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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Junior shortstop Alex Lodise hit a walk-off grand slam as the No. 4 Florida State baseball team defeated Florida 8-4 on Tuesday night in Jacksonville.
Lodise’s walk-off grand slam gave the Seminoles (21-3) a dramatic win and capped a five-run ninth inning. FSU led 3-2 entering the ninth before the Gators (18-9) scored two in the top of the inning to take a 4-3 lead.
In front of a sold-out crowd at Jacksonville’s VyStar Ballpark, Lodise’s grand slam was FSU’s first walk-off home run since 2022. The blast punctuated a four-hit, four-RBI day where he hit for the cycle, the first of his career and Florida State’s first since 2019.
With their first walk-off win in the in-state rivalry series since 2015, the Seminoles improve to 135-128-1 all-time against Florida. FSU is now 13-16 against UF at a neutral site and the Garnet and Gold have won four of the last five.
Florida State led 1-0 in the first inning before Florida tied it at 1-1 in the third. The Seminoles answered right back to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth before the Gators got a run back in the sixth. UF then took its only lead with two in the ninth before the five-run bottom half ended with Lodise’s heroics.
Along with Lodise, redshirt freshman Brody DeLamielleure also homered, in the fourth inning. Lodise’s home run was his eighth in 2025 and team-best 33rd of his career. DeLamielleure’s blast was his third, all on the road, with his first also coming in Jacksonville in February and his second coming two games ago at Miami.
Sophomore left-hander Hudson Rowan earned his first career win as he got the final out of the top of the ninth.
In the middle game of a season-long seven game roadtrip, Florida State won its first neutral-site game of the season.
FSU scored its eight runs on eight hits and UF plated four runs on three hits. Both teams committed one error.
The Seminoles led 3-2 going into the ninth inning, but a two-out RBI double tied the game at 3-3 before an RBI single scored the go-ahead run for the Gators. A strikeout by Rowan ended the inning.
Down 4-3, junior designated hitter Jaxson West led off the bottom of the ninth with a leadoff walk on a 3-2 pitch. Freshman catcher Hunter Carns was then hit by a pitch and junior third baseman Carter McCulley walked to load the bases. Junior right fielder Gage Harrelson then reached on an infield single to score West. With the bases loaded, a tie game at 4-4 and still no outs, Lodise stepped to the plate. He drilled the first pitch he saw deep into the Jacksonville night over the right field fence.
The home run completed his cycle and gave the Seminoles the 8-4 win. Lodise also doubled in the first, singled in the third and tripled in the seventh.
The Seminoles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning as junior second baseman Drew Faurot reached on an infield single to score Lodise.
A wild pitch scored UF’s first run in the third, after sophomore right-handed starter John Abraham had retired the first five he faced and left a runner on in the second. Redshirt senior righty Joe Charles came in and got the final out of the third, the first of eight in a row he retired.
FSU extended its lead to 3-1 on DeLamielleure’s two-run homer in the fourth. The shot to right with no outs scored freshman first baseman Myles Bailey, who walked.
UF made it a one-run game in the sixth, as a bases-loaded walk with two outs scored one. However, a flyout to left ended the threat and stranded the maximum. Carns threw out a runner at second in the seventh, and it was three up, three down in the top of the eighth.
That set up the dramatic top and bottom of the ninth inning, where Lodise cemented his name in the history of the FSU-UF rivalry.
Florida State travels to ACC foe Notre Dame for a three-game series from March 28-30. The series in South Bend, Indiana, begins on Friday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
For more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) & Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
Lodise’s walk-off grand slam gave the Seminoles (21-3) a dramatic win and capped a five-run ninth inning. FSU led 3-2 entering the ninth before the Gators (18-9) scored two in the top of the inning to take a 4-3 lead.
In front of a sold-out crowd at Jacksonville’s VyStar Ballpark, Lodise’s grand slam was FSU’s first walk-off home run since 2022. The blast punctuated a four-hit, four-RBI day where he hit for the cycle, the first of his career and Florida State’s first since 2019.
With their first walk-off win in the in-state rivalry series since 2015, the Seminoles improve to 135-128-1 all-time against Florida. FSU is now 13-16 against UF at a neutral site and the Garnet and Gold have won four of the last five.
Florida State led 1-0 in the first inning before Florida tied it at 1-1 in the third. The Seminoles answered right back to take a 3-1 lead in the fourth before the Gators got a run back in the sixth. UF then took its only lead with two in the ninth before the five-run bottom half ended with Lodise’s heroics.
Along with Lodise, redshirt freshman Brody DeLamielleure also homered, in the fourth inning. Lodise’s home run was his eighth in 2025 and team-best 33rd of his career. DeLamielleure’s blast was his third, all on the road, with his first also coming in Jacksonville in February and his second coming two games ago at Miami.
Sophomore left-hander Hudson Rowan earned his first career win as he got the final out of the top of the ninth.
In the middle game of a season-long seven game roadtrip, Florida State won its first neutral-site game of the season.
FSU scored its eight runs on eight hits and UF plated four runs on three hits. Both teams committed one error.
The Seminoles led 3-2 going into the ninth inning, but a two-out RBI double tied the game at 3-3 before an RBI single scored the go-ahead run for the Gators. A strikeout by Rowan ended the inning.
Down 4-3, junior designated hitter Jaxson West led off the bottom of the ninth with a leadoff walk on a 3-2 pitch. Freshman catcher Hunter Carns was then hit by a pitch and junior third baseman Carter McCulley walked to load the bases. Junior right fielder Gage Harrelson then reached on an infield single to score West. With the bases loaded, a tie game at 4-4 and still no outs, Lodise stepped to the plate. He drilled the first pitch he saw deep into the Jacksonville night over the right field fence.
The home run completed his cycle and gave the Seminoles the 8-4 win. Lodise also doubled in the first, singled in the third and tripled in the seventh.
The Seminoles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning as junior second baseman Drew Faurot reached on an infield single to score Lodise.
A wild pitch scored UF’s first run in the third, after sophomore right-handed starter John Abraham had retired the first five he faced and left a runner on in the second. Redshirt senior righty Joe Charles came in and got the final out of the third, the first of eight in a row he retired.
FSU extended its lead to 3-1 on DeLamielleure’s two-run homer in the fourth. The shot to right with no outs scored freshman first baseman Myles Bailey, who walked.
UF made it a one-run game in the sixth, as a bases-loaded walk with two outs scored one. However, a flyout to left ended the threat and stranded the maximum. Carns threw out a runner at second in the seventh, and it was three up, three down in the top of the eighth.
That set up the dramatic top and bottom of the ninth inning, where Lodise cemented his name in the history of the FSU-UF rivalry.
Florida State travels to ACC foe Notre Dame for a three-game series from March 28-30. The series in South Bend, Indiana, begins on Friday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
For more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) & Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
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