Gator Baseball

[instaGATOR]

Baseball Tales of the Tape, down the stretch:

RHP Jackson Kowar 3.90 ERA, with a 6-0 W/L record as a starter.

RHP Alex Faedo - 2.47 ERA, with a 6-1 W/L record as a starter.
He is now the Gator's all time career leader with a 25-5 W/L record (.833).
And he was just named the SEC Pitcher of the Week.

RHP Brady Singer - 1.94 ERA for a team best, but with a 4-3 W/L record.

So the guy with the worst ERA (3.90), has an undefeated 6-0 W/L record.
While the guy with the best ERA (1.94) has the worst 4-3 W/L record.
Now my 'logic' head is spinning like a freakin' top...

On to the Gators (according to some) terrible 2017 Bullpen:

In their first 25 games they (including 12 Fr pitchers) had a 4.81 ERA
The Gator Bullpen ERA is 2.06 over their last 15 games.
~ Remember when I said that the young guys would come together later in the season?

Soph RHP Michael Byrne (ERA 2.18) has 8 saves tor #2 in the SEC.

As bad as 1B/C JJ has seemingly been batting, he leads the Gator's with 30 RBI's.

While Soph LF/3B Maldonado leads the team with a .389 batting average.

GoooooooooooooGATORS,,,, beat the snot outta those butt-sniffers...

 

[ocalaman]

Baseball Tales of the Tape, down the stretch:

RHP Jackson Kowar 3.90 ERA, with a 6-0 W/L record as a starter.

RHP Alex Faedo - 2.47 ERA, with a 6-1 W/L record as a starter.
He is now the Gator's all time career leader with a 25-5 W/L record (.833).
And he was just named the SEC Pitcher of the Week.

RHP Brady Singer - 1.94 ERA for a team best, but with a 4-3 W/L record.

So the guy with the worst ERA (3.90), has an undefeated 6-0 W/L record.
While the guy with the best ERA (1.94) has the worst 4-3 W/L record.
Now my 'logic' head is spinning like a freakin' top...

On to the Gators (according to some) terrible 2017 Bullpen:

In their first 25 games they (including 12 Fr pitchers) had a 4.81 ERA
The Gator Bullpen ERA is 2.06 over their last 15 games.
~ Remember when I said that the young guys would come together later in the season?

Soph RHP Michael Byrne (ERA 2.18) has 8 saves tor #2 in the SEC.

As bad as 1B/C JJ has seemingly been batting, he leads the Gator's with 30 RBI's.

While Soph LF/3B Maldonado leads the team with a .389 batting average.

GoooooooooooooGATORS,,,, beat the snot outta those butt-sniffers...

Maldanado is actually 3rd on the team at .311. Ryan Larson leads at .323 and Keenan Bell is 2nd at .313. I, too, hope they sweep the GA puppies.

 

[instaGATOR]

Maldanado is actually 3rd on the team at .311. Ryan Larson leads at .323 and Keenan Bell is 2nd at .313. I, too, hope they sweep the GA puppies.

My mistake, thanks for the correction. I was looking at the subscript on a picture from an article.
i.e. -- Sophomore Nelson Maldonado leads the team with a .389 batting average in SEC play.
I missed the 'in SEC play' qualifier....
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Larson ----- .323 - RBI 11
Bell ---------- .313 - RBI 11
Maldonado -.311 - RBI 13
Total Combined -- RBI 35

Schwarz ---- .243 - RBI 30

 

[ocalaman]

Gators blew a 3-0 lead at UGA by giving up 4 in the bottom of the 7th. But Georgia's bullpen gave it right back to us in the top of the 9th, where we scored 3 runs on 1 hit. Byrne closed it out and the good guys win 6-4.

 

[MJWilliamson]

That is called stealing one

 

[46885]

We needed one of those that don't happen to us for once... UGA walked like 5 guys in the same inning lol and let the game get tied with a pass ball... Since it looks like we are gonna lose today now with the bats going back to normal and doing nothing, that gave us the chance to win the series tomorrow unless the UGA bullpen falls apart again very soon, because they will have to for them to win again today... 1 run in 6 innings so far

 

[46885]

Another bases loaded nobody out situation again like last Friday night, better not have the same result and get nothing out of it... need to at least tie it up here...


GA pen wild again to start the 7th...

 

[46885]

Dalton Guthrie just came pretty close to catching that flush and hitting a Grand slam, tag at 3rd and tied at 3 with one out and men at 2nd and 3rd...

 

[ocalaman]

Big 5 run rally in the 7th has our guys up 6-3 going to the 9th. Singer wasn't at his best today, but he's a bulldog and the bats came through.

 

[46885]

letting them get runners on with a 3-2 count can't walk the tying run and let the winning run come up

 

[46885]

pop out to catcher to end it, Gators win series and Game 2 6-3 from another one inning let down from GA pen...


Need to sweep tomorrow


what are we 12-8 in the SEC now??

 

[ocalaman]

pop out to catcher to end it, Gators win series and Game 2 6-3 from another one inning let down from GA pen...


Need to sweep tomorrow


what are we 12-8 in the SEC now??

Yep. 2nd in the East to KY 13-6. In the West Miss. St. is 13-5, Auburn 12-6, Arkansas 13-8, TAM & LSU 12-8.

 

[46885]

kentucky plays another sport now lol

 

[ocalaman]

Gator baseball hung on to beat Georgia 4-3 and complete the sweep. They are 30-13, 13-8 in the SEC with 9 conference games left. Kentucky is 13-7 in the SEC East and tied 4-4 with South Carolina in the 7th. Michael Byrne got the save in all 3 games this weekend, giving him 11 on the year. Our final SEC series are against Ole Miss (home), Alabama (away) and Kentucky (home). KY hosts Georgia & Tennessee before finishing up in Gainesville.

 

[MJWilliamson]

Swept the butt lickers.

 

[instaGATOR]

Swept the butt lickers.

Correction:

Butt Sniffers or Nutt Lickers

 

[ocalaman]

Freshman Andrew Baker pulled after the 1st inning against FAMU, giving up 5 hits and 3 runs. Another frosh, Kirby McMullen, throws the 2nd. We get a run back in the bottom of the 2nd, but leave 2 stranded. Pitching staff is stretched the next 7 days, with another game tomorrow night against Jax, 3 this weekend against Ole Miss and then next Tuesday hosting USF.

 

[ocalaman]

Gators beat FAMU 8-7. Milchin hit a 3-run homer and had 4 RBI's. Good win.

 

[46885]

we always have to try our damnedest to lose to the in state directional schools this year for weekday games...

 

[ocalaman]

we always have to try our damnedest to lose to the in state directional schools this year for weekday games...

Just shows the lack of pitching depth. That's what mid-week games are about. Last year we were 14-0 in mid week games because Singer & Kowar were our starting pitcher most of the time. This year we've struggled finding pitchers out side of our top 3 weekend starters.

 

[46885]

well what have we won like 16 of the last 18 now and 5 straight? We moved back up to like #7 I saw when i looked up the rankings yesterday, right back in position to let us down again for the post season when the bats run dry/cold lol...

 

[instaGATOR]

well what have we won like 16 of the last 18 now and 5 straight? We moved back up to like #7 I saw when i looked up the rankings yesterday, right back in position to let us down again for the post season when the bats run dry/cold lol...

Up to #7 and won like 16 of the last 18 now and 5 straight?
But what does that get the hard working, mostly Fr bullpen with numbers?

"in position to let us down again for the post season when the bats run dry/cold lol."

Keee-rist dude!

 

[46885]

it's like the offense in football, until it stops happening....

 

[instaGATOR]

it's like the offense in football, until it stops happening....

So, both baseball and football have to win the NC every year, or they're disappointing you, and you're always going to squeal about it.... Gottcha...

 

[ocalaman]

With baseball, in the past it seems like we peak too early and then get to the World Series and the bats go slumping. Maybe this year it will be different. Bats slumped bad the 1st half of the season, have picked up a good bit the last month and maybe will peak in the post season. With college baseball, the best team seldom wins the title. It's the team that peaks at the right time and gets a few breaks along the way. Getting to the CWS, which O'Sullivan has done with amazing regularity, is the toughest feat. Winning it all is kind of like a crap shoot and we're due.

 

[instaGATOR]

The best team doesn't always win.

The most talent laden team doesn't always win.

The team with the best calls from the bs plate ump almost always wins...

I say we need to get together a nice 'slush-fund' to help the ump's to do the right thing for a change....

 

[46885]

So, both baseball and football have to win the NC every year, or they're disappointing you, and you're always going to squeal about it.... Gottcha...

I expect far less than a NC any time soon ever for football, we don't have the most talent multiple times by far in that sport anymore, in baseball that hasn't been the case... If you don't think they have underachieved in baseball the last 6 years I don't know what you are seeing, they should have won it at least once by now on accident and in comparison to the teams that have won it all these past years with the talent there...

 

[instaGATOR]

wee-wee-wee, all the way home...

 

[ocalaman]

UF beat Jacksonville 6-2 tonight to run their record to 32-13. JJ is coming around Sully is figuring out the pitchers who can do the job. Big weekend series with Ole Miss, but I like the way this team is starting to gel and when we get Rivera and India back it will get even better.

 

[MJWilliamson]

India might play this weekend. Rivera needs another week. All this from Sully

 

[ocalaman]

India might play this weekend. Rivera needs another week. All this from Sully

The way Hicks is hitting they've got to keep him in the lineup, if not at 3B, maybe as DH.

 

[instaGATOR]

The way Hicks is hitting they've got to keep him in the lineup, if not at 3B, maybe as DH.

So you're saying that so many of the limp sticks have solidified now, that O'Sul might have trouble getting all of them on the field at one time? A real nice late season switch-a-roo it seems to me...

 

[Dannygator1989]

So you're saying that so many of the limp sticks have solidified now, that O'Sul might have trouble getting all of them on the field at one time? A real nice late season switch-a-roo it seems to me...

I know you have a bizarre obsession with giving EVERYTHING stupidly unique nickname, but literally everyone with a Sullivan last name would be referred to as Sully.

Jesus.

Your "wife" must be catatonic or afraid for her life if your online persona reflects real life.

 

[instaGATOR]

Spam away dunny, you're such a jerk that you're probably the pivot point in your favorite circle...

There once was a goater named dunny,
who was always trying to be funny.
But with his head up his butt,
and a load of beer in his gutt,
when it came to the girls he got nunny...

 

[Dannygator1989]

Spam away dunny, you're such a jerk that you're probably the pivot point in your favorite circle...

There once was a goater named dunny,
who was always trying to be funny.
But with his head up his butt,
and a load of beer in his gutt,
when it came to the girls he got nunny...

Do you know what "spam" is?

Because it doesn't really seem like you do (or if you do, you eobably shouldn't use that term.)

 

[ocalaman]

So you're saying that so many of the limp sticks have solidified now, that O'Sul might have trouble getting all of them on the field at one time? A real nice late season switch-a-roo it seems to me...

We're still next to last in the SEC in batting average at .257, dead last in slugging percentage, next to last in hits and near the bottom in every other offensive category. And while some of our regulars are still struggling, Schwatrz seems to be showing some life, Hicks has hit really well of late, Maldanado has been steady all year and Langworthy being back in the lineup has helped. We need to get India & Rivera healthy and hitting like they can and we could make a run. O'Sullivan is starting to get the bullpen figured out and solidified and the defense is stellar. The key to post season success, however, is still the bats.

 

[instaGATOR]

We're still next to last in the SEC in batting average at .257, dead last in slugging percentage, next to last in hits and near the bottom in every other offensive category.

And while some of our regulars are still struggling, Schwatrz seems to be showing some life, Hicks has hit really well of late, Maldanado has been steady all year and Langworthy being back in the lineup has helped. We need to get India & Rivera healthy and hitting like they can and we could make a run. O'Sullivan is starting to get the bullpen figured out and solidified and the defense is stellar. The key to post season success, however, is still the bats.

O-man, I can agree with a lot of what you're saying there, however...

Kinda makes me wonder, if the key really is the bats, then why are the Gators not LAST in the SEC in W/L and in Rankings???

As I said earlier in the season, with the losses from last years team, and with the monster number of incoming freshmen on the team to replace those player losses, I expected all along that they would improve greatly by the end of this season, and they are/have.

I remain positive and hopeful for them,,,, and GooooooooGATORS!

 

[ocalaman]

O-man, I can agree with a lot of what you're saying there, however...

Kinda makes me wonder, if the key really is the bats, then why are the Gators not LAST in the SEC in W/L and in Rankings???

As I said earlier in the season, with the losses from last years team, and with the monster number of incoming freshmen on the team to replace those player losses, I expected all along that they would improve greatly by the end of this season, and they are/have.

I remain positive and hopeful for them,,,, and GooooooooGATORS!

The key to POST SEASON success is their offense, IMO. Pitching & defense can only carry us so far. It has us tied for the 5th best record in the SEC at this point. Last year we were 1st in the SEC in pitching & defense, 7th in hitting. We finished with the 4th best record in the SEC, not winning our division, nor the SEC tournament, but were the only team to make it to the CWS. We went 2 and out, scoring only 3 runs in 2 games. This year we're 3rd in pitching, 2nd in defense and 13th in hitting (so far). They've got to be able to score runs against the teams they'll face in the Super Regionals and the World Series because those teams will have great pitching, too. In past World Series it's primarily been our inability to get keys hits and score enough runs that has cost us championships, as pitching and defense have always been among the best in the nation under O'Sullivan. I really like this team and the bats have come along as the year has progressed and I'm hoping that improvement continues the rest of the year. But the team batting average is still 21 points below last season and it is a concern.

 

[instaGATOR]

A TEAM lives and dies on ALL facets of the game imo.

1. Pitching
2. Defense
3. Hitting
4. Timing on Offense, when you get the hits and how many you can string together.
10 hits over 9 innings can yield 10+ runs, or it can yield squat.

5. And the wild card is always the quality of the plate umpire.
How he calls the balls and strikes, along with his level of competence/corruption/bias.

 

[bradleygator]

4th best record in the SEC... by a game and ranked 5th in the country and on track to host... again. The World Series is a crapshoot. Line drives at someone, you probably lose. Line drives fall in, you probably win. Pitching and defense is the best way to consistently give yourself a chance. Agree that Hicks has to stay in the lineup. I would move Guthrie down, maybe swap him with Larsen, but I don't argue with Sully. If Hicks keeps hitting and Schwarz keeps coming, we really might have something going with India and Rivera coming back. Schwarz hits better when he catches though. Anyone know how bad Maldonado is hurt? It would suck to lose him.