Four NCAA baseball and softball series top the weekend’s watchlist

The GIST: Warmer weather means softball and baseball, and these three-game weekend series will put you in a springtime mood. Each of these matchups, beginning tonight, carries significant weight: This is softball’s penultimate regular-season weekend, with baseball just one week behind. No pressure, no diamonds.

🥎 No. 12 Florida Gators (37-11) vs. No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs (36-11), 6 p.m. ET (SEC Network+): The Gators are just two games behind SEC–leading No. 3 Tennessee, and every win counts if they want a shot at the regular-season conference crown. But after suffering an intrastate beatdown on Wednesday, they’ll need a confidence (and runs) boost to ruin Georgia’s Senior Weekend.

⚾ No. 10 Florida State Seminoles (32-8) vs. No. 6 Duke Blue Devils (29-12), 6 p.m. ET (ACCNX): Duke is reeling from Tuesday’s historically bad run-rule loss to unranked Campbell, while Florida State’s window to catch up in the ACC standings and earn a strong conference tournament seed is dwindling. Desperate times call for Top-10 dogfights.

⚾ No. 20 Georgia Bulldogs (30-10) vs. No. 1 Texas A&M Aggies (36-5), 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network+): Texas A&M — one of the nation’s best defensive teams — will host the Bulldogs’ Charlie Condon, the nation’s best hitter and a favorite for the Golden Spikes Award. Unstoppable force, meet immovable object.

🥎 No. 8 Stanford Cardinal (37-10) vs. No. 10 Washington Huskies (30-8), 10 p.m. ET (Pac-12 Washington): Stanford lost their Pac-12 lead and Top-5 ranking when they were swept by No. 6 UCLA last weekend, but a big win over Washington could get the Cardinal back on track. The catch? The Huskies rarely lose at home.