Florida baseball will host North Florida for its final midweek matchup of the season.
The No. 20 Gators (31-17) and Ospreys (26-20) met twice last year with Florida claiming both contests. UF leads the all-time series at 23-7 overall and 18-4 in Gainesville. The Ospreys are coming off a series win over Jacksonville, while UF won its series against Oklahoma.
For his efforts against Oklahoma, Caden McDonald earned the John Olerud National Two-Way Player of the Week honors while also being selected as the two-way player on Baseball America’s National Team of the Week. McDonald went 4-for-5 at the plate with 12 total bases, two home runs, two doubles, six RBI and three runs scored while pitching three shutout, one-hit innings of relief to register the victory.
Offensively, North Florida is slashing .260/.369/.417 backed by 45 home runs, 93 doubles and 63 stolen bases in 75 attempts. The pitching staff has worked to a 4.71 ERA, .246 batting average against and 391-to-189 strike-to-walk ratio.
After starting the season at 10-0, Florida has dropped three-straight midweek battles.
Florida baseball vs North Florida projected starting pitchers
RHP Cooper Walls (6.96 ERA, 3-2) vs RHP Tommy Groom (0-1, 20.50 ERA)
How to watch Florida baseball vs North Florida
Florida’s matchup against North Florida will be streamed on the SEC Network+.
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This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Florida baseball vs North Florida live updates, TV channel, live stream for midweek matchup
Reporting by Andrew Abadie, Gainesville Sun / The Gainesville Sun
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