Not full after stuffing the scorecards with 41 runs over the weekend, the No. 14 Georgia baseball team gorged itself on Mardi Gras with an 8-1 victory over Presbyterian College at Foley Field Tuesday.

After a shaky first inning in which freshman starter Cecil Tanner struck out the side and also allowed a run on three hits, the Diamond Dogs (4-0) responded with two runs in the home half on a two-out single up the middle from catcher Bryce Massanari.

Georgia added three runs the next two innings, with freshman third baseman Colby May hitting his second home run of the season in the third.

Despite only pitching three innings, Tanner (1-0) still earned the victory in his first collegiate start and allowed only four hits while striking out five Blue Hose (0-4).

“Cecil was good, even in the first inning,” Georgia head coach David Perno said. “He was throwing strikes and a few balls found holes and a fly ball dropped in and he kept throwing strikes and did a great job.”

In the top of the sixth, Georgia thought it had turned its first triple play since 1963 only to have the call reversed. After Presbyterian’s first two batters reached base, designated hitter Nate Horton attempted a sacrifice bunt to move the runners over. His bunt was fielded by Poythress, who threw to May, who stepped on third base for the first out of the inning.

May then threw back to first base to Poythress, who seemed to tag Horton out before throwing to second base to force out Bobby Cole who had returned to first base thinking the bunt had been caught on a fly.

Home plate umpire David Savage then called the Dogs off the field and declared the inning over before he reversed his decision and called Horton safe at first.

“We still don’t know [what happened],” Perno said of the near-triple play.

“When Horton stepped off the bag we tagged him out for a triple play, but [the umpires] said when he stepped off the bag, time was called.”

“It was a triple play, because I touched the bag at third, we got the guy out at second and [first baseman] Rich [Poythress] tagged the guy out at first and it was a triple play, but I guess [the umpires didn’t see the tag at first,” May said.

“But that would’ve been sweet.”