Friday, May 3
Athens, GA
7 PM
Florida Gators
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Tommy Mace is expected to pitch Friday night, a week after being hit by a line drive.
Gators in Athens for Top 10 Matchup
Thursday, May 2, 2019 | Baseball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida (26-17, 7-11 SEC) hosts a key Southeastern Conference series this weekend against Kentucky (21-20, 4-14 SEC) at McKethan Stadium.
SERIES HISTORY | Overall: Florida leads, 187-105-2. In Athens: Florida leads, 84-57-1. Notable: Under O'Sullivan, Florida is 10-1 against Georgia in weekend series -- including four sweeps -- and has won five in a row. In Athens, the Gators have a 4-1 series record under O'Sullivan and have swept the Bulldogs twice, including their last trip in 2017.
AGAINST THE DOGS: Florida has won nine of its last 11 games against Georgia, including five in a row in Athens heading into the weekend. Coach O'Sullivan is 26-9 overall
against Georgia.
MACE THE ACE: Sophomore Tommy Mace has been the lone bright spot on the Gators' pitching staff. He has pitched into the seventh inning in eight of 11 starts and has five quality starts on the season. In his career, he has a 12-3 record, a .800 win percentage that ranks him eighth in school history. Last week against Kentucky, he exited the
game in the fifth inning after being hit in the head by a line drive.
OFFENSE LEADING WAY: Florida's offense has been the team's strength all season, ranking fourth in the SEC with a .296 average. The team's average is the second-best
over the last eight years (hit .298 in 2015) and the Gators' 7.1 runs per game is the second-best under O'Sullivan (7.6 in 2009).
LANGWORTHY ON FIRE: Junior Austin Langworthy is 30-for-75 (.400) with 20 RBI and 12 extra-base hits in his last 19 games. He started the season in a slump, hitting just
.187 (17-for-91) with 11 RBI and six extra-base hits. In addition, he has been clutch driving in runs. He has a team-high 14 two-out RBI (21 total RBI).
THE BUTLER DID IT: Sophomore Jordan Butler has emerged as an offensive force the last few weeks. He was inserted into the lineup against South Carolina and is 11-for-
23 (.478) with two home runs and four RBI. He hit a walk-off three run homer against South Carolina to clinch the series in game three on Saturday.
SMITH HEATING UP: Sophomore catcher Brady Smith has been on a tear over the last 13 games, hitting .448 (13-for-29) with two home runs and seven RBI. He had a career-
high four hits in game one at LSU.
SUPER SOPH: SS Brady McConnell leads the offense this season with a .365 average. On the year, he leads UF with 10 home runs and 20 multi-hit games. He is the first Gators' shortstop to reach double-digit homers since Cole Figueroa hit 11 in 2007. The record by a shortstop is 14 by Mark Ellis in 1998. McConnell ranks fourth in the SEC in batting average (.365) and seventh in total hits (62).
PITCHING MATCHUPS
| Friday | 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network+) | Saturday | 2 p.m. ET (SEC Network) | Sunday | 12:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) | |
| UF | RHP Tommy Mace (7-3, 4.48 ERA) | RHP Jack Leftwich (4-4, 6.03 ERA) | TBA |
| UGA | RHP Tony Locey (7-1, 2.60 ERA) | RHP Tim Elliott (5-3, 2.63 ERA) | TBA |
SERIES HISTORY | Overall: Florida leads, 187-105-2. In Athens: Florida leads, 84-57-1. Notable: Under O'Sullivan, Florida is 10-1 against Georgia in weekend series -- including four sweeps -- and has won five in a row. In Athens, the Gators have a 4-1 series record under O'Sullivan and have swept the Bulldogs twice, including their last trip in 2017.
AGAINST THE DOGS: Florida has won nine of its last 11 games against Georgia, including five in a row in Athens heading into the weekend. Coach O'Sullivan is 26-9 overall
against Georgia.
MACE THE ACE: Sophomore Tommy Mace has been the lone bright spot on the Gators' pitching staff. He has pitched into the seventh inning in eight of 11 starts and has five quality starts on the season. In his career, he has a 12-3 record, a .800 win percentage that ranks him eighth in school history. Last week against Kentucky, he exited the
game in the fifth inning after being hit in the head by a line drive.
OFFENSE LEADING WAY: Florida's offense has been the team's strength all season, ranking fourth in the SEC with a .296 average. The team's average is the second-best
over the last eight years (hit .298 in 2015) and the Gators' 7.1 runs per game is the second-best under O'Sullivan (7.6 in 2009).
LANGWORTHY ON FIRE: Junior Austin Langworthy is 30-for-75 (.400) with 20 RBI and 12 extra-base hits in his last 19 games. He started the season in a slump, hitting just
.187 (17-for-91) with 11 RBI and six extra-base hits. In addition, he has been clutch driving in runs. He has a team-high 14 two-out RBI (21 total RBI).
THE BUTLER DID IT: Sophomore Jordan Butler has emerged as an offensive force the last few weeks. He was inserted into the lineup against South Carolina and is 11-for-
23 (.478) with two home runs and four RBI. He hit a walk-off three run homer against South Carolina to clinch the series in game three on Saturday.
SMITH HEATING UP: Sophomore catcher Brady Smith has been on a tear over the last 13 games, hitting .448 (13-for-29) with two home runs and seven RBI. He had a career-
high four hits in game one at LSU.
SUPER SOPH: SS Brady McConnell leads the offense this season with a .365 average. On the year, he leads UF with 10 home runs and 20 multi-hit games. He is the first Gators' shortstop to reach double-digit homers since Cole Figueroa hit 11 in 2007. The record by a shortstop is 14 by Mark Ellis in 1998. McConnell ranks fourth in the SEC in batting average (.365) and seventh in total hits (62).
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