Georgia’s home run robbery saves win
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Tennessee Volunteers catcher Stone Lawless thought he had his team’s leadoff in the ninth inning against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday, but his dramatic at-bat came up empty.
Lawless drove Bulldogs pitcher Justin Byrd’s pitch to left. He slammed the stick on the ground and started celebrating with his teammates in the dugout. But Georgia left fielder Cole Johnson jumped the wall and stole the home run.
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Tennessee’s Stone Lawless bats against Nicholls during an NCAA college baseball game on February 13, 2026 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Johnson and his Bulldogs teammates celebrated the 8-7 victory. Lawless was stunned.
“I didn’t think it was a sure thing at first. I thought he caught the ball on the end of the bat,” Georgia head coach Wes Johnson said after the game. team website. “Cole was working on that stuff coming back. He’s hitting it in batting practice and working on it. Then when I saw him catch the ball, I couldn’t believe it.”
Cole Johnson said he knew the ball would be out of reach if he went for a field goal.
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Tennessee catcher Stone Lawless (27) hits a ball during the SEC Baseball Tournament Semifinal game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Vanderbilt Commodores at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium on May 24, 2025 in Hoover, Alabama. (Icon Sportswire via David Buono/Getty Images)
“I knew it was going to be right up against the wall, and if it was a homer, it wasn’t going to go out very far,” he said. “I was trying to get my back against the wall as fast as I could.”
Tennessee took a 6-3 lead in the top of the seventh, but a five-run shot in the bottom of the frame put Georgia ahead. Bryce Callaway’s three-run home run helped Georgia take the lead.
A Georgia baseball cap during the men’s college baseball game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Coolray Field on March 3, 2024 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. (David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The Bulldogs are 17-4 this year. Tennessee fell to 14-6.
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