Series Preview: Florida baseball travels to Vanderbilt for weekend matchup

Another weekend, another three days of SEC baseball. Florida and Vanderbilt both need a series win to get back to the top of the conference.

Florida is back on the road after a tough loss to Florida State in Tallahassee to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores in a weekend series in Nashville.

The Gators have a had a rough go in conference play early on, starting out with a 5-7 record against the SEC. Things opened up well with a road-series win against Alabama, but UF’s pitching was exposed against LSU after [autotag]Hunter Barco[/autotag] was taken out of Game 1. Then, Georgia swept Florida in Athens and the panic level was raised back home.

A series win against No. 2 Arkansas got the Gators back in the top 25, but all progress seemed to be lost on Tuesday in a 5-0 loss to FSU. For the first time this season, Florida had been shut out and it leaves plenty of question marks around the team heading into another road series.

The good news is [autotag]Brandon Sproat[/autotag] does seem to be figuring things out as the team’s No. 2, but there’s still the Sunday spot to address and a lineup that’s hitting beneath its capabilities in conference play.

Vanderbilt is going through similar struggles right now. The Commodores were swept at the hands of No. 1 Tennessee two weeks ago and couldn’t bounce back against Auburn last week.

Here’s a look at everything you need to know about the weekend series between Florida and Vanderbilt.