Florida Baseball Vs No. 1 Texas Score Today: Live Updates, Game Highlights, How To Watch

Florida baseball will get another late-season test when it plays its final SEC road series of the season over the weekend at No. 1 Texas.

It's the first regular-season matchup between the two schools, though they have squared off four times at the College World Series in Omaha, with the series tied 2-2. In the last meeting, the Florida Gators beat Texas 6-1 in the 2018 CWS.

The Longhorns (39-8, 19-5) have made a successful first-year transition to the SEC under first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle, who left rival Texas A&M to take over Texas during the offseason. Texas is two games ahead of No. 2 Arkansas for first place in the conference with six league games remaining, but were just swept by the Razorbacks last weekend.

"They are playing a really clean brand of baseball," Florida baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "They don't beat themselves. They pitch, they hit, they play defense."

Texas got back in the win column with a 9-3 win over Lamar on Tuesday. The Longhorns are led by slugging catcher Rylan Galvan, who is batting .317 with 13 home runs, 12 doubles and 41 RBIs.

Florida (33-17, 11-13) remains without shortstop Colby Shelton, who is dealing with a hand injury that will likely sideline him until the start of NCAA Regionals.

"It's just a hamate," O'Sullivan said. "It's basically what they did was just take the bone out so it's just a matter of letting that incision heal. The timeline for that is different for everybody ... whether that's two weeks or three weeks I don't know. It all comes down to if that incision heals."

The Gators have won four straight SEC series and 13 of their last 16 games overall to bounce back from a 1-11 league start.

Florida baseball vs Texas: Live score updates

How to watch Florida baseball vs Texas

• TV Channel:  ESPNU (Friday), SEC Network+ (Saturday and Sunday)
• Live stream: SEC Network+, ESPN+, FUBO

Florida's game vs No. 1 Texas on Friday night will air on ESPNU. The Saturday and Sunday afternoon games between the two schools will air on SEC Network+.

Florida baseball vs Texas start times

Game 1, Friday, May 9: 7:30 p.m. ET

Game 2, Saturday, May 10: 2 p.m. ET

Game 3, Sunday, May 11: 2 p.m. ET

Who is pitching for Florida baseball vs Texas?

Friday: LHP Pierce Coppola (2-0, 1.32 ERA) vs. RHP Ruger Rojas (8-2, 4.19 ERA)

Saturday: RHP Liam Peterson (8-2, 4.09 ERA) vs. LHP Luke Harrison (4-1, 3.25 ERA)

Sunday: RHP Aidan King (4-2, 3.29 ERA) vs. RHP Jason Flores (4-1, 2.40 ERA)

Florida baseball schedule 2025: Next five games

May 15-17: vs. No. 20 Alabama

SEC Tournament May 20-25: TBD, Hoover, Ala.

Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun’s Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his coverage of the Gators’ national championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com

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