GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 5 Florida travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala. to take on No. 3 Alabama for a Top 25 Southeastern Conference series this Friday through Sunday. The Gators and the Crimson Tide are set to square off Friday at 7 p.m. ET on the SEC Network +, Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN2 and Sunday at 2 p.m. on the SEC Network.
The Gators (30-5, 10-2 SEC) and the Crimson Tide (32-5, 11-4 SEC) enter the weekend series ranked 2
nd and 3
rd respectively in the current SEC standings, with UF 1.5 and UA 2.0 games back from the lead held by Arkansas.
In SEC play, Florida has yet to drop a conference series as it has defeated Kentucky (3-1, 3-1, 2-4), Mississippi State (1-0, 10-0, 8-0), LSU (5-0, 7-4, 9-3) and Georgia (2-4, 17-1, 8-1). Alabama has won four of its five conference series matchups with decisions against Auburn (6-0, 4-1, 4-2), Tennessee (3-4, 7-1, 3-0), Texas A&M (11-3, 8-6, 14-6) and Arkansas (5-3, 0-4, 2-0), while its lone series defeat came against Kentucky (11-6, 2-4, 4-5).
Staying in conference play, Florida holds the second-best team batting average (.300) and ERA (1.56), while the program also leads the league in on base percentage (.401) and opposing batting average (.193). Alabama currently leads league in conference play in runs (84), hits (123), RBI (78), walks and batters struck out (120).
The Crimson Tide maintains a 41-37 advantage over the Gators in the all-time series and a 13-17 record when playing a Rhoads Stadium. The last meeting between the two programs in Tuscaloosa occurred in 2018 where the Gators took the series 6-1, 2-3 and 3-2.
Fans can also follow this weekend's action via an audio call by Kyle Crooks and Ryan Urquhart on FloridaGators.com for all three games.
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