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Georgia baseball rides huge 7th inning to series-tying win over Vanderbilt
By Paul Harvey
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After dropping a series last weekend to LSU, Georgia entered this weekend looking to bounce back at home against Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs dropped the series opener Friday evening but came back with a huge answer on Saturday.
Entering the bottom of the 7th inning of Saturday’s game, Georgia trailed 4-3. By the time the inning was over, the Bulldogs had an 11-4 lead it would not relinquish.
The first big blow of the inning came off the bat of Connor Tate. He laced a go-ahead 2-run home run to put Georgia up 5-4.
CONNOR. TATE.
His first hit of the day is a BIG one.
The Dawgs lead it 5-4!#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/K0cUhZ2ptE
— Georgia Baseball (@BaseballUGA) May 7, 2022
That was just the start of the rally for the Bulldogs. Later in the inning, Fernando Gonzalez would make it 9-4 with a 3-run shot off the batter’s eye, Gonzalez’s second home run of the game.
HAVE A DAY @fgonzalez0212!
That’ll give the Dawgs a 9-4 lead!#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/RNy1yw3GLi
— Georgia Baseball (@BaseballUGA) May 7, 2022
Tate would come back around to the dish and finished off Georgia’s 8-run inning with a 2-run double to make it 11-4.
We see you @ConnorTate9!
A two-run double off the wall makes it an 11-4 game! pic.twitter.com/JSvIAfbdoo
— Georgia Baseball (@BaseballUGA) May 7, 2022
When it was all said and done, Georgia walked away with a 13-7 win over Vanderbilt to even up the weekend series. Tate finished the afternoon 2-for-5 with a run scored and 5 RBI while Gonzalez was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBI.
Sunday’s rubber match in the series is set for 2 pm EST.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
