It isn’t déj� vu, it just feels like that way.

With the game tied 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth, center fielder Matt Cerione had the opportunity to hit his second consecutive walk-off hit. And he took full advantage of it, as Georgia defeated Arkansas 4-3 at Foley Field Saturday afternoon.

“What did Yogi Berra say, ‘it’s déj� vu all over again’?” Georgia head coach David Perno said.

Freshman outfielder Chase Davidson, pinch hitting for second baseman Michael Demperio, walked to put the winning run on base and was subsequently pinch ran for by the speedy Miles Starr.

Cerione then strode to the plate less than 18 hours after winning Friday night’s game by the same score of 4-3 and delivered another huge base hit, a double down the right field line, that scored Starr all the way from first.

“It’s big,” Cerione said “Every SEC Game is big and its good to win that first one, but the second game in a series is always the biggest and we knew they would come out fighting today.”

Starr, sprinting the entire way around the bases, wanted nothing more than to prove his first base coach Justin Holmes right.

“Right before the pitch Holmes said, ‘there are no stop signs at third. If it’s a double, you’re scoring and winning the ballgame,” Starr said. “And when they ball went down the line, the whole time I was like ‘I’m not stopping’ and I got the green light and ran as hard as I could and got my hand in there.”

But that ninth inning drama never would have unfolded were if not for some great Georgia (31-7, 13-4 SEC) defense to bail out its pitcher. Down 1-0, starter Alex McRee made a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt that allowed a run to score and put Arkansas (25-11, 10-6 SEC) runners at second and third with no outs. McRee then walked the bases loaded before striking out Tim Carver for the first out.

James McCann then hit a foul pop up on the first base side. The ball seemed destined to fall beyond the fence and out of play, but first baseman Rich Poythress channeled his inner Spiderman and climbed the wall to make the catch.

He then quickly fired the ball home to catcher Bryce Massanari who, despite being freight-trained by Andy Wilkins, held on the ball for the third out of the inning.

And just like that, the Arkansas threat was over with Georgia trailing 2-0.

“That was the turning point of the game,” Perno said. “Rich made a great play and what he always does for us, but Alex kind of put himself in a bad situation, and Rich bailed him out.”

Two innings later, and in true karmic fashion, Poythress came to the plate with Colby May on second with a chance to tie the game. And tie it he did, as he blasted a two-run shot (17) into the trees in left field.

The Diamond Dogs took their first lead, 3-2, in the seventh when Cerione doubled to left-center field, scoring left fielder Johnathan Taylor.

The lead was short lived as Wilkins tied the game in the top of the eighth with a home run to straightaway center field.

The two teams conclude the series on Sunday at 2 p.m., with Justin Grimm scheduled to start for Georgia.