The Sports Inquirer

Release from Georgia State Athletics:

Senior David Levy drove in a career-high four runs and freshman Justin Jones hit his first career home run to power Georgia State to a 10-5 victory over Texas State Saturday at the GSU Baseball Complex. The Panthers snapped a four-game losing streak and evened the series with the Bobcats.

Georgia State (27-19, 14-7) is in second place in the Sun Belt standings behind South Alabama, which also won today.

The Panthers rallied from a 4-1 deficit with a six-run fifth inning. GSU entered the inning down 4-2, and Joey Roach started the scoring with an RBI-single to bring home Matt Rose, who led off with single and moved to second on an error. After Jack Thompson singled, Cam Sperry tied the game with a single up the middle.

After two outs, Levy delivered a two-run single up the middle to put the Panthers ahead 6-4 and chase Texas State starter Scott Grist (3-5). Then Jones greeted reliever Pasquale Mazzoccoli with his homer to left field on a 1-1 count, giving GSU an 8-4 lead it would not relinquish.

Kenny Anderson (5-2) won his second straight decision and earned his team-leading fifth victory for the Panthers as he pitched six innings and allowed four runs on seven hits. All four runs came in the third inning on back-to-back homers by Granger Studdard, who hit a three-run homer, and Tanner Hill.

Alex Hegner pitched two innings in relief and then Jerry Stuckey finished the game with a scoreless ninth inning.

Levy, the veteran second baseman, also had a run-scoring single in the fourth and a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Sophomore Trae Sweeting, filling in for injured center fielder Ryan Blanton, had two hits and scored three runs, including a steal of home on a double steal.

Thompson, another freshman, added two hits and an RBI, while Rose, Roach and Caden Bailey had two hits each as the Panthers totaled 16 on the day.