The Florida State Seminoles have been swept by the Florida Gators, falling 4-3 on Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
FSU (24-8, 9-3 ACC) never led in the game as Florida (25-9, 7-5 SEC) took an early 1-0 lead with a solo home run in the third inning before the Seminoles tied it in the bottom of the inning. The Gators retook the lead in the fifth with another solo home run, before making it a 4-1 game with a pair of two-out walks and singles.
Starting pitcher Cooper Whited was solid on the mound for FSU, allowing two runs in 4 1/2 innings on four hits, two of which were homers. Gabe Nard gave up the final two runs, managing just two outs.
FSU's offense outhit Florida 9-7, but they struckout 11 times to just two walks. They hit .235 with runners on and stranded nine runners. Hunter Carns' two-run homer in the eighth was FSU's only extra-base hit.
It was another disappointing outcome for the Seminoles, who have lost five of their last six games against Florida. Here is a look at how social media reacted to the loss.
ANOTHER SEASON SWEEP 🐊🧹@WellsFargopic.twitter.com/KU0quPykQn
— Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) April 8, 2026
Look on the bright side we have a 1-64 chance of seeing UF in the tournament. I like those odds.
— Dan🇺🇸🍢☘️ (@NHseminole) April 8, 2026
Damn man. Dowd is who you want up there in that situation. Just couldn’t get it done. On to GT. Need to win the series.
— 🍢 SipNole | FSUBaseball 24-7 (9-3 ACC) 🍢 (@SippiNole939913) April 8, 2026
Strikeouts are why we won’t get anywhere
— William (@TheNoliestGuy) April 8, 2026
Never can count on our best showing up vs UF.
— TraditioNole (@TraditiNole) April 8, 2026
Disappointed
— Diamond Noles (@DiamondFSU) April 8, 2026
Sigh.
— David Block (@davidraider88) April 8, 2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’ve never seen a crowd so loud the pitcher can’t hear the call in his earpiece.
— EFESHEW (@EFESHEW) April 8, 2026
It was fun until it wasn’t. Congrats to the swampy guys
— Bryant (@bwombat24) April 8, 2026
THIS HOWSER CROWD IS THE EPITOMY OF A COLLEGE BASEBALL CROWD!!!!!
— UTAH NOLE 🍢 (@Utah_Nole) April 8, 2026
Anything we hit hard is jut an auto out
— Defund Football (@ben_stana) April 8, 2026
Florida is 23-7 against FSU in the last 30 regular-season games between the rivals. Gators completed yet another home/road/neutral sweep of the Seminoles tonight.
— Guerry Smith (@Guersmith) April 8, 2026
Hunter puts us within a run with a big swing to left! pic.twitter.com/CFNA7GKjUL
— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) April 8, 2026
A sweep by our rival bites.
— Hugh Tomlinson (@Hugh__Tomlinson) April 8, 2026
Death. Taxes. FSU baseball losing to UF.
— Erik Winkler (@PhillyPhanPearl) April 8, 2026
Yuck
— Peej (@SeminolePeej) April 8, 2026
FSU has their band at the baseball game tonight. Insanely electric.
— Knox Cleveland (@knox_cleveland) April 8, 2026
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