ATHENS, Ga. – No. 14 Florida rallied in the ninth inning to take a two-run lead, but No. 23 Georgia answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame to defeat the Gators with a 7-6 walk-off victory at Foley Field on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs (20-6, 4-3 SEC) jumped on the Gators (18-8, 3-4 SEC) on just the second pitch of the night, as Ben Anderson hit a leadoff home run to left-center field. Cole Tate followed with a triple to left field and came in to score on an RBI single to right off the bat of Corey Collins.

Faced with an early 2-0 deficit, Barco rebounded to blank the Bulldogs in the second inning. The Florida bats took advantage of the zero in the following frame, knotting the game up with a pair of runs. Colby Halter kicked off the third with a single to right, then advanced to second on Jud Fabian’s second walk in as many at bats. From there, Wyatt Langford plated Halter with an RBI single to left while BT Riopelle mimicked his Gators teammate with an RBI single to left field of his own that…