Well, since we took 2 of 3 from them the week after Auburn swept us, I'd say we're in a good position.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 bar...@realtracs.com > On Jun 25, 2017, at 4:53 PM, Charles Simpson <imaga...@outlook.com> wrote: > > I'm not real crazy about facing another SEC team in the final. Would've > preferred Oregon St. > > Charlie > >> On 6/25/2017 10:46 AM, Shane Ford wrote: >> All-SEC final at CWS >> >> >> Florida pitcher Alex Faedo, right, is greeted by Nick Horvath as he is >> pulled in the eighth inning Saturday night at the College World Series >> elimination game against TCU in Omaha, Neb. >> >> AP Photo/Nati Harnik >> By Eric Olson >> AP Sports Writer >> Published: Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 7:16 a.m. >> Last Modified: Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 7:16 a.m. >> OMAHA, Neb. — Alex Faedo dominated TCU for a second straight time, and now >> he and his Florida Gators teammates will face a familiar opponent in the >> College World Series finals. >> >> Facts >> College World Series >> What: Championship Series (Best-of-3) >> >> Who: No. 4 seed LSU (52-18) vs. No. 3 seed Florida (50-19) >> >> Where: At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, Neb. >> >> When: 7 p.m. Monday; 8 p.m. Tuesday; x-8 p.m. Wednesday >> x-if necessary >> >> TV: ESPN >> >> Radio: AM-850, 98.1-FM >> The Detroit Tigers’ first-round draft pick pitched three-hit ball for 7 1/3 >> shutout innings to lead the Gators to a 3-0 win Saturday night, setting up >> an all-Southeastern Conference best-of-three finals against LSU beginning at >> 7 p.m. Monday. >> >> No. 3 national seed Florida (50-19) is in the finals for the first time >> since 2011 and looking for its first championship in baseball. Fourth-seeded >> LSU, which shared the SEC regular-season title with the Gators, advanced >> with a 6-1 win over No. 1 Oregon State on Saturday. >> >> Florida won two of three regular-season meetings with LSU in Gainesville in >> March. The Tigers will be the home team in Game 1 of the finals and the >> Gators in Game 2. LSU would be the home team if a Game 3 is necessary. >> >> “I think they’ve been playing as good as anybody in the country at this >> point,” UF coach Kevin O’Sullivan said of LSU. “Offensively they’ve been >> clicking. We played them enough. So we certainly know we have our hands >> full.” >> >> TCU (50-18) had beaten the Gators 9-2 on Friday to force the winner-take-all >> bracket final and the teams’ third meeting in a week. >> >> “It helps that we’ve had to bounce back all year,” UF’s Christian Hicks >> said. “The game before has no bearing on today’s game. You just flush that >> and come back out and try to do your best today.” >> >> Faedo (9-2) struck out 11, just as he did last Sunday in a 3-0 win over the >> Horned Frogs. Michael Byrne finished for his 18th save. >> >> “I thought our at-bats were significantly better today than they were the >> last time we faced him,” TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said. “But the chances >> that we did get, he made pitches. We hit some balls hard. The balls we did >> hit hard seemed to be at somebody. But that doesn’t take away from how >> outstanding he was.” >> >> O’Sullivan worked the same formula, strong starting pitching and timely >> hitting. >> >> “Obviously it all started on the mound again with Alex. He gutted it out. >> Made some really big pitches when he needed to,” O’Sullivan said.“Got some >> timely hits again. But that’s kind of been us all year long. >> >> “It was unfortunate that we lost Dalton there early in the game. We had to >> make some defensive adjustments. But I thought we played great defense. I >> thought some guys stepped up. That’s kind of been us all year long.” >> >> Faedo was the loser in the Gators’ last game in Omaha in 2016, giving up a >> two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to Texas Tech in an elimination game. >> >> “Just throughout the day, I just tried to think back to my start last year >> when I was kind of in the same situation,” he said. “It all came down to one >> pitch. And that’s what I tried to bring to the game this year — I just can’t >> make that pitch again that lost the game last year. We’ve been in this >> situation before, and I tried to bear down with every pitch I threw.” >> >> The Gators had struggled on offense since they arrived in Omaha, but with >> Faedo holding down the Frogs they were able to muster enough against Jared >> Janczak (9-2). >> >> Austin Langworthy doubled and scored on a groundout in the second inning, >> Hicks doubled in a run in the fifth, and he scored in the seventh when he >> tripled and came home on Deacon Liput’s grounder that deflected off first >> base. >> >> Faedo reached for his cramping right calf after delivering a pitch to Josh >> Watson in the seventh, and he grabbed the calf again when he struck Watson >> out to end the inning. He came out for the eighth and got a groundout, but >> he left after Austen Wade singled. >> >> Zach Humphreys greeted Byrne with a base hit, but the star closer struck out >> Evan Skoug and got Cam Warner to fly out to end the threat. >> >> “All I was trying to do was get a groundball (against Skoug), and it just >> happened to be a strikeout, so that was big,” Byrne said. “I had to get Cam >> out. He got me last game on a double in the gap. I threw good pitches to him >> and got out of it.” >> >> Janczak and Faedo were matched up for the second time. Janczak, who >> struggled against the Gators last Sunday, struck out seven, walked none and >> scattered seven hits in seven innings. >> >> “We didn’t get out-efforted. We tried hard,” Schlossnagle said. “I felt good >> about our attitude and our effort. But Florida played better. And they >> deserve to be in the championship, and best of luck to them.” >> >> GUTHRIE INJURED >> >> Florida shortstop Dalton Guthrie, son of former big league pitcher Mark >> Guthrie, left the game with back spasms after striking out in the top of the >> third. Liput moved from second base to shortstop, and Blake Reese took over >> at second. >> >> “I think he just had some back spasms,” O’Sullivan said. “And I guess early >> indications he’ll be fine to play. But obviously that will be up to the >> medical staff. But they feel confident he’ll be ready to go by Monday.” >> >> QUIRKY BOUNCE >> >> TCU caught a bad break with two outs in the seventh when Liput’s high >> bouncer heading right at first baseman Connor Wanhanen deflected off the bag >> toward surprised second baseman Cam Warner, who couldn’t make the play at >> first. If the Frogs get Liput, the inning’s over. As it was, Hicks was able >> to score from third for a 3-0 lead. >> >> NOTES >> >> UF recorded its sixth 50-win season in school history. ... Faedo took over >> the lead for most strikeouts this season in the NCAA’s top division at 157. >> LSU ace Alex Lange has 150. ... Faedo broke the school record for most >> strikeouts in a season (157). He passed Rob Bonanno who had 148 in 1994. ... >> Florida advances to the College World Series finals for the third time in >> school history. 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