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Florida 15, at LSU 11

Saturday, May 16, 2026 · Final · SEC Playoffs Game 3 (FLA wins 3-0)

Gators outlast Tigers 15‑11 in slugfest at Alex Box

BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — Florida scored 15 runs on 18 hits Saturday to defeat LSU 15-11 at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field. The Gators jumped ahead in the third inning on Cade Kurland’s home run and a two-run single by Ethan Surowiec. LSU’s Arrambide answered with a solo homer. Florida extended its lead in the fourth on Landon Stripling’s RBI single. After LSU pulled within one, Hayden Yost hit a two-run homer in the sixth. Kurland and Yost each homered again in the eighth, and Surowiec added an RBI single. LSU scored four in the eighth, but Florida erupted for six in the ninth, capped by Yost’s third homer and Caden McDonald’s three-run double. LSU’s Steven Milam hit a three-run homer in the ninth. Blake Cyr, Brendan Lawson and others contributed for Florida. The Gators improved to 37-18, while LSU fell to 29-27. The win completed a series sweep for Florida after victories Thursday and Friday.