TUCSON, Ariz. - The No. 12 Georgia baseball team brought out the brooms and dustpans and easily swept away Arizona with a 10-5 drubbing Sunday to complete the weekend sweep at Frank Sancet Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.

The Diamond Dogs (8-0) exploded out of the gate, scoring twice in the opening inning followed by a five-run second inning highlighted by a three-run double from junior center fielder Matt Cerione, and added two more runs in the third to hold a commanding 9-2 lead.

“It’s a very balanced lineup that can get you at the top with [Johnathan Taylor] and [Matt] Cerione, we can get you in the middle with the big honkey-tonks, [Rich] Poythress, [Bryce] Massanari and [Joey] Lewis, and we can get you at the bottom with [Chase] Davidson, [Michael] Demperio and [Levi] Hyams,” Georgia head coach David Perno said. “It’s just great balance and with nine innings and 27 outs we always have the chance to win.”

Arizona (4-4) battled back against Georgia starter Justin Grimm, scoring twice in the second and fourth innings sandwiched around a single run in the third cut Georgia’s lead to 9-5. But the story of the series was Georgia’s offense and its utter domination of Arizona’s pitching all weekend as it scored in double digits and had at least 13 hits in all three games.

It was the first time since facing Kentucky in 1982 that the Dogs reached double digits in three straight road games.

“It’s actually unbelievable,” catcher Bryce Massanari said of the offense. “It all starts with J.T. at the top. When he gets on, good things happen and he puts so much pressure on the pitchers.”

Cerione returned from a six-game suspension on Saturday and finished the weekend going 7-for-10 with 7 RBI and four runs scored, catcher and designated hitter Joey Lewis went 7-for-14 with 3 RBI and a mammoth home run to left field, and spark plug leadoff man Johnathan Taylor was on base 11 times in 16 at bats, scoring six runs.

So far this season Taylor has been on base percentage of .706 (24-for-34).

“Its unbelievable,” Demperio said. “The guy is always on base and he’s the fastest guy I’ve ever seen on the bases and just wrecks havoc whenever he’s out there. We’ve watched it and we experienced it and I can only imagine how our opponents are about it.”

Freshman reliever Michael Palazzone pitched three innings to earn his first collegiate victory in relief of Grimm and loser Dean Weaver pitched the final two innings to close out the win.

The Dogs are off to the second best start in school history, and trail only the 1911 squad that opened the year 9-0.

“I told the team yesterday when we won that series that this was our first series win against a Pac-10 team in years and that’s a characteristic that all the other [College] World Series teams had, they did special things,” Perno said.

The Dogs won 11-5 on Friday and 12-5 on Sunday.