STARKVILLE, Miss. (Interstat) — Kolby Branch homered twice and Daniel Jackson delivered a go-ahead two-run homer in the 10th inning, lifting Georgia to an 11-9 victory over Mississippi State on Sunday in an extra-inning slugfest between teams nicknamed the Bulldogs.

Georgia improved to 51-12, while Mississippi State fell to 43-19. The game, played in the afternoon and into the evening, featured a combined 25 hits and four lead changes.

The visiting Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Slate Lujo and a run-scoring groundout by Dillon Wynn. Branch extended the lead with a solo homer in the second, and Georgia added another run on an RBI walk by Isaac Ishikawa.

Mississippi State answered in the bottom of the second when Kevin Milewski launched a two-run homer to center field. Brennan Hudson restored Georgia’s three-run lead with a solo shot in the third, and Lujo scored on a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a 6-2 advantage. Hudson came home on a groundout in the fifth, making it 7-2.

The home Bulldogs chipped away. V. Valincius homered in the sixth, and Bryce Chance singled in a run to cut the deficit to 7-4. Branch’s second homer of the day in the seventh gave Georgia an 8-4 lead, but Mississippi State erupted for three solo homers in the bottom of the seventh — from Ace Reese, Noah Sullivan and Jacob Parker — to pull within 8-7.

Parker struck again in the eighth, crushing a two-run homer to center that scored Reese and gave Mississippi State its first lead at 9-8.

Georgia tied it in the ninth. Ishikawa walked, advanced on a groundout and scored on Hudson’s single to right. The game moved to extra innings.

In the top of the 10th, Henry Phelps reached on a fielding error by third baseman Reese. Jackson followed by smashing a two-run homer to left, putting Georgia ahead 11-9. Justin Byrd, who entered in the ninth, worked a scoreless 10th, striking out Parker to end the game.

Jackson finished with three RBIs. Hudson had three hits and two RBIs. Branch drove in two runs. For Mississippi State, Parker drove in three runs with two homers, Reese scored three times and Sullivan homered.

Caden Aoki started for Georgia and allowed four runs over 5 2/3 innings. Duke Stone took the loss in relief for Mississippi State after allowing the go-ahead run in the 10th.