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Gators Take on No. 6 Vanderbilt
Thursday, March 21, 2019 | Baseball
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:
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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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