Gators sweep Mizzou to match season-high win streak
After promising wins over No. 5 Tennessee, No. 24 Florida State and Missouri in the past week, No. 18 Florida carries a five-game winning streak into an advantageous road trip April 19, 2021 | 6:17am EDT Florida improves to 9-6 (.600) in conference play and leads the SEC in home wins (23). Photo from UF-Jacksonville game March 13. Photo by Grethel Aguila | The Independent Florida Alligator
Up by four in the top of the ninth inning, Florida southpaw Trey Van Der Weide surrendered two unearned runs before he stranded Missouri’s tying baserunner with the final out.
Van Der Weide secured his first save this season and completed the Gators’ first series
Gators sweep Missouri in Saturday’s series-closing double-header
The Gators won both games on Saturday’s double-header to get the sweep against the Tigers Rivera’s three-RBI game marked a career-high for the second-year freshman. Photo from UF-Jacksonville game March 13. Photo by Grethel Aguila | The Independent Florida Alligator
Josh Rivera stood in the batter’s box, down 0-2 in the count. With the lowest batting average in the Gators’ starting lineup and two strikes counted, Rivera didn’t have the faith from the crowd in Florida Ballpark.
He kept his composure, swung and made contact on the third pitch of the at-bat. The line drive scored two, and the Gators took the lead for the first time that day. Rivera let out a thunderi
Despite the weather, we witnessed one of the fastest sweeps you’ll ever see. Three games in less than 24 hours, and the result is three wins for the Florida Gators.
“I don’t know if that’s ever happened since we’ve been here, actually, less than 24 hours,” Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “I think everybody’s kind of tired. I’m sure Missouri is, as well, but we did just enough to win all three games. We’ve got some things we obviously need to improve on, but at this point in the season when you’re finding ways to win even when you don’t play the cleanest of games is important for your team’s character and mental development.”
Gators hold off Tigers after three-hour rain delay
Two early home runs and a mammoth third inning built a lead Florida held the rest of the night
Kendrick Calilao prepares for a pitch against Jacksonville March 14
Christian Scott hadn’t expected to be on the mound after midnight.
As the game developed, Missouri wished he hadn’t been, either.
On a rainy night in Gainesville that delayed first pitch until well into the night, Florida exploded out of the gate with seven early runs and leaned on Scott’s dominant performance to dispatch Missouri with a three-run victory.
On a drizzly day in Gainesville, the Gators draped the tarp over the infield a few hours longer than planned. With steady rainfall for hours, first pitch waited until 9:22 pm, nearly three full hours after the scheduled start time.
Florida welcomes Mizzou after momentous rivalry win
After Kendrick Calilao’s walk-off home run in extras Tuesday, the Gators will look to eclipse .500 in SEC play this weekend against Missouri Florida looks to win another home series again Mizzou. Photo from UF-Jacksonville game March 14. Photo by Grethel Aguila | The Independent Florida Alligator
With two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning, sophomore right fielder Kendrick Calilao belted a walk-off solo shot over the left-field wall at Florida Ballpark Tuesday to lift the Gators over the Seminoles.
“I think tonight’s win followed up by Sunday’s win against Tennessee certainly should give us a lot of confidence moving forward,” head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “I would exp