The No. 5 Florida Gators baseball team is coming off a weekend sweep of the Florida A&M Rattlers — a much-needed boost of confidence after dropping a midweek matchup with the then-No. 21 Florida Atlantic Owls — and will continue its 13-game homestand with a one-off game on Tuesday against the Georgia State Panthers.
UF enters the day with a 9-3 record, having recovered from its initial stumble out of the gates against the then-No. 21 Miami Hurricanes on opening weekend winning eight of its last nine games. The Panthers, on the other hand, have gone 4-9 so far in the young spring season, posting losing records both at home and on the road. Amazingly, Georgia State has only played ranked teams so far this season and have faced three different SEC teams prior to Tuesday’s matchup: No. 2 Vanderbilt Commodores, No. 7 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers.
Florida holds the edge in the all-time series, 9-2, going 8-1 in Gainesville and splitting a pair of games in Atlanta. The series started quite a while back, as the firsts six meetings were played across the 1932 and 1933 seasons. Since then, Florida swept the only three-game series in 1996 — the last time they met — to extend its winning streak to seven games. The Panthers’ last win came on April 20, 1933, in Atlanta.
Here is a look below at the starting pitchers lined up for Tuesday night’s game along with the projected starting lineup. Scroll down further for interesting excerpts from the media guide.