Louisiana-Lafayette edges Georgia State 4‑3 in Sun Belt baseball
LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Louisiana-Lafayette scored four unanswered runs in the third and fourth innings to defeat Georgia State 4-3 in a Sun Belt afternoon game Sunday at M. L. Tigue Moore Field.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (29-18) trailed 3-0 after the Panthers (22-25) scored three in the top of the third. Louisiana-Lafayette responded with a fielder’s choice RBI by Lewis, a solo home run by Griffin Hebert in the fourth and two more runs on a wild pitch and a groundout to take a 4-3 lead.
Georgia State’s Wills Maginnis drove in a run in the fifth and John Beverley scored on a throwing error in the seventh, but the Panthers could not tie the game. Ty Roman pitched 4.2 innings, allowing four hits and one earned run for the win. Cole Roberts took the loss despite throwing six innings of no-hit ball, giving up four runs with five strikeouts. Will Bartkoski tossed two perfect innings for the Panthers.
Louisiana-Lafayette managed only five hits to Georgia State’s 11 but capitalized on two Panthers errors and a wild pitch. Hayden Pearson, Sawyer Pruitt and Tyler Papenbrock combined for 4.1 innings of relief for the Cajuns.