HOOVER, Ala. - The things that carried them through much of the season were the things that failed them in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Perhaps Brandon McArthur was being prophetic when he changed his batting music for this past weekend's series against then-No. 13 Vanderbilt.
It would have been easy for UF to come out flat in their last nonconference game of the season.
When Kyle Mullaney, who came into the game with a 6.75 ERA, is the pitching star of the night, things don't look good for your team.
For the first time all season, Tommy Toledo will be starting the weekend instead of ending it.
With his record unblemished, a key victory against Georgia on Sunday and an offense that's finally putting up runs behind him again, it's safe to say UF starter Patrick Keating is enjoying himself.
For nine innings on Sautrday afternoon, Georgia could not pick the Locke of the UF pitching staff.
It only took Georgia half an inning to show why it is the best team in the Southeastern Conference.
It's been a long time since Brandon McArthur got to sit down and watch Wednesday Night Baseball.
Until the last pitch of the series, it was impossible to tell whether UF or Kentucky was the better baseball team.
The pitcher who has made the most pronounced impact for the UF baseball team is, perhaps, its most soft-spoken individual.
TALLAHASSEE - It wasn't long ago that UF appeared to be an upstart worthy of challenging a perennial power like Florida State.
The UF-Florida State rivalry is too intense to be squeezed into one measly weekend like the UF-Miami series earlier in the year.
There goes the thought that UF had finally cleaned up the pitching and defensive woes that plagued the Gators during their recent five-game losing streak.
After five consecutive losses, the sky was looking awfully close to the ground if you were a fan of the No. 25 Gators.
McKethan Stadium was silenced as North Florida's Andy Warren hit what looked to be a game-tying sacrifice fly in the eighth inning.
It was a night of the familiar and the unfamiliar for pitcher Kyle Mullaney.
At a time of the season when the Gators' pitching staff was looking tired and thin, a hurler with a familiar name will join the team.
With the bases loaded, the tying run at the plate and a full count, UF reliever Stephen Locke had a single thought racing through his mind.
While UF's hot start has it sitting atop the Southeastern Conference, it appears to be losing the battle of attrition.
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