The Diamond Dogs made it clear Wednesday night that there is still plenty of fight left in this battle-weary Bulldog bunch.

After trailing the Western Carolina Catamounts (25-14-1) through six innings, the Bulldogs (13-29) clawed their way back from a five-run deficit by putting together an eight-run, sixth-inning explosion to earn a 13-10 victory, snapping the squad’s four-game losing streak.

The eight-run inning tied the largest single-inning offensive output of the season — tying the seventh inning of the team’s home opener against Presbyterian on February 24.

“That was a great way to win it,” said freshman shortstop Kyle Farmer. “We started swinging the bats late in the game. They had us on the ropes early, when we scored one-run they scored three, but it was good to see us swing the bats.”

The back-and-forth affair got started after the Catamounts took a 1-0 lead in the first, freshman left fielder Zach Taylor evened the score in the bottom of the second — hammering his first career home run off of the right field scoreboard.

Redshirt freshman Zach Laughlin, who replaced starter Alex McRee in the third, would quickly run into trouble when he hit Western Carolina second baseman Matt Johns with a pitch with two runners on board to load the bases. The Catamounts next batter would then send a hard-hit line drive to the left-field corner to score three runs, putting Western Carolina back in front 4-1.

The Bulldogs responded in the bottom half of the third when third baseman Todd Hankins lead off the inning with a single followed by left fielder Johnathan Taylor reaching base with a single to left. With one out, second baseman Levi Hyams brought Hankins home with a single to right to cut the Catamount lead to 4-2.

Western Carolina added two more runs in the fourth against Georgia right-hander Eric Swegman, before designated hitter Christian Glisson blasted his third home run of the season in the Georgia half of the inning to make the score 6-3.

The Bulldog offense however, was far from done. Georgia added one more run in the fifth, before the Catamounts blew things back open with a three-run sixth inning to take a commanding 9-4 lead.

But in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Bulldog bats sprang to life in a way Georgia fans haven’t seen all season, capitalizing on two Catamount walks with six hits to produce an eight-run outburst.

Todd Hankins sparked the Georgia scoring onslaught with one out when he smashed a shot off of the top of the left center field wall, scoring three to trim the Western Carolina lead to two.

Two batters later, Hyams sent his second home run of the season to straight-away center, a two-run blast that knotted the score at 9-9.

“I really wasn’t even trying to hit it, I was just trying to stay focused and try to get a good pitch to hit,” said Hyams. “I was just glad I could help out the team and get some momentum going in that inning.”

Georgia added three more runs on singles by catcher Brett DeLoach and pinch hitter Kevin Ruiz, as well as a Catamount wild pitch to claim a 12-9 lead at the end of six.

Freshman Cooper Moseley would get the call to finish off the Catamounts in the ninth to earn his fourth save of the season.

“We’re never going to lose hope,” said freshman Kyle Farmer. “We’re a team that when we get in the locker room after we lose, we’re all upset but we know we can come back and win because we know we’re a good team, we just haven’t put everything together.”