HOOVER, Ala. (SEC) (Interstat) — Georgia scored three unearned runs in the eighth inning to overcome a seven-run deficit and beat Florida 8-7 on Saturday in the 2026 Southeastern Conference Baseball Championship.

Blake Cyr of the Gators opened the game with a solo homer in the first inning and added a two-run single in the third, when Caden McDonald followed with a three-run homer for a 7-0 lead. Georgia answered with three runs in the fourth on a sacrifice fly, a double by Branch and an RBI double by Black, then closed to 7-4 in the fifth on a wild pitch.

After Cyr’s RBI single made it 7-4 in the seventh, Georgia tied the game in the bottom half on Kenny Ishikawa’s two-run double. In the eighth, Branch scored on a sacrifice fly and Black scored on another sacrifice fly to put the Bulldogs ahead.

Georgia relievers Justin Byrd (2 innings, 0 hits), Caden Aoki (3 innings, 1 earned run) and Zach Brown (1.1 innings, 0 runs) held Florida scoreless after the seventh. Florida’s Jackson Barberi struck out five in 2.2 scoreless innings.

Georgia improved to 45-12; Florida fell to 39-19.