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| College Baseball: Florida vs. Vanderbilt |
Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan and Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin worked together as assistants at Clemson. They developed a friendship that is strong today. "Me and Tim go back and awfully long way. I care about him deeply," O'Sullivan said. " Our families know each other. It goes well beyond the baseball side of things." But on the baseball side of things, the niceties are on hold as Florida (52-17) and Vandy (54-11) face each other 2 p.m. Friday for a chance to play in the College World Series championship series. The Gators, with no losses thus far in the CWS, can eliminate the Commodores with a win today. If Vandy wins, the teams meet again Saturday. The best-of-three championship series begins Monday. Friday's game will be the second time in four days the SEC rivals will have played each other at the CWS. The Gators won 3-1 Tuesday in a weather-suspended game that began Monday night. Facing elimination Wednesday, Vanderbilt easily displaced North Carolina, 5-1, for a rematch with the Gators. Florida beat Vandy two out of three in the regular season, and UF won 5-0 in the SEC title game. Although the Gators started the season No. 1 in the country, the two schools ended the regular season ranked among the top three or four teams in the country in every major poll. So Vanderbilt feels it has more than a puncher's chance to reach its first-ever CWS championship series. And for the third time in as many games in Omaha, a Major League Baseball first-round draft pick will pitch against Florida. Sonny Gray, the 18th overall pick by the Oakland Athletics in the June MLB draft, will make his second start in Omaha and second appearance this year against Florida. In Vandy's loss against the Gators May 13, Gray (12-3, 2.12 ERA) gave up one earned run and two hits in six innings in a rained-suspended game. If Florida loses Friday, it'll likely see another ace in Grayson Garvin (13-2, 2.48). "It seems to be all we've been facing since we've been out here," Gators senior second baseman Josh Adams said. "But we love it. The talent out here is really impressive." Junior left-hander Alex Panteliodis (6-2, 3.95), who shut out Vandy for 6 2/3 innings in the SEC Tournament championship, will start for Florida Friday. Panteliodis has dominated Vanderbilt in four career appearances, allowing one run (0.68 ERA) in 13 1/3 innings with 13 strikeouts. Although O'Sullivan was not made available for comment, the decision to start the southpaw over righty ace Hudson Randall (11-3, 2.24) could stem from Vanderbilt's struggles against left-handed pitching recently. In the loss Tuesday, Vandy's five left-handed hitters went a collective 1-for-18 with nine strikeouts. Vanderbilt has labored scoring runs against Florida; the Commodores have scored only one run in their past 26 innings against the Gators, resulting in three losses by two runs or less. The Florida Gators are poised to get the rematch win and take advantage of a Commodore that cannot get on the scoreboard against the Gators defense and pitching. The Gators win big and advance in the College Baseball World Series. Play on the Florida Gators 
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The Florida Gators and the Vanderbilt Commodores will play against one another in the college baseball World Series. The winner will advance and the loser will go home, but this series has some friendships that will take part in this game.
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