2014 Florida Gators baseball team

The 2014 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2014 college baseball season. This was the Gators' 100th season of baseball. They competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan, who was in his seventh season at Florida. The Gators entered the season looking to build upon their appearance in the 2013 NCAA tournament, where they were eliminated after consecutive losses to Austin Peay and Valparaiso.

Roster

By player

By position

Coaches

Schedule

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|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | || Maryland || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 4–0 || Poyner (1–0) || Stinnett (0–1) || Young (1) || 4,026 || 1–0 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 15 || Maryland || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 7–9 || Shawaryn (1–0) || Morales (0–1) || Mooney (1) || 3,900 || 1–1 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 16 || Maryland || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 8–5⁸ || Hanhold (1–0) || Price (0–1) || Harris (1) || 3,742 || 2–1 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 18 || UCF || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 5–1 || Young (1–0) || Marotta (0–1) || None || 2,994 || 3–1 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 19 || || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 8–7 || Harris (1–0) || McMahon (0–1) || Anderson (1) || 2,740 || 4–1 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 21 || at No. 17 <br><small>Rivalry</small> || No. 20 || <br><small>Coral Gables, FL</small> || 4–6 || Diaz (2–0) || Poyner (1–1) || Garcia (1) || 3,481 || 4–2 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 22 || at No. 17 Miami (FL)<br><small>Rivalry</small> || No. 20 || Alex Rodriguez Park || 2–5 || Hammond (1–0) || Hanhold (1–1) || Garcia (2) || 4,076 || 4–3 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 23 || at No. 17 Miami (FL)<br><small>Rivalry</small> || No. 20 || Alex Rodriguez Park || 6–4 || Puk (1–0) || Suarez (1–1) || Hanhold (1) || 3,500 || 5–3 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 27 || || No. 23 || McKethan Stadium || 1–2 || Murray (2–0) || Shore (0–1) || Anderson (3) || 2,888 || 5–4 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 28 || || No. 23 || McKethan Stadium || 0–6 || Duchene (1–1) || Poyner (1–2) || None || 3,097 || 5–5 || – |-

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 1 || Florida Gulf Coast || No. 23 || McKethan Stadium || 4–0 || Whitson (1–0) || Deckert (1–2) || Rhodes (1) || 4,157 || 6–5 || – |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 2 || Illinois || No. 23 || McKethan Stadium || 1–5 || Johnson (2–0) || Puk (1–1) || Jay (3) || 3,132 || 6–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 4 || vs. || || Bayfront Stadium<br><small>Pensacola, FL</small>|| 4–2 || Rhodes (1–0) || Johnson (0–2) || Harris (2) || 4,720 || 7–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 7 || Connecticut || || McKethan Stadium || 1–0¹¹ || Hanhold (2–1) || Ruotolo (1–2) || None || 2,535 || 8–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 8 || Connecticut || || McKethan Stadium || 2–1¹⁰ || Poyner (2–2) || Slade (0–1) || None || 3,092 || 9–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 9 || Connecticut || || McKethan Stadium || 6–5¹⁰ || Poyner (3–2) || Ruotolo (1–2) || None || 3,015 || 10–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 12 || || || McKethan Stadium || 13–5 || Young (2–0) || Learnard (1–2) || None || 2,603 || 11–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 14 || Arkansas || || McKethan Stadium || 2–1 || Shore (1–1) || Beeks (3–2) || Rhodes (2) || 3,120 || 12–6 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 15 || Arkansas || || McKethan Stadium || 1–0 || Hanhold (3–1) || Killian (0–3) || Harris (3) || 3,557 || 13–6 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 16 || Arkansas || || McKethan Stadium || 3–9 || Stone (3–0) || Puk (1–2) || Gunn (2) || 3,178 || 13–7 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 18 || No. 1 Florida State<br><small>Rivalry</small> || || McKethan Stadium || 3–1 || Rhodes (2–0) || Miller (1–1) || Poyner (1) || 5,657 || 14–7 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 21 || at || || Olsen Field<br><small>College Station, TX</small> || 5–3¹¹ || Puk (2–2) || Jester (2–1) || Rhodes (3) || 5,111 || 15–7 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 22 || at Texas A&M || || Olsen Field || 4–5 || Long (3–0) || Hanhold (3–2) || Jester (3) || 5,726 || 15–8 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 23 || at Texas A&M || || Olsen Field || 3–4¹¹ || Minter (1–0) || Rhodes (2–1) || None || 3,770 || 15–9 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 25 || vs. No. 1 Florida State<br><small>Rivalry</small> || || Baseball Grounds<br><small>Jacksonville, FL</small> || 4–1 || Young (3–0) || Miller (1–2) || Harris (4) || 10,125 || 16–9 || 3–3 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 <small>(1)</small> || No. 4 || || McKethan Stadium || 2–1 || Rhodes (3–1) || Nola (5–1) || None || 2,998 || 17–9 || 4–3 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 <small>(2)</small> || No. 4 LSU || || McKethan Stadium || 6–2 || Shore (2–1) || Poche (5–2) || Poyner (2) || 2,860 || 18–9 || 5–3 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 30 || No. 4 LSU || || McKethan Stadium || 11–7 || Snead (1–0) || Person (1–1) || None || 4,012 || 19–9 || 6–3 |-

|- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 1 || || No. 20 || McKethan Stadium || 4–5¹¹ || Alexander (3–0) || Rhodes (3–2) || None || 2,904 || 19–10 || 6–3 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 4 || at No. 19 Kentucky || No. 20 || Cliff Hagan Stadium<br><small>Lexington, KY</small> || 1–17 || Reed (6–1) || Hanhold (3–3) || None || 2,133 || 19–11 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 5 || at No. 19 Kentucky || No. 20 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || 11–10 || Shore (3–1) || Shepherd (5–2) || Puk (1) || 1,992 || 20–11 || 7–4 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 6 || at No. 19 Kentucky || No. 20 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || 8–9 || Dwyer (3–1) || Poyner (3–3) || Cody (2) || 1,920 || 20–12 || 7–5 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 8 || at No. 1 Florida State<br><small>Rivalry</small> || No. 25 || <br><small>Tallahassee, FL</small>|| 8–0 || Young (4–0) || Strode (0–1) || None || 6,514 || 21–12 || 7–5 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 11 || at No. 4 South Carolina || No. 25 || Carolina Stadium<br><small>Columbia, SC</small>|| 1–4 || Montgomery (5–2) || Shore (3–2) || Seddon (9) || 8,242 || 21–13 || 7–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 12 || at No. 4 South Carolina || No. 25 || Carolina Stadium || 4–3¹³ || Puk (3–2) || Seddon (1–1) || None || 8,242 || 22–13 || 8–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 13 || at No. 4 South Carolina || No. 25 || Carolina Stadium || 6–5 || Dunning (1–0) || Crowe (6–2) || Hanhold (2) || 8,242 || 23–13 || 9–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 15 || vs. Florida Gulf Coast || No. 18 || Hammond Stadium<br><small>Fort Myers, FL</small> || 7–1 || Harris (2–0) || Anderson (2–2) || None || 3,493 || 24–13 || 9–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 18 || || No. 18 || McKethan Stadium || 3–2 || Shore (4–2) || Lawlor (3–3) || Poyner (3) || 3,355 || 25–13 || 10–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 19 || Georgia || No. 18 || McKethan Stadium || 8–1 || Rhodes (4–2) || Tyler (4–3) || None || 3,596 || 26–13 || 11–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 20 || Georgia || No. 18 || McKethan Stadium || 10–3 || Young (5–0) || Boling (3–4) || None || 3,046 || 27–13 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 22 || || No. 12 || McKethan Stadium || 1–3 || Russell (5–2) || Harris (2–1) || McRae (1) || 2,535 || 27–14 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 23 || Florida A&M || No. 12 || McKethan Stadium || 3–4 || Fleming (3–3) || Anderson (0–1) || Weeks (1) || 2,541 || 27–15 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 25 || Missouri || No. 12 || McKethan Stadium || 7–1 || Shore (5–2) || Graves (3–3) || None || 3,744 || 28–15 || 13–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 26 || Missouri || No. 12 || McKethan Stadium || 5–0 || Rhodes (5–2) || Anderson (2–3) || None || 2,925 || 29–15 || 14–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 27 || Missouri || No. 12 || McKethan Stadium || 6–5¹⁰ || Poyner (4–3) || Fairbanks (4–5) || None || 3,669 || 30–15 || 15–6 |-

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 2 || at No. 20 Alabama || No. 12 || <br><small>Tuscaloosa, AL</small> || 7–3 || Shore (6–2) || Turnbull (5–4) || Hanhold (3) || 4,103 || 31–15 || 16–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 3 || at No. 20 Alabama || No. 12 || Sewell–Thomas Stadium || 4–3 || Puk (4–2) || Kamplain (5–3) || Harris (5) || 4,191 || 32–15 || 17–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 4 || at No. 20 Alabama || No. 12 || Sewell–Thomas Stadium || 13–3 || Snead (2–0) || Keller (5–2) || None || 3,662 || 33–15 || 18–6 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 6 || || No. 8 || McKethan Stadium || 2–4 || Barker (4–3) || Morales (0–2) || Kourtis (3) || 2,722 || 33–16 || 18–6 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 8 || No. 10 Vanderbilt || No. 8 || McKethan Stadium || 1–0 || Shore (7–2) || Beede (7–6) || Poyner (4) || 2,803 || 34–16 || 19–6 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 9 || No. 10 Vanderbilt || No. 8 || McKethan Stadium || 0–3 || Fulmer (4–1) || Dunning (1–1) || None || 4,112 || 34–17 || 19–7 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 10 || No. 10 Vanderbilt || No. 8 || McKethan Stadium || 2–16 || Ferguson (3–3) || Whitson (1–1) || None || 3,289 || 34–18 || 19–8 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 13 || || No. 13 || McKethan Stadium || 8–2 || Snead (3–0) || Pardo (1–2) || None || 2,749 || 35–18 || 19–8 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 15 || at || No. 13 || <br><small>Knoxville, TN</small> || 5–4 || Harris (3–1) || Lee (4–4) || Snead (1) || 1,844 || 36–18 || 20–8 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 16 <small>(1)</small> || at Tennessee || No. 13 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium || 4–2 || Puk (5–2) || Williams (5–5) || Snead (2) || 2,516 || 37–18 || 21–8 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 16 <small>(2)</small> || at Tennessee || No. 13 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium || 5–7 || Cox (5–1) || Anderson (0–2) || Lee (4) || 2,396 || 37–19 || 21–9 |-

|- ! style="background:#FF4A00;color:white;"| Postseason |-

|- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | || vs. No. 22 (9) Kentucky || || <br><small>Hoover, AL</small> || 2–4 || Cody (4–0) || Shore (7–3) || || 7,526 || 37–20 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 22 || || No. 12 (1) || Metropolitan Stadium || 7–2 || Poyner (5–3) || Wynkoop (7–5) || None || 5,115 || 38–20 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 23 || vs. (5) Mississippi State || No. 12 (1) || Metropolitan Stadium || 5–1 || Shafer (1–0) || Woodruff (1–3) || None || 8,790 || 39–20 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 24 || vs. No. 22 (9) Kentucky || No. 12 (1) || Metropolitan Stadium || 6–5 || || || None || 8,116 || 40–20 || 3–1 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 25 || vs. No. 8 (3) LSU || No. 12 (1) || Metropolitan Stadium || 0–2 || Person (3–1) || Harris (3–2) || McCune (5) || 10,188 || 40–21 || 3–2 |-

|- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 30 || || || McKethan Stadium || 2–3 || Bauer (6–2) || Shore (7–4) || Hanzik (15) || 1,911 || 40–22 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 31 || (3) || || McKethan Stadium || 2–5 || Hovis (9–1) || Poyner (5–4) || None || 1,855 || 40–23 || 0–2 |-

<small>Rankings from USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. Retrieved from FloridaGators.com</small>

Record vs. conference opponents

Gators in the MLB draft

References

External links

• Gator Baseball official website