Georgia baseball makes SEC championship with 8-7 victory over Florida

The Georgia Bulldogs ' baseball team (45-12) had an exciting entrance into the SEC championship. They won against the No. 4 Florida Gators (39-19) 8-7, but the Gators made them earn it, with the Bulldogs having to come back from behind 6-0.

The game became 6-0 for Florida as early as the third inning. In the first, Gators left fielder Blake Cyr hit a solo shot to center field to make it 1-0. The onslaught happened in the third inning, with Florida scoring two runs on a Cyr single and three on a home run from designated hitter Caden McDonald to make it 6-0.

The Bulldogs then scored four unanswered runs to make it a game. The fourth saw a sacrifice fly from pinch-hitter Cole Hudson, a double from second baseman Kolby Branch, and a double from right-fielder Ryan Black to make it 6-3. In the fifth, a wild pitch got catcher Daniel Jackson to score from third to make it 6-4.

Georgia still had a slight hill to overcome, and that hill became even bigger when Florida's Cyr drove in another run off a single in the seventh. Georgia was down 7-4, and it looked like the regular-season SEC champions were going to suffer an early defeat in the tournament. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, left fielder Kenny Ishikawa doubled to left field, scoring two runs and making it 7-6.