Florida secured its weekend series against No. 4 Georgia on Sunday, winning in Athens 13-7 to take the rubber game of a three-game set. It marks the first time the Bulldogs have lost a series this season.
The Gators, who won Friday’s first game 8-2 before falling 5-1 on Saturday, got off to a quick start on Sunday.
Ethan Surowiec’s three-run home run made it 3-0 in the top of the first before the Dawgs scored a pair in the bottom half to make it 3-2. Florida responded with two of their own as Hayden Yost and Kyle Jones homered in the top of the second to put the Gators up 5-2, but Georgia knotted it up with three runs during its turn at bat.
A six-run third, though, was the difference for Florida. The Gators took a 6-5 lead thanks to a bases-loaded walk by Georgia pitcher Jordan Stephens before he hit Jones with a pitch to make it 7-5. Brendan Lawson (double) and Surowiec (single) then blew it open with back-to-back two-RBI hits as the lead swelled to 11-5.
Yost made it 13-5 in the fourth with his second home run of the afternoon. Georgia scored two in the 8th to complete the scoring.
Both teams are back in action on Tuesday for midweek affairs. Florida returns to Gainesville to face Bethune-Cookman. Georgia will stay home as it hosts ETSU.
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