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Armed for success: Florida’s CWS hopes rest on the mound

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan stared at the stats in front of him and picked out the only number he wanted to talk about.

“The theme I keep hearing is about things we can’t do,” he said. “I’m sitting here and looking at our record, and we’re 48-17. We do a lot of things well.”

Hitting isn’t high on the list.

The Gators are batting .262 as a team, ranking 205th in the country and the lowest average of any team O’Sullivan has fielded in his decade in Gainesville. Florida has two starters over .