Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla.--Florida (16-7, 1-2 SEC) hits the road for the first time in SEC play to face No. 6 Vanderbilt (16-5, 1-2 SEC) beginning Thursday night in Nashville.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

	Thursday | 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network)	Friday | 7:30 p.m. ET (SEC Network+)	Saturday | 2 p.m. ET (SEC Network+)
UF	RHP Tommy Mace (4-1, 3.69 ERA)	RHP Jack Leftwich (4-1, 3.29 ERA)	RHP Tyler Dyson (3-0, 3.42 ERA)
VU	RHP Drake Fellows (4-0, 4.88 ERA)	RHP Patrick Raby (3-0, 0.70 ERA)	TBD

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: Florida leads 140-72-1 overall; UF leads the series in Nashville 56-42-1

• O'Sullivan vs. Vanderbilt: The Gators are 8-3 in weekend series against Vanderbilt under O'Sullivan, including 3-2 in series in Nashville. Florida has won four straight series against the Commodores. Last year, UF swept Vanderbilt in Gainesville. The result snapped a streak of 59-straight SEC series without being swept for the Dores (streak started in 2012).
• Standouts vs. Vandy: Several players had individual success last year against VU:
  • 2018 vs. Vanderbilt
  • Reese:    .400 (4-10), R, 2B, RBI
  • Maldonado:    .333 (4-12), 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
  • Dalton:    .333 (4-12), 4 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
  • Leftwich:    3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
  • Butler:    2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• A few Gators have seen extended success against the Commodores:
  • Career vs. Vanderbilt
  • Langworthy:    .333 (7-21), 4 R, 3 2B, 7 RBI
  • Maldonado:    .324 (11-34), 7 R, HR, 10 RBI
• Calilao honored: Following a seven-RBI week, freshman Kendrick Calilao was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. He went 6-19 last week and had six RBI in the Gators' 20-7 win over in-state rival Florida State.
• Whoa Nelly: Nelson Maldonado, a senior captain, has been on fire the last three weeks. Over the past 15 games, he is 27-for-55 (.491) with 11 extra base hits, three home runs and 20 RBI. During that span, he has separate six-game and eight-game hit streaks. He has only struck out five times in 63 plate appearances in that span and has nine multi-hit games.
• Marching Along: UF's offense has heated up since the calendar turned to March:

  • 	February (6-4)	March (10-3)
    Average	.238	.340
    Runs	47	138
    Runs/Game	4.7	10.6
    Home Runs	3	23
    Slugging Pct.	.341	.548
    On-Base Pct.	.353	.421

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