COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – The fourth-ranked Florida Gators visit Blue Bell Park for a three-game series at Texas A&M in the third-to-last weekend of SEC play this Friday through Sunday.
Games one and three will stream on SEC Network+, with the opener scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on Friday and the finale for 2 p.m. ET on. Sunday. Saturday’s matchup airs on SEC Network at 6 p.m. ET.
Florida (36-10, 14-7 SEC) travels to College Station for the first time in over five years, when UF took two of three for a series win from May 4-6, 2018. The Orange & Blue has won three-straight series against Texas A&M (26-19, 9-12 SEC) after sweeping in Gainesville in 2021 (W 13-4, W 3-1, W 8-4). The Gators also split two games against the Aggies at the SEC Tournament last season, falling 10-0 in seven innings before rebounding to eliminate Texas A&M, 9-0, in the semifinals.
Despite being 11-13 in the all-time series, Florida has won nine of the last 13 meetings including four of the previous five. The Gators are 10-7 vs. the Aggies under Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan and 3-3 on the road.
Pitching Matchups
Florida remained at No. 4 in the D1Baseball Top-25 this week. The Gators are ranked as highly as No. 3 according to the USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA.
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
After reaching the College World Series one year ago, Texas A&M has played to a 26-19 (9-12 SEC) record this season. The Aggies are hitting .272/.398/.446 with 56 homers while pitching to a 5.62 ERA with 461 strikeouts in 393 2/3 innings. Texas A&M is solid defensively, as evidenced by a .978 fielding percentage.
SULLY V SCHLOSS
This weekend’s series features two of the top-four active coaches in the nation in terms of highest career winning percentage. O’Sullivan enters with a 663-312 all-time record (.680), which is good for third among active Division I head baseball coaches. Texas A&M’s Jim Schlossnagle ranks fourth in that category at 835-412 (.670).
LAST TIME OUT
The Orange & Blue are fresh off a come-from-behind, 7-5 win over Florida State to sweep the Sunshine Showdown. The Gators won all three games in comeback fashion, doing so with at least three unanswered runs to close out every contest. UF went 4-0 last week, taking down UNF in a 6-2 Tuesday win before sweeping Missouri at home. Florida won the opener in seven innings by an 11-1 tally, then took the next two games, 11-7 and 8-7. Wyatt Langford paced the squad in the series, going 8-for-13 (.615) with one homer and five RBI.
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