Dylan Vigue\u2019s seven strikeouts and just two hits allowed through six innings were enough for No. 4 Georgia baseball to steal a 5-1 win over Florida, evening the series ahead of Sunday\u2019s finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coming off an 8-2 win to start the series, Florida\u2019s bats started cold, as Vigue held them hitless through two innings. Meanwhile, third baseman Tre\u00a0Phelps hit a leadoff triple for the Bulldogs, scoring off a groundout to claim a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
The Gators registered their first hit in the third inning: an Ethan Surowiec RBI single that evened the score. The 1-1 tie sat frozen on the scoreboard for the remainder of both Vigue\u2019s and Florida starter Liam Peterson\u2019s outings. Peterson pitched seven innings, allowing eight hits but striking out four and stranding six total batters.<\/p>\n
When Florida brought in Cooper Walls in the bottom of the eighth, momentum immediately shifted in favor of the hosts. Daniel Jackson started Walls\u2019 day by delivering a leadoff double, and Rylan Lujo, who was 3-for-3, was hit by a pitch. Designated hitter Jordy\u00a0Oriach then hit a single to right field and Jackson raced home, narrowly beating the tag to secure Georgia’s first lead of the afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs were not done. Ty Peeples entered as a pinch runner for Oriach, immediately stealing second before a pitch from Walls, ending his day on the mound and putting two runners in scoring position. A Henry Allen single and a Brennan Hudson sacrifice fly off Caden McDonald scored those two runners, extending the lead to three. Allen then scored on a wild pitch, completing Georgia\u2019s four-run inning.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur whole goal was to get Peterson out of the game early, because we know that if he kept going, he\u2019s a good enough pitcher where he just kept going at us,\u201d Oriach said. \u201cWe just [had] to get to the \u2018pen.\u201d<\/p>\n
After two crucial hitless innings from Caden Aoki, head coach Wes Johnson decided to leave him in for the ninth. His nearly perfect day continued, sitting down three straight batters to cap off the 5-1 win. Only one Gator reached base through Aoki\u2019s three frames on the mound.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cHe looked like he was the man out there,\u201d Johnson said of Aoki. \u201cHe\u2019s calm, he\u2019s cool, he believes in himself, believes in his stuff and knows he\u2019s going to get outs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory keeps Georgia in contention to win all of its first five SEC series, currently holding an 11-3 conference record and a 29-7 overall record. Sunday\u2019s rubber match is set for noon, with Johnson indicating that he may opt to start righty senior Matt Scott instead of Kenny Ishikawa, who has started the last four Sunday matchups but has not gone more than 2 1\/3 innings in any of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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