Florida Gators (34-18, 15-12 SEC) at LSU Tigers (29-24, 9-18 SEC)<\/p>\n
DATES\/TIMES (ONLINE)
\u2022 Thursday, May 14 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
\u2022 Friday, May 15 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
\u2022 Saturday, May 16 @ 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)<\/p>\n
STADIUM
\u2022 Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge, La. (10,718)<\/p>\n
RADIO
\u2022 LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates
\u2022 Live audio at www.LSUsports.net\/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com<\/p>\n
RANKINGS
UF \u2013 No. 9 (Baseball America); No. 19 (D1 Baseball); No. 20 (USA Today)<\/p>\n
LSU SERIES RECORD VS. FLORIDA
\u2022 LSU has a 69-55-1 all-time record versus Florida, as the series began in 1971 \u2026 the teams\u2019 last meeting came on March 22-24, 2024, when the Gators won two of three games in an SEC regular-season series in Baton Rouge \u2026 Florida holds a 12-10 lead in the 22 meetings between the teams since 2016.
\u2022 LSU holds a 6-3 all-time advantage over Florida in College World Series games \u2026 the Tigers won two of three games over the Gators in the 2023 CWS Championship Series June 24-26, in Omaha, Neb. \u2026 the Tigers won two CWS games over the Gators in both 1991 and in 1996 en route to national championships \u2026 LSU and Florida also met in the 2017 College World Series Championship Series, when UF posted two straight wins over the Tigers to claim the Gators\u2019 national title.<\/p>\n
PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game 1
LSU \u2013 TBA
UF \u2013 So. RH Aidan King (7-2, 2.19 ERA, 74.0 IP, 16 BB, 77 SO)
Game 2
LSU \u2013 Fr. RH Marcos Paz (1-2, 8.28 ERA, 25.0 IP, 23 BB, 35 SO)
UF \u2013 Jr. RH Liam Peterson (1-5, 4.28 ERA, 67.1 IP, 34 BB, 88 SO)
Game 3
LSU \u2013 Sr. RH Zac Cowan (3-3, 4.97 ERA, 38.0 IP, 12 BB, 46 SO)
UF \u2013 Jr. RH Russell Sandefer (3-2, 4.30 ERA, 46.0 IP, 16, BB, 50 SO)<\/p>\n
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
\u201cThis is the last home weekend for a lot of our guys, and we\u2019re going to give everything we have to win. It\u2019s a good opportunity for our players; we\u2019re going to focus on this weekend\u2019s series with an eye toward the SEC Tournament next week. We have to be mindful of keeping the team aware of staying in the moment, executing what is front of you \u2013 the pitch, the game, state of mind. It\u2019s my job to set us up for what\u2019s ahead, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE TIGERS
\u2022 Sophomore centerfielder Derek Curiel hit a team-high .538 (7-for-13) in four games last week with two doubles, one RBI, seven runs, five walks and a .632 on-base percentage \u2026 he hit .500 (5-for-10) in the three-game series at Georgia with one double, one RBI, four runs, three walks and a .571 on-base percentage \u2026 Curiel is No. 2 in the SEC this season in hits with 73, and he is No. 7 in the league in runs scored (58) and No. 8 in the conference in triples (2) \u2026 Curiel leads LSU in multiple-hit games (21), and he is tied with shortstop Steven Milam for the most multiple-RBI games on the club (14).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Freshman first baseman Mason Braun batted .385 (5-for-13) in four games last week with one double, three runs, four walks, one hit-by-pitch and a .556 on-base percentage \u2026 Braun is No. 5 in the SEC this season in on-base percentage (.481), and he has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games \u2026 Braun is LSU\u2019s leading hitter this season in SEC games, batting .344 (22-for-64) with two doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBI and 13 runs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Freshman catcher\/DH Omar Serna Jr. has reached base safely in 18 consecutive games \u2026 Serna Jr. is batting .353 (24-for-68) over his last 18 games with six doubles, five homers, 16 RBI and 16 runs scored \u2026 he is batting .326 (31-for-95) in SEC games this season \u2013 third on the team this season behind Mason Braun and Cade Arrambide \u2013 with seven doubles, six homers, 20 RBI and 17 runs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Junior shortstop Steven Milam has a current reached-base safely streak that has stretched to 30 games, and he composed a 17-game hitting streak that began on April 10 and ended on May 9 \u2026 he hit .353 (24-for-68) during the 17-game streak with six doubles, three homers, 19 RBI and 11 runs scored \u2026 Milam has recorded three doubles, six RBI, four runs, five walks and a .500 on-base percentage over LSU\u2019s last four games \u2026 Milam has committed just two errors all season in 195 chances, producing a .990 fielding percentage.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sophomore catcher Cade Arrambide logged one double, two homers, seven RBI and four runs scored in LSU\u2019s four games last week \u2026 he is No. 10 in the SEC this season in slugging percentage (.659) \u2026 Arrambide is batting .341 (29-for-85) this season in SEC games with four doubles, 10 homers, 29 RBI and 21 runs scored.<\/p>\n
ABOUT THE GATORS
\u2022 Florida is 34-18 overall, 15-12 in the SEC, and the Gators are in a three-way tie for sixth place in the league standings with Mississippi State and Arkansas \u2026 Florida won two of three games last weekend over Kentucky in Gainesville, Fla.
\u2022 The Gators are No. 12 in the SEC with a .271 team batting average, and UF has produced 81 doubles, eight triples, 73 homers and 42 steals in 55 attempts \u2026 outfielder Blake Cyr is hitting .329 with 13 doubles, 11 homers and 47 RBI; infielder Ethan Surowiec is batting .305 with 11 doubles, one triple, eight homers and 47 RBI, and infielder Brendan Lawson is hitting .289 with eight doubles, two triples, 13 homers and 38 RBI.
\u2022 Florida is No. 2 in the SEC with a 4.00 cumulative ERA, and the Gators have recorded 529 strikeouts in 454.0 innings while allowing 36 home runs and a .236 opponent batting average.<\/p>\n
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