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Its possible but there might not be a Saturday, still uncertain. If we don't get Ursitti then yes I hope Nesbitt pitches tonight. I think Nesbitt tonight matters more on how the game is going. less likely if we get up big early. Sully will more likely want to win 2-3 games this weekend and will put his best towards that before worrying about a loss to N Florida.

 

Never mind I see Nesbitt has been named the starter. Good call on your part.

 

Ah but Bama is not playing a mid week game this week according to Gals weekly games update. Must be nice right before you travel to play Florida.

 

Saturday weather game update. Sully was asked at the post game presser and he said the SEC is still monitoring the chance of moving the Saturday game to playing a DH on Friday. The later the day on Saturday it goes the better the weather gets but the last day of the series, regardless if its Saturday or Sunday, the travel rules still apply. They are waiting to get the approval from the SEC if Friday will be a DH or they try for Saturday.

 

I stand corrected. That's good to know.

 

Thoughts on the North Florida win...
1. Our pitching looks improved but more importantly seems to be gaining confidence. In 5 games we have only given up 6 runs. Competition aside, we are not giving up as many free bases and we are making better pitches with runners on base.
2. I was real happy and even shocked how well Jameson pitched tonight. He was good for us last year so his start this year was a problem. Hopefully this is a turn for the better heading into SEC play.
3. Pitching wise the best thing about tonight, 3 innings were cover by Nesbitt and Neely, and 6 innings were covered by Jameson and Ficarrotta. Meaning, our better arms covered less innings than the two pitchers with higher ERAs going into the week. Yes Nesbitt threw 43 pitches but Sully got him out. Fic at one time had an ERA in the 7-8 range and now he is back down to 4.30. This should help for our Bama prep.
4. Evans error was troubling and makes you wonder why Sully isn't trying other options. Perhaps more competition for RF will inspire better focus.
5. With Langford out I keep wondering why Sully doesn't try Evans in LF and Prevask in RF. I guess he still hopes that Fabian will hit better like he said he did in preseason practices. Fabian does seem to have a good read on base stealing though.
6. Very happy to see Lastres have a good game behind the plate. The triple was one thing but he took care of plenty pitches in the dirt and even threw out the steal attempt.
7. I hope Langford gets back soon. I also hope not having him for Bama is not the one missing piece that changes the outcome of the series. Both teams have very, and I mean very, close stats in both hitting and pitching. Sure partly that's partly because of competition faced but Bama's got really good hitters and even better pitchers.
8. I better get off of here now before I start to get blabby.

 

Here's a nugget about Alabama that's good to know...
Their best pitcher, Luke Holman 1.29 ERA in 4 starts with 21 innings pitched, is their midweek starter and just pitched 7 innings Tuesday night, throwing 87 pitches, against S. Alabama. So very doubtful we see him anytime soon, except for a very short situation if needed late in the series.

 

Just for fun, what say you.....
I'm wondering who will have the best weekend at the plate for the Gators since Langford is most likely out for the series. I get some don't like to make predictions or narrow in on one player but I'm interested to hear each of your perspectives on who stands a better chance to excel with some reasoning.

I'll throw my hat in, of course. Without Wyatt, most would probably say either Cags or Kurland. But not me. I'm going with Rivera because of OB%, runs, RBIs, and clutch hitting. I would not be surprised if Bama ends up intentionally walking Cags at key points in the games and thereby taking the bat out of his hands. Plus I can't see Bama throwing Jac many first pitch fastballs for him to deposit over the right field wall. Kurland will see his first live SEC pitching that's not our own. Rivera has the most experience and the patience to wait for his opportunity. And if you didn't know Rivera is second on the team in HRs.