Florida State baseball edges Jacksonville 7-6 on March 3, 2026, after late comeback and walk-off

A five-run first inning put Florida State under immediate pressure

Florida State rallied from a 5-0 deficit and beat Jacksonville 7-6 on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee. The game was carried on ACC Extra and ended with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.

Jacksonville opened with five runs in the top of the first. Cade Walter homered to right field, Abdriel Delgado drove in a run with a double, Manuel Souffrain added an RBI single, and Nick DeLisi delivered a two-run single. Florida State responded in the bottom of the inning with three runs, trimming the margin to 5-3.

Florida State chipped away and moved in front by the fifth inning

Florida State continued to close the gap in the second and third innings. A sacrifice fly by Noah Sheffield in the second made it 5-4, and Brody DeLamielleure tied the game 5-5 with a solo home run in the third. Florida State took its first lead in the fifth when John Stuetzer’s bunt single brought home the go-ahead run, pushing the Seminoles ahead 6-5.

The middle innings featured scoreless frames, with Jacksonville’s bullpen helping keep the game within one. Jacksonville pitcher David Pieto threw 1.1 innings without allowing a hit and struck out four, and the Dolphins remained within striking distance into the late innings.

Jacksonville tied it in the seventh before the ninth-inning finish

Jacksonville drew level in the seventh without a hit, using speed and a wild pitch. Jonah Shields stole second base and Cade Walter scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-6.

Florida State then manufactured the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. With runners on, Eli Putnam singled to left-center for the walk-off RBI, sealing the 7-6 final.

Key numbers from a one-run in-state matchup

• Score by innings: Jacksonville 6, Florida State 7.
• Hits: Jacksonville 10, Florida State 12.
• Home runs: one each (Walter for Jacksonville; DeLamielleure for Florida State).
• Errors: one each.

After Jacksonville’s five-run opening inning, Florida State answered immediately with three in the bottom of the first, setting the tone for a game decided in the final at-bat.

The result moved Florida State to 9-2 and Jacksonville to 9-4. Florida State’s schedule continued with another midweek game on Wednesday, March 4, before a weekend series that followed in Tallahassee.