Recod Night for Gator Baseball Freshman
Published April 8th, 2009
Gator freshman Preston Tucker tied the SEC single-game record and established a school mark with 11 runs batted in to lift the #22 Gators (21-11) to a 16-3 win over UCF (11-22) on Wednesday night at McKethan Stadium. The rookie first baseman cranked grand slams in both the fifth and seventh innings, sandwiched around a three-run bomb in the sixth inning.
With a 3-for-4 night, Tucker is an eye-popping .833 (10-for-12) with 20 RBI and six homers over the past three games. His 11 RBI matched the league record total by Jason Nappi of Mississippi State in a 2008 game against UAB and surpassed the previous Gator mark of 10 shared by Avery Barnes (vs. Tennessee, 5/18/07) and Adam Davis (vs. Tennessee, 4/30/05).
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