Aidan King starts as Gators baseball opens fall exhibitions vs. USF in Tampa
Florida's first of five fall exhibitions is Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET at George M. Steinbrenner Field after an hour weather delay, according to floridagators.com.
Florida baseball plays its first exhibition game of the fall Friday night, facing South Florida at 7:30 p.m. ET at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, the home of the Tampa Tarpons, the New York Yankees' Single-A affiliate. First pitch was pushed back from 6:30 p.m. after an hour weather delay, according to floridagators.com.
Right-hander Aidan King (No. 47) gets the start on the mound for the Gators, according to the lineup posted by @GatorsBB.
Florida's lineup vs. USF
- Nic Partridge, 2B
- Brendan Lawson, SS
- Ethan Surowiec, 3B
- Caden McDonald, DH
- Jon Embury, C
- Jaden Bastian, LF
- Landon Stripling, 1B
- Brady Harris, CF
- Drew Dickerson, RF
- Tyler Ellis, EH
SP: Aidan King
The fall slate
Friday's game is the first of five fall exhibitions against four college opponents. Florida plays Troy on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola, then hosts the Ontario Blue Jays (Oct. 28, 5:30 p.m.), Mercer (Nov. 1, 2 p.m.) and Air Force (Nov. 8, 10 a.m.) in Gainesville.
Coach Kevin O'Sullivan's program enters 2027 with a nation-best 18 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, and D1Baseball ranked Florida No. 5 on its list of the top 100 college baseball programs this week. The Gators have been a top-five program in all six editions of that ranking.
Sources: @GatorsBB; floridagators.com; floridagators.com.
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