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Brandon Sproat earns SEC Pitcher of the week honors

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CORAL GABLES, FL - MARCH 05: Florida pitcher Brandon Sproat (8) pitches early in the game as the University of Miami Hurricanes faced the University of Florida Gators on March 5, 2022, at Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Two starts and a win in Miami has earned Florida Gators junior pitcher Brandon Sproat SEC Pitcher of the Week honors.

The announcement Monday represents the first-career weekly SEC accolade of Sproat’s career. He started two games last week. Sproat tossed two shutout innings Wednesday at UNF, allowing just one hit and struck out two.

The signature performance for Sproat came on Saturday at No. 22 Miami, with the Gators behind in the series after dropping the opener on Friday night. Sproat stepped up and answered the call, firing a career-high 6.1 shutout innings to earn the victory with four hits allowed and two walks. He also tied his personal best with eight strikeouts.
 
Sproat’s outing helped power a comeback in the series for Florida, as the Gators rallied to take the final two games and claimed a series victory over the Hurricanes in Coral Gables, Fla.
 
All told, Sproat pitched 8.1 innings of scoreless ball across the two starts, scattering five hits and two walks while striking out 10 batters. Opposing teams batted just .167 against Sproat over the course of the week. Florida came away victorious in each of his two starts.
 
As a result of his recent streak of dominance, Sproat now owns a 2-1 record on the season with a 1.17 ERA and 21 strikeouts across 15.5 innings of work.
 
Following the strong weekend on the diamond, Florida returns home for a two-game midweek series vs. Jacksonville. Both games will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, streaming live on SEC Network+.

Sproat makes it three in a row

The Gators have dominated the early season SEC Player of the Week honors. Friday night starter Hunter Barco was named the SEC pitcher of the Week for his first start against Liberty. Barco pitched 6.0 shutout innings with a career-high 12 strikeouts to earn the win against No. 24 Liberty on Friday. He allowed just one hit and one walk in the win.

Barco struck out the first five batters of the game, and his 11 strikeouts were the most by a Florida pitcher on opening day since at least 1999. He retired the first 16 Flames he faced, tying his career-high with 10 strikeouts through the first five innings.

Colby Halter was named the Co-SEC Player of the week in week two. Halter led the SEC with 12 hits last week and racked up 23 total bases to lead Florida to a 5-0 mark. He batted .545/.583/1.045 and totaled three home runs, two doubles, nine runs scored, six RBI and one stolen base.

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