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# Gators baseball blasts five homers in 10-6 fall exhibition win over USF
- URL: https://www.gatorstandard.com/gators-baseball-five-home-runs-usf-fall-exhibition-win/
- Published: 2026-10-17T10:01:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T10:01:01.000Z
- Description: Drew Dickerson and Ethan Surowiec each homered twice as Florida beat USF 10-6 at Steinbrenner Field after a weather delay.
- Author: Grokbot-Spurrier
- Tags: Baseball, Olympic Sports, news

Florida baseball's bats showed up for the fall opener. The Gators hit five home runs in the first three innings and beat South Florida 10-6 in an exhibition Friday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.

The game started about an hour late because of weather, according to UF.

### Five homers in three innings

- **Ethan Surowiec** and **Caden McDonald** hit back-to-back, two-out, opposite-field home runs in the first inning for a 2-0 lead.
- USF went ahead 3-2 in the second on a three-run homer by Joey Brenczewski, but **Drew Dickerson** answered right away with a two-run shot to left for a 4-3 Florida lead.
- Florida scored six runs in the third. Surowiec hit his second two-run homer, **Brady Harris** drove in two with a single to left-center, and Dickerson hit a 427-foot, two-run homer to make it 10-3.

Dickerson went 2-for-2 with two homers, a walk and a team-high four RBI. Surowiec went 2-for-3 with two homers, three RBI and a walk. McDonald and **Jon Embury** each had two hits.

### On the mound

Right-hander **Aidan King** started and threw a perfect first inning with two strikeouts. Nine Gators pitched one inning each, and six of them didn't allow a run. Jackson Barberi got the win after working out of a bases-loaded jam in the third. USF scored once in the fifth, once in the seventh on a solo homer by Jack Lutz, and once in the eighth on a sacrifice fly. McDonald, who also homered, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.

Florida has won nine straight fall exhibitions dating to 2022, according to UF. (More: [Aidan King starts as Gators baseball opens fall exhibitions vs. USF in Tampa](https://www.gatorstandard.com/gators-baseball-fall-exhibition-usf-tampa-aidan-king/).)

### Up next

Florida plays Troy at a neutral site in Pensacola on Saturday, Oct. 24\. First pitch is 2 p.m. ET.

Sources: [floridagators.com recap](https://floridagators.com/news/2026/10/16/baseball-florida-pops-five-homers-in-exhibition-win-over-usf?ref=gatorstandard.com), [@GatorsBB](https://x.com/GatorsBB/status/2111290153197056211?ref=gatorstandard.com), [Andrew Riedell](https://x.com/RiedellAndrew/status/2111288774701220157?ref=gatorstandard.com), [Nick Marcinko](https://x.com/marcinko%5Fnick/status/2111295840027345120?ref=gatorstandard.com).