Daniel Nichols proved to be Mr. Clutch for Georgia Saturday after his 10th-inning single drove home Skyler Weber to give the Bulldogs a 7-6 win over Cincinnati in the second day of the round-robin Bulldog Invitational.

Until a disastrous sixth inning in which reliever Drew Moody allowed four runs to tie the game, it seemed Georgia (4-2) had control of the Bearcats with a 5-1 lead.

Four runs later, not so much. And even less so when Cincinnati took a 6-5 advantage in the top of the eighth inning with an RBI single.

Luckily, Georgia had an answer, as left fielder Keegan McGovern singled to right field sending Weber home to tie it at 6-6. Reliever Andrew Gist held Cincinnati scoreless in the top of the ninth inning, but Georgia didn’t muster any more offense until Nichols singled to deep left field scoring Weber and sealing Georgia’s 7-6 win.

Nichols, who had struck out several times before final at-bat, went to the locker room and said a prayer before his walk-off hit won the game for Georgia. McGovern was intentionally walked to get to Nichols, but the Leesburg native was glad to have a chance to redeem himself.

“It’s a big confidence booster for me,” Nichols said. “I’m a senior, I’m supposed to be producing on this team, and I’m batting .200 right now, if that. I know what I can do, I’ve had great years in the past. Right now I’m just going through a little funk and hopefully I’ll get myself out of it.”

The Bulldogs finished with 15 hits, five times more than in Friday’s 3-1 loss to South Alabama.

Georgia started the game strong, with a single by McGovern scoring centerfielder Stephen Wrenn. Later, second baseman Mike Bell doubled to right field, scoring McGovern.

That 2-0 lead held until the third inning, when Cincinnati scored by way of an error by shortstop Nick King. In the fifth inning, Moody relieved starting pitcher Heath Holder, who allowed three hits, one run and struck out nine in four innings. But the floodgates didn’t open until the sixth.

Georgia survived the four-run outburst, though, and head coach Scott Stricklin said the team learned a lesson of avoiding complacency when ahead.

“In this game, there’s no clock,” Stricklin said. “You’ve got to get outs. And that’s the things that we always talk to the guys, don’t ever think it’s over. And hopefully that’s a good lesson for us. Maybe we let our guard down a little bit.”

Georgia takes on Western Kentucky Sunday at 3.