After comeback win, Georgia gets chance at first SEC Tournament title

But they’re still keeping up the intensity.

“We always say, we don’t press the panic button … We’ve got one of the best, if not the best offenses in the country,” third baseman Tre Phelps, who went 2-for-4, told the SEC Network after the win.

Georgia starter Dylan Vigue gave up six earned runs on four hits, striking out one and walking one in 2 2/3 innings pitched. The Bulldogs’ bullpen of Zach Brown, Caden Aoki and Justin Byrd kept them in it as the offense mounted a comeback.

Georgia got three runs back in the fourth with a sacrifice fly from first baseman Brennan Hudson, plus RBI doubles from shortstop Kolby Branch and right fielder Ryan Black. In the fifth inning, Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson scored on a wild pitch, but Florida built on its lead in the seventh to take a three-run lead, 7-4, with an RBI single from left fielder Blake Cyr, who was 3-for-4 with four RBI.

Then, a rain delay halted the game for about an hour in the bottom of the seventh.

But Georgia’s offense kept chipping its way back.

After the delay, with Jackson on first, center fielder Rylan Lujo singled, and a double by Kenny Ishikawa scored two, narrowing Georgia’s deficit to one run. In the eighth, the Bulldogs took their first lead of the day, 8-7, following sacrifice flies by Phelps and Jackson.

Byrd got the win, allowing no runs in two innings pitched, striking out two.