Tuesday, March 13
Gainesville, FL
6 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Florida State
Freshman left-hander Jordan Butler will start Tuesday for the Gators. (Photo: Tim Casey)
Gators Host Florida State Tuesday in Sunshine Showdown
Monday, March 12, 2018 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--The Florida baseball team will host seventh-ranked Florida State on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the first Fresh from Florida Sunshine Showdown of the 2018 season.The Gators enter the matchup having won 10 of the last 11 meetings between the two schools. Florida swept all three games last season.
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PITCHING MATCHUP
| Tuesday | 6 p.m. (SEC Network+) | |||
| UF | Freshman LHP Jordan Butler (1-1, 2.50 ERA) | ||
| FSU | R-Junior RHP Andrew Karp (3-0, 1.56 ERA) |
SERIES HISTORY
FSU leads the all-time series 128-115-1 but the Gators lead the series in Gainesville 61-48. Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan is 22-16 against Florida State.QUICK HITS
- The Gators' pitching staff had its best weekend of the year, allowing just two earned runs over 27.0 innings against Rhode Island (0.67 ERA). UF allowed just two extra base hits (2B, HR) and 11 total hits, limiting the Rams to a .129 batting average.
- Junior Michael Byrne has yet to allow a run this year, pitching 11.0 scoreless innings. He ended last season with 7.0 scoreless innings, bringing his scoreless streak to 18.0 total innings.
- Entering 2018, Nick Horvath had just a .173 (17-for-98) batting average. This season, he's already equaled the number of hits he had in his previous two years and has a .315 average (17-for-54).
- Jonathan India had two hits in all three games vs. URI, going 6-for-10 with 3 doubles and 2 RBI.
- COMPLETE GAME NOTES
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