ATHENS, Ga. \u2013 The No. 6\/8 Florida softball team (47-8, 17-6 SEC) dropped game two of its three-game series to No. 17\/13 Georgia (35-17, 11-12 SEC) on Friday afternoon, 10-9. The Gators will now look to clinch the series on Saturday it their last regular-season game of the season.<\/p>\n
The Gators took a commanding 7-2 lead after four innings, but the Bulldogs were able to pull ahead with a seven-run fifth inning to make it 9-7.<\/p>\n
Trailing by two, Madison Walker<\/a> opened the seventh with a base hit before Giulia Desiderio<\/a> pinch hit and slugged her first home run as a Gator, a two-run shot to left field, to tie it up a 9-all.<\/p>\n Georgia was able to clinch the come-from-behind win with an RBI single to end the game.<\/p>\n Florida recorded eight hits in the loss, with multi-hit games from Ava Brown<\/a> and Townsen Thomas<\/a>, who each went 2-for-3 with two RBIs a piece, and Walker who went 2-for-4 with her eighth home run.<\/p>\n Olivia Miller<\/a> (8-1) suffered her first career loss, pitching 4.1 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits with a strikeout, a walk and a hit by pitch.<\/p>\n The Gators used six pitchers in the game, Miller, Katelynn Oxley<\/a>, Allison Sparkman<\/a>, Keagan Rothrock<\/a> Leah Stevens<\/a> and Ava Brown<\/a>, who made her first appearance in the circle since Feb. 21.<\/p>\n Florida and Georgia will go for the series on Saturday at 12 p.m. on ESPN.<\/p>\n FOLLOW THE GATORS<\/a>
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