team wraps up a six-game homestand with a Top 25 matchup on Tuesday night at McKethan Stadium.

The Gators will put a nine-game win streak on the line against No. 23 USF at 6:30 p.m.

Last week, UF went 5-0 with a pair of midweek wins over Florida A&M and Jacksonville before a weekend sweep of Ole Miss.

Florida will start freshman right-hander Garrett Milchin on Tuesday night. Milchin has been a staple out of the bullpen in recent weeks and has a 4-1 record with a 1.85 earned run average.

Quick Hits

Florida currently has a nine-game win streak, tied for the second-longest streak in the nation.
Florida has gone from worst to first in the span of eight weeks in the SEC. After starting 0-3 in league play, the Gators have gone 16-5 with four-straight series wins to take sole possession of the SEC East lead -- tied with Mississippi State for the overall lead with a 16-8 conference record.
After scuffling in March with a .235 batting average and scoring 4.5 runs per game (11-8 record), the Gators have picked it up. UF went 12-4 in April and hit .279 as a team with 5.3 runs per game. So far in May, Florida is 5-0 with a .323 average (52-for-161) and 7.6 runs per game.
Sophomore Michael Byrne tied the school record for saves in a season, picking up his 12th and 13th saves of the year against Ole Miss. He shares the record with Shaun Anderson (2016), Josh Fogg (1998) and Danny Wheeler (1994).
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