GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators and No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks meet at Condron Family Ballpark this weekend for the first time since 2022 in the seventh week of SEC play.
 
The series opener between the Gators (28-15, 6-12 SEC) and Razorbacks (36-7, 13-5 SEC) is set for Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+. SEC Network will televise game two on Saturday at 3 p.m. while the series returns to SEC Network+ for Sunday’s 1 p.m. finale.
 
Having won three-straight home series against Arkansas, Florida took two out of three vs. the then-second-ranked Razorbacks back in 2022 (L 8-1, W 7-2, W-9). In each of the last two series in Gainesville between the Gators and Hogs, Florida has rallied for series wins despite dropping the opener.
 
As winners of four of the last six vs. the Razorbacks overall, the Gators have a chance to take the lead in the all-time series, which sits at 38-36 in Arkansas’ favor. Even so, Florida has a commanding 20-13 record vs. the Razorbacks at home. Under Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan, the Gators are 18-24 overall and 10-8 in Gainesville in the series. Of the 91 teams O’Sullivan has coached against, Arkansas represents the only opponent that is more than two games over .500 against him.

Pitching Matchups

	Friday | 6:30 ET (SECN+)	Saturday | 3 ET (SECN)	Sunday | 1 ET (SECN+)
Arkansas	LHP Zach Root (5-2, 4.19 ERA)	RHP Gage Wood (0-0, 6.14 ERA)	LHP Landon Beidelschies (4-0, 4.06 ERA)
Florida	RHP Liam Peterson (6-2, 3.74 ERA)	RHP Aidan King (4-1, 3.63 ERA)	TBA
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SERIES PROMOS
Friday: 1,000 Florida Baseball berm towels
Sunday: 1,000 Condron Family Ballpark replicas
 

Coming to Condron this weekend 👀

Friday | 1,000 berm towels

Sunday | 1,000 ballpark replicas

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— Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) April 23, 2025

FOOD TRUCKS
There will be two food trucks located in the Dizney Grove area beyond the outfield wall on each day of the weekend series.

Friday: Rollin’ Sliders, Donut NV

Saturday: Cilantro Tacos, B’z Gelati

Sunday: Big Island Bowls, Cilantro Tacos

GATORS STAYING HOT

The Gators enter the weekend having won eight of their last nine games overall, featuring a 5-1 record in their last six SEC tilts. During the nine-game turnaround, Florida has claimed four comeback victories and outscored its opponents by an 82-to-38 tally, equating to a margin of victory of 4.9 runs per game. The stretch has significantly improved Florida’s postseason positioning with a current RPI of 23 and No. 7 strength of schedule.

 

COMFY AT CONDRON

Having won six-straight home games, the Gators are 22-7 at Condron Family Ballpark this season. Florida has swung the bats extremely well at home, owning a .323/.439/.562 slash line to opponents’ .235/.339/.379 clip. The Gators have averaged 8.3 runs and 4.0 extra-base hits per game at home while limiting visiting teams to 4.4 runs and 2.2 extra-base knocks per game. Florida pitching has also been noticeably better at Condron as evidenced by a 4.52 ERA, .235 batting average against and 319-to-112 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 235 innings pitched.

 

LAST TIME OUT

On Tuesday, the Gators soared past Georgia Southern, 12-1, in seven innings for their 10th run-rule win of the season. As a result, Florida improved to 8-0 in home midweek games, 11-2 in midweek play overall and 22-3 in non-conference action. The Gators also scored double-digit runs for the 16th time including the fourth time in the last five games. Four Gators had multiple hits while the UF bullpen combined for five scoreless innings. Catcher Luke Heyman went 3-for-4 with a season-high six RBI and a walk-off grand slam to highlight the rout.

 

HOGS HOMEWORK

The fifth-ranked Razorbacks are 36-7 in the 2025 campaign, coming off a series loss at home against Texas A&M. Arkansas is second in the SEC with a 13-5 record in conference play, slashing .328/.433/.585 with a team ERA of 3.71 in 363 2/3 innings pitched. The Razorbacks are led by Friday night starter Zach Root, who ranks sixth in the SEC with 73 strikeouts along with a 4.19 ERA in 53 2/3 innings pitched. On the offensive side, Arkansas is carried by Wehiwa Aloy, who leads the SEC in hits, total bases and at bats.

 

DUALLY NOBLED

Florida secured its second-consecutive SEC series victory by taking two out of three at Mississippi State last weekend (W 13-3 [8], W 11-8, L 14-8). All nine UF starters logged multiple hits in the series while six batted over .300 as the team posted a .350/.430/.632 slash line. Florida’s seven home runs marked its most in any series this year while its .350 average and .632 slugging signified SEC series highs. Catcher/designated hitter Brody Donay led the way by going 8-for-15 with a .533 batting average, 1.200 slugging percentage, three homers, six runs and five RBI.

 

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Through 43 games, Florida remains ranked inside the top-50 teams nationally across 12 statistical categories. Led by the fifth-most strikeouts per nine innings (11.8) in the country, the Gators also rank 10th in fielding percentage (.981), 13th in shutouts thrown (four), 17th in home runs (69), 22nd in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.63), 23rd in slugging percentage (.524), 26th in hits (425), 30th in doubles (87), 38th in runs scored (335), 44th in batting average (.306), 44th in on-base percentage (.415) and 48th in hit-by-pitches (70). Florida’s four shutouts thrown sit second in the SEC behind Vanderbilt’s five.

 

MURDERER’S ROW

Florida’s restructured lineup features five hitters with an OPS above .980 including four over 1.000 in Donay (1.176), infielder Colby Shelton (1.066), infielder Bobby Boser (1.047), infielder Brendan Lawson (1.023) and Heyman (.989). All five Gators are batting at least .315 and slugging over .560.

 

THE PETERSON FILE

Ranked as Baseball America’s top college pitcher for the 2026 MLB Draft at No. 3 overall, ace right-handed pitcher Liam Peterson fired his third quality start of the season at Mississippi State last Friday to rise to 6-2 on the season. With 67 strikeouts in 45 2/3 innings, Peterson’s 13.2 K/9 ranks 14th nationally and fifth in the SEC. In six home starts this year, the righty has been utterly dominant to the tune of a 5-1 record, 2.01 ERA, .200 batting average against and 47-to-15 strikeout-to-walk ratio across 31 1/3 innings.

 

2X SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

On Monday, Lawson became the fourth player in the last two seasons to be named SEC Freshman of the Week twice, joining his teammate in Peterson (2024) as well as Texas’ Dylan Volantis (2025) and Texas A&M’s Gavin Grahovac (2024). Collecting knocks in all four games, Lawson had multiple hits in every matchup at MSU to finish the week slashing .412/.450/.765 with one triple, four doubles and five RBI. After tallying his fourth-straight two-hit game vs. Georgia Southern on Tuesday, Lawson leads Florida with 46 RBI and is slashing .331/.451/.572.

 

BUILT ON GEMSTONES

UF has committed just 26 errors in 43 games, as the team’s .981 fielding percentage ranks 10th in the country and fourth in the SEC. Heyman has yet to make an error in 392 chances, owning an SEC-best 1.000 fielding clip and 11 runners caught stealing. Outfielder Hayden Yost also boasts a 1.000 fielding percentage over 93 chances while Boser has been nearly perfect at third base: .989 fielding percentage, 88 chances, 61 assists, seven double plays and just one error.

 

BOBBY BASEBALL BITS

Finding his stride in the SEC, Boser has reached base safely across 23-straight games and notched a hit in all five contests since last week. Across those last 23 games, Boser has batted .348/.439/.609 with seven homers, 29 runs and 20 RBI. Boser’s 14 multi-RBI performances are two more than the next-closest Gator in Lawson (12), who he trails by one with 45 RBI. Backed by a .323/.424/.623 slash, Boser has totaled a team-best 14 home runs and 53 runs scored, the latter of which ranks third in the SEC. With multiple hits in four of UF’s last seven SEC tilts, Boser has raised his conference batting line to .319/.402/.431.

 

BELTIN’ SHELTON

Ranking first in the SEC in doubles (19) and third in hits (64), Shelton has reached base in 42 of 43 contests while collecting multiple knocks in an astounding 23 games. Starting every game at shortstop, Shelton paces Florida in hitting with a .376/.454/.612 slash line. The junior has refined his approach this season, cutting his strikeout rate down to 11.7% after fanning at a 26.4% clip one year ago. Shelton has drawn more combined walks (19) and hit-by-pitches (six) than strikeouts (23).

 

RED HOT HEYMAN

As the SEC’s premier catcher and Florida’s top hitter in conference play, Heyman leads the Gators in on-base percentage (.447), slugging (.708), homers (six) and RBI (19) across 18 SEC tilts. Meanwhile, Heyman paces the entire SEC in runners caught stealing (11), putouts (362), chances (392) and fielding percentage (1.000). The UF backstop has logged back-to-back multi-hit games (5-for-9) entering the series, going 3-for-4 with a grand slam and season-high six RBI on Tuesday. In 16 games dating back through UF’s trip to Ole Miss, Heyman leads the Gators in every slash category: .407/.493/.780.

 

STEALING THE SHOW

The Gators have stolen 63 bases in 77 attempts (81.8%) for 1.5 steals per game. For reference, the Gators averaged 0.7 steals per game last season. After 43 contests, the Gators have already surpassed their 2024 steals total (43) by 20. Boser paces the team with 12 steals in 14 attempts, which is tied for seventh in the SEC.

 

RELENTLESS REPTILES

By coming back to win twice in the series at Mississippi State, Florida has secured 11 come-from-behind victories in 2025. Last season, the Gators delivered 21 wins in comeback fashion, featuring 12 of the team’s 13 SEC wins. Going back two seasons, 22 of the 2023 Gators’ program-record 54 victories came via comebacks.

 

SULLY SUPERLATIVES

Coming off the program’s 14th trip to the College World Series and second in as many seasons, O’Sullivan is in his 18th year at the helm. Since O’Sullivan’s 2008 arrival, Florida leads the nation with 37 MLB debuts, 16 NCAA berths (T-1st), 10 top-eight seeds, nine College World Series trips, nine Super Regionals hosted and six SEC titles. The Gators have advanced to nine of the last 14 College World Series.

PARKING/SHUTTLES

Fans are encouraged to park at the Fifield and IFAS lots during the weekend. An increased number of shuttles will be available for transportation to the ballpark each day. No parking is permitted anywhere on the grass, sidewalks, or along streets. Doing so runs the risk of receiving a parking citation.

Click HERE for a Parking map.

• General Parking is available in the main Condron Family Ballpark baseball lot, the small lot in front of the Donald R. Dizney Stadium and the Fifield Hall parking lot located directly across Hull Road.
  

  • Additional parking is available at:

    • UF Facilities Services lot off Radio Rd
    • Maguire Village Lot off Bledsoe Dr

• Disabled parking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis in the Condron Family Ballpark west lot with a valid Disabled Placard.
• Fans can follow this link to an interactive parking map.
• RV Parking is available in the Fifield Flat lot.  Reserved RV parking is not available for Florida baseball games. All motor home parking is on a first come, first-served basis.

  • On-board generators are permitted, however exterior or pull-along generators are prohibited at all times. For safety reasons, all motor homes/RVs are required to utilize exhaust extensions or “smoke stacks” to channel exhaust fumes to the top of the motor home/RV.
  • Overnight stays are only allowed on weekend series in the Fifield Flat lot. 

• Do Not Park Illegally

  • No parking on grass, sidewalks, or along streets. Doing so runs the risk of receiving a parking citation.
  • Park in designated parking spots (Do not park on grass or in No Parking Zones).
  • Vehicles are subject to towing if they block streets, sidewalks, service drives, or fire lanes, or if illegally parked in a disabled space.

TICKET INFORMATION
Season tickets and SEC Five-Pack Mini-Plans are currently on sale now in addition to single-game tickets. Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683.

MOBILE TICKETING & FLORIDA GATORS APP

As a reminder, mobile ticketing is required. There will be two ways to access your tickets:

1) through the Florida Gators app from your mobile device or

2) through FloridaGators.com/myaccount. Fans will also be able to transfer or donate their tickets easily within the app or online.

TRAFFIC PATTERNS ON GAME DAY

Those visiting Condron Family Ballpark on game day should be aware of updated traffic patterns surrounding the ballpark. Fans are advised to utilize Ballpark Way, which will serve as a connecting route to the ballpark from Archer Road. For departures, a postgame traffic flow pattern guide can be found here.

ON DECK

Florida travels to Columbia, S.C. for a three-game series at South Carolina from May 2-4.

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