Gators and FSU Meet in Jacksonville

Tuesday, March 27

Jacksonville, FL

6 PM

Florida Gators

Florida State

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Deacon Liput went 10-for-20 last week with seven RBI. (Photo: Jay Metz)

Gators and FSU Meet in Jacksonville

Monday, March 26, 2018 | Baseball

By: Daniel Apple

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--The Florida baseball team will travel to Jacksonville on Tuesday for a midweek matchup against fifth-ranked Florida State at 6 p.m. it is the second of three meetings in the 2018 Fresh from Florida Sunshine Showdown.

The Gators enter the matchup having won 11 of the last 12 meetings between the two schools. Florida swept all three games last season.

PITCHING MATCHUP

	Tuesday \| 6 p.m. (SEC Network)
UF	Freshman RHP Jack Leftwich (2-1, 5.40 ERA)
FSU	R-Junior RHP Andrew Karp (4-1, 3.72 ERA)

SERIES HISTORY

Florida has won 11 of the last 12 meetings against Florida State, including six in a row -- the Gators longest win streak ever over the Seminoles. Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan is 23-16 against FSU.

QUICK HITS

Florida is in the midst of a seven-game stretch against Top 10 opponents. The Gators won 2 of 3 against No. 4 Arkansas last weekend and will face No. 5 FSU and No. 8 Vanderbilt this week.
Junior Jonathan India is currently on a career-best 11-game hitting streak. In those 11 games he is 21-36 (.583) and with 5 HR, 12 RBI and 13 runs scored. On the season, he leads the SEC in batting average (.429) and slugging (.909) and ranks second in on base percentage (.535).
Junior Michael Byrne has 24 career saves. The UF record is 25 (John Pricher, 1988-92).
The Gators are showing unprecedented power lately, hitting a home run in eight-straight games with 17 total in that span. On the year, Florida has 41 home runs -- 23 more than it had through 26 games last season.
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