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[B]Georgia won only their fourth SEC game of the season last night as they held on to defeat Kentucky (30-24, 12-16 SEC) 8-6 in Athens. [/B]
The Bulldogs (15-36, 4-22 SEC) got a strong performance from Justin Grimm (3-7), who went a career-long eight innings for the victory.
Kentucky fell behind 8-1 after four innings of play and were unable to complete a late comeback. The win was Georgia’s first SEC victory since April 11.
With the loss, UK dropped a game out of the SEC Conference Tournament race. With only two games remaining, the Cats find themselves in basically a must-win situation tonight in game 2 of the series.
Tonight’s game will be at 6:30 p.m. ET at Foley Field. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Network (radio). The game can be heard live in Lexington on WLAP 630-AM and in Louisville on WKJK 1080-AM in Louisville, in addition to coverage on UKathletics.com. UK will send freshman right-hander[COLOR=black] Jordan Cooper[/COLOR] (4-4, 5.11 ERA) to the mound to face off with Georgia senior right-hander Jeff Walters (1-6, 8.80 ERA).
