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2013 Florida Gators baseball team

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2013 record
  
29–30 (14–16 SEC)


Conference
  
Southeastern Conference

Head coach
  
Kevin O'Sullivan (6th year)

Assistant coach
  
Brad Weitzel (6th year) Craig Bell (6th year)

Home stadium
  
Alfred A. McKethan Stadium

The 2013 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2013 college baseball season. The Gators 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 sixth season at Florida. The Gators entered the season looking to build upon their appearance in the 2012 College World Series, where they were eliminated after two consecutive losses to South Carolina and Kent State.

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The Gators suffered from inexperience for much of the season and experienced key injuries to their pitching staff. As a result, the team struggled to a record of 11–16 by mid-season. From that point forward however, the Gators climbed their way back into postseason contention by winning 14 out of 18 games including a series win over No. 11 Ole Miss, a series sweep over No. 8 South Carolina, and a road win over No. 7 Florida State. Despite struggling once again toward the end of the season, the Gators earned a berth in the 2013 NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed in the Bloomington, Indiana regional where they were eliminated after consecutive losses to Austin Peay and Valparaiso. The team finished with their first losing record since 2007.

Schedule

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. Retrieved from Gatorzone.com

Rankings

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

Harrison Bader
  • SEC Freshman of the Week (4/8/13–4/15/13). Bader batted .462 (6-for-13) with four RBI over four wins, including a win over No. 7 Florida State and a three game sweep of No. 8 South Carolina.
    • Jonathon Crawford
  • SEC Pitcher of the Week (3/25/13–4/1/13). Crawford pitched a complete game shutout, giving up only two hits in a 7–0 victory over No. 11 Ole Miss on March 30.
    • Zack Powers
  • Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week and Co-SEC Player of the Week (2/15/13–2/18/13). Powers batted 3-for-6 (.500) over three games against Duke and hit two grand slams on February 17.

    • References

    2013 Florida Gators baseball team Wikipedia
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