Okay, has anyone been paying attention to the Gator's new true freshman 2nd baseman?
#8 Deacon Liput 5-10 190 - Oviedo, FL - He just might become UF's version of Ted Williams!
GP 6, GS 6, AB 19, R-3, H-9, 2B-3, 3B-2, RBI-12, BB-5, SO-1
Ave .474, SLG% .842, OB% .583 -- fielding errors = 0
And he has started off his UF baseball career with a Six game hitting streak.
But no pressure lad, just keep on doing your best, which has been OUTSTANDING so far.
The #1 Ranked Gators are 6-0 on the season and just took a 5-0 Friday night Shutout win @ #6 Miami to start off their 3 game series. The have outscored their combined opponents 49-20 so far.
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On the Gator Softball front: They lost P Hanna Rogers to graduation, then they lost P Lauren Haeger to graduation, but they still have Gourley, Ocasio, and a brand new true freshman pitcher, Kelly Barnhill. Barnhill just threw her 3rd 1 hitter of the new season, and 2 of those were against Top 10 teams, (#2 Mich & #8 Neb). Both were 8-0 run-rule 5 inning, 1 hit shutouts for the Gators. Backing up their outstanding team pitching has been the more than solid Gator bats and gloves. Janell Wheaton might be the new 'Power-Hitter' as she hit 2 HR's in their game against Washington. Wheaton just became the 1st Gator since Bailey Castro to hit two HR's in the same game. She joins slug-masters Taylore Fuller (30 HR's) and Kelsey Stewart (28 triples) with the big bats on their very solid hitting team.
The 15-0 #1 Ranked Gators have now outscored their opponents 108 - 8
Their fielding % is .986 with 7 double plays, and their pitching ERA is 0.56
2B Taylor Schwarz Sr now holds the UF Career Record for Double-Plays with 61.
C JJ Schwarz Soph now leads the Gator baseball team with 2 HR's, and he already has 20 career HR's.
That's a sweet sister-brother combo for the Gators.... chomp
chomp
I'm looking forward to one day seeing their little brother in a Gator uniform.
And while there has been a list of game MVP's in both baseball and softball this season, it's the 'TEAM' efforts that has carried them to their wins and rankings, and it's the 'TEAM' that will get them both where they want to go in the end.
This year, I'm hoping that the boys and the girls can both win their CWS. It would also be a WCWS 3-Peat for our National Champion girls team. Unlike some other schools in the news, Gators celebrate our Lady Gators success and give them the R-E-S-P-E-C-T that they so richly deserve! You-Go-Girls!
Say it's GREAT, To Be, a FLO-RI-DA Gator!
#8 Deacon Liput 5-10 190 - Oviedo, FL - He just might become UF's version of Ted Williams!
GP 6, GS 6, AB 19, R-3, H-9, 2B-3, 3B-2, RBI-12, BB-5, SO-1
Ave .474, SLG% .842, OB% .583 -- fielding errors = 0
And he has started off his UF baseball career with a Six game hitting streak.
But no pressure lad, just keep on doing your best, which has been OUTSTANDING so far.
The #1 Ranked Gators are 6-0 on the season and just took a 5-0 Friday night Shutout win @ #6 Miami to start off their 3 game series. The have outscored their combined opponents 49-20 so far.
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On the Gator Softball front: They lost P Hanna Rogers to graduation, then they lost P Lauren Haeger to graduation, but they still have Gourley, Ocasio, and a brand new true freshman pitcher, Kelly Barnhill. Barnhill just threw her 3rd 1 hitter of the new season, and 2 of those were against Top 10 teams, (#2 Mich & #8 Neb). Both were 8-0 run-rule 5 inning, 1 hit shutouts for the Gators. Backing up their outstanding team pitching has been the more than solid Gator bats and gloves. Janell Wheaton might be the new 'Power-Hitter' as she hit 2 HR's in their game against Washington. Wheaton just became the 1st Gator since Bailey Castro to hit two HR's in the same game. She joins slug-masters Taylore Fuller (30 HR's) and Kelsey Stewart (28 triples) with the big bats on their very solid hitting team.
The 15-0 #1 Ranked Gators have now outscored their opponents 108 - 8
Their fielding % is .986 with 7 double plays, and their pitching ERA is 0.56
2B Taylor Schwarz Sr now holds the UF Career Record for Double-Plays with 61.
C JJ Schwarz Soph now leads the Gator baseball team with 2 HR's, and he already has 20 career HR's.
That's a sweet sister-brother combo for the Gators.... chomp
I'm looking forward to one day seeing their little brother in a Gator uniform.
And while there has been a list of game MVP's in both baseball and softball this season, it's the 'TEAM' efforts that has carried them to their wins and rankings, and it's the 'TEAM' that will get them both where they want to go in the end.
This year, I'm hoping that the boys and the girls can both win their CWS. It would also be a WCWS 3-Peat for our National Champion girls team. Unlike some other schools in the news, Gators celebrate our Lady Gators success and give them the R-E-S-P-E-C-T that they so richly deserve! You-Go-Girls!
Say it's GREAT, To Be, a FLO-RI-DA Gator!
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