Tied 9-9 heading into extras, Georgia needed a big moment in a big spot.
They had been out scored by Mississippi State 7-2 in the final three innings, but optimistically had the top of its lineup coming up.
And in fitting fashion, star catcher Daniel Jackson sent them back to the Men’s College World Series for the first time since 2008, launching a two-run homer to put the SEC foe away, 11-9.
DANIEL JACKSON GO AHEAD 10TH INNING BOMBBBB 🔥🔥🔥
GEORGIA LEADS. FOLEY FIELD HAS ERUPTED pic.twitter.com/1tmiTJJAjS
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) June 7, 2026
It was the second straight day of epic battles in the most thrilling super regional of this year’s tournament, ‘feeding the trees’ behind Foley Field like clockwork. They combined for 45 runs and 21 homers, the most in a super since BBCOR bats were adopted in 2011.
The two teams traded places from yesterday when it comes to offensive starts. UGA jumped out to a 7-2 lead by the end of the fifth, before Mississippi State exploded five runs in the sixth and seventh, including back-to-back-to-back mashes to make it a 8-7 game.
And it seemed like Jacob Parker had completed the comeback, crushing a two-run homer in the eighth to give them a 9-8 lead, but Georgia’s Brennan Hudson answered in the ninth with a RBI single to tie it.
That’s when Jackson hit the moonshot, his 31st of the season, backpedaling to first slowly to make sure his work of art stayed fair as Foley Field erupted. They proceeded to slam the door shut in the bottom half to win it.
UGA will play the winner of No. 6 Texas and No. 11 Oregon next Saturday in the first round of the MCWS.
