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Mississippi State catcher Wes Thigpen blocks home plate as he puts the tag on Florida base runner Josh Adams in the eighth inning of their Southeastern Conference tournament baseball game at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Adams was out on the play and Florida won 7-5. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Florida will play Game 1 winner Alabama on Thursday afternoon while Mississippi State takes on Arkansas in an elimination game Thursday morning.
A solo homer and a two-run triple by Nick Vickerson helped Mississippi State build a 5-2 lead entering the bottom of the seventh.
Florida (42-15) then loaded the bases on a hit batter, a walk and a single prior to Johnson's home run.
Steven Rodriguez (3-1) picked up the win. Austin Maddox pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.
Vickerson and C.T. Bradford each had two hits for the Bulldogs (34-22) but the rest of the MSU lineup was a combined 3-for-25.
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Read more in Thursday's NEMS Daily Journal newspaper.