Greg Bowder’s 10th-inning single drove home pinch runner Caleb Gore with the winning run to lift Georgia State to a 3-2 victory over host Kennesaw State on Tuesday for the Panthers’ third extra-inning win in their past five games.
Georgia State (25-14), which has won nine of its past 10 games, tied the score in the top of ninth as Chad Prain slid home safely to score from second base on an error by shortstop Dylan Ivey, who misplayed a ground ball by pinch hitter Joey Roach.
The win clinched the season series for the Panthers, who also defeated KSU last week at home 12-5.
Five Georgia State pitchers combined to limit the Owls (19-19) to two runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts.
Connor Stanley (4-1) earned the victory with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief after coming on with two outs and two runners on in the bottom of the ninth.
KSU’s Alex Liquori hit a homer in the seventh to produce both of the Owls’ runs.
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Georgia Tech 14, Savannah State 1: Daniel Palka hit two home runs and Mitch Earnest a grand slam, as the Yellow Jackets scored seven times in the first inning en route to a victory over the visiting Tigers.
Palka and Earnest each finished 3-for-4. The Jackets (27-10) reached double-digit runs for the 15th time this season.
David Richards was 2-for-3 for Savannah State (21-16) and drove in Joseph McCreary in the second inning. McCreary finished 3-for-4 and hit his 11th double.
Tech improved to 8-2 in midweek games.
Georgia 10, Presbyterian 1: Jess Posey's career-high offensive production, a solid start from Bryan Benzor and four innings of shutout bullpen work led the Bulldogs past the visiting Blue Hose (20-18).
Posey was 3-for-4, including his first career home run, a two-run shot that was part of a six-run outburst in the eighth.
Georgia (14-24) had 11 hits, and Hunter Cole drove in three runs. Benzor (2-2) pitched a career-high five innings, allowing three hits and a run.
