Florida Gators Baseball Takes Series Over No. 2 Vanderbilt; Now Prepare For Kentucky
*Catch the full video recap at the bottom
Florida Gator baseball (30-13, 13-8 SEC) took the series against No. 2 Vanderbilt (32-9, 14-7) after a 5-3 win in game three Sunday. They are now the second team this season to post a series victory over the Commodores.
Georgia took the series over Vanderbilt back in early April.
The Gators have now won 12 of their last 16 games including nine of their last 11. In addition, they now own five wins against top-five ranked teams this season.
Game One:
*11-7 Vandy
Florida matched Vanderbilt in both hits (13) and total bases (21), but came up short.
Game Two:
*11-8 Florida
Florida scored a season high four home runs to even the series.
Two from Jud Jabian, one from Kirby McMullen and Kris Armstrong
This was Fabian’s second two-homer game of the 2021 season and third of his career. He paced the team with four RBI.
The last time the Gators went deep four times in one game came on Feb. 16, 2020 against Marshall.
Game Three:
*5-3 Florida
Florida carried the momentum from game two and was able to clinch the series thanks to a strong pitching performance from Hunter Barco and Jack Leftwich. After Vandy scored two runs in the fifth and sixth innings, cutting the Gators advantage to 5-3, the relief trio of Christian Scott, Trey Van Der Weide and Leftwich combined for 3.2 innings of scoreless relief.
The majority of which came from Leftwich. He entered in the seventh and retired eight of nine batters to close out the game. He allowed just one hit and struck out three.
Key Players
Kris Armstrong
Game One:
Two RBI
Homerun - His fifth of the season
Game Two:
Homerun
Game Three:
Single RBI
Kirby McMullen
Game One:
Two RBI
Game Two:
Homerun
Game Three:
Single RBI
Josh Rivera
Named SEC Co-newcomer of the week
Led team this weekend with a .455 batting average
Went 5-11 in the series with three runs
Zero errors across seven defensive chances in field, posting perfect fielding percentage
What’s Next
Florida hosts Stetson on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET in the team’s second-to-last midweek contest of the season.The game will air on SEC Network+.
Thursday the Gators will kick off a three game series on the road against Kentucky (26-15, 10-11 SEC). Game one is set for 7 p.m., game two 6:30 p.m. and game three 1 p.m.
Can the Gators continue the hot streak?
They have already beat Stetson twice this season.
The Gators will face a Kentucky squad that dropped a series against Tennessee this past weekend.
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