Florida baseball faces the top-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in semifinal action at the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament on Saturday.
The Gators are coming off a run-rule victory over the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in the quarterfinal on Thursday and are considered one of the hottest teams in the country right now. However, Florida will have to beat the SEC regular-season champions with their No. 3 on the mound, Russell Sandefer. Aidan King and Liam Peterson are an elite 1-2 punch, but Sandefer’s starts can go either way.
Florida beat Georgia in Sandefer’s Sunday start last month to take the regular-season series. The offense came through that game, scoring 13 runs. That was the start of an offensive surge that has lasted until now.
Brendan Lawson has figured things out and is hitting like he did in the first two months of the season. Kyle Jones, Ethan Surowiec and Blake Cyr provide some protection around Lawson, and the bottom half of the lineup has come alive thanks to the emergence of Caden McDonald and Hayden Yost.
On the mound, Florida has yet to throw closer Joshua Whritenour in the SEC Tournament. Jackson Barberi, Ernesto Lugo-Canchola and Luke McNeillie are also on full rest, not having thrown since Wednesday.
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Florida vs. Georgia starting pitchers, lineups
Florida Gators starting lineup
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Georgia starting lineup
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The Florida at Georgia game starts at 1 p.m. ET from Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.
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