BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Ethan Surowiec hit a first-inning grand slam to stake Florida to an early lead and the Gators beat LSU 11-8 on Thursday at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field. Florida improved to 35-18 overall; LSU fell to 29-25.

Surowiec’s homer in the top of the first inning scored four runs, and K. Jones added a two-run single later in the frame to give Florida an 8-0 advantage. The Gators added runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings, building an 11-3 lead.

Steven Milam led LSU’s comeback bid, finishing 3 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs. Omar Serna Jr. also homered. The Tigers scored three times in the eighth and two more in the ninth but could not catch Florida.

Aidan King earned the win for Florida, allowing no hits over 5 1/3 innings while striking out seven and surrendering four earned runs. Reagan Ricken took the loss for LSU, pitching 4 1/3 innings with four hits, two earned runs and five strikeouts.