STARKVILLE, Miss. (Interstat) — Kolby Branch homered twice and drove in two runs, leading the Georgia Bulldogs to an 11-9 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 10 innings Sunday.

Branch went 3-for-4 with two solo home runs, raising his batting line after a 1-for-4 effort in Saturday’s win. Daniel Jackson added a two-run homer in the top of the 10th to break a 9-9 tie, finishing 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Brennan Hudson contributed a solo homer and three hits, driving in two runs.

Mississippi State rallied from an early deficit, getting two home runs from Jacob Parker, who finished 2-for-6 with three RBIs. Ace Reese also homered, going 3-for-6. Kevin Milewski and Noah Sullivan each went deep for the home Bulldogs.

Caden Aoki started for Georgia, striking out nine over 5⅔ innings but allowing four earned runs despite not giving up a hit. Justin Byrd tossed two scoreless innings of relief. Duke Stone took the loss for Mississippi State, allowing five hits and four earned runs in 5⅔ innings.

Georgia improved to 51-12, while Mississippi State fell to 43-19.