{"id":250637,"date":"2026-04-29T04:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250637\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:12:10","slug":"no-6-florida-ends-home-losing-streak-outlasts-no-9-florida-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250637\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 6 Florida ends home losing streak, outlasts No. 9 Florida State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a 3-1 loss against Florida State, the Gators looked to flip the script against their in-state rival in the final home match of the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Behind a statement pitching performance by Keagan Rothrock and Olivia Miller, the Florida Gators (46-7) took a 4-3 victory over Florida State (43-8) on Tuesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.<\/p>\n

However, Florida State jumped ahead early. The Seminoles took a 2-0 lead in the second inning with an RBI single from freshman middle infielder Hayley Griggs and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Isa Torres.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the Gators to respond. Taylor Shumaker drove in a run with an RBI double, and freshman Townsen Thomas followed with an RBI single that tied the game 2-2 in the third.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy teammates and I are trained for these moments,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Fueled by that momentum, Florida stood strong in the fourth inning, clinching a 3-2 lead on another RBI single. But Florida State quickly tied the game at three in the fifth after a sacrifice fly from Anna Hinde.<\/p>\n

Then, the Gators put their foot down. Giulia Desiderio delivered an RBI single that regained the lead for Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UF dominated the remainder of the game and relied on its pitching staff to hold the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keagan Rothrock\u2019s performance was crucial to Florida\u2019s win in the final innings. The junior allowed two hits, one run and struck out two to drive the Gators to victory.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Torres] is probably the best hitter in the country,\u201d Rothrock said. \u201cAnd good for you, but I\u2019m going to get you this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FSU shortstop went 0-3 on the night.<\/p>\n

Florida leaned on its defense to close out the one-run win, and Thomas made a diving grab in left to seal the 4-3 win for Florida.<\/p>\n

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The victory marked UF\u2019s first at home over the Seminoles since a 5-0 win in 2021.<\/p>\n

Next, Florida heads on the road for its last conference series of the season. UF will face No. 13 Georgia in Athens with first pitch set for 6 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Contact Sofia Alamo at salamo@alligator.org<\/a>. Follow her on X @alamosofiaa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sofia Alamo<\/p>\n

Sofia Alamo is a Sports Journalism freshman at UF and the university\u2019s Women\u2019s Tennis beat reporter. Her favorite sports are soccer and tennis, and she aspires to be a sports broadcaster in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a 3-1 loss against Florida State, the Gators looked to flip the script against their in-state rival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-250637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}