MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Interstat) — The South Alabama Jaguars rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Georgia State Panthers 7-4 on Thursday at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium in a Sun Belt game.

The Jaguars scored in the bottom of the second on an RBI walk by Ethan Melton, then added two runs in the fifth on Rett Johnson’s two-run single and another in the sixth on Stewart Puckett’s RBI single to tie the game 4-4.

Georgia State took the lead in the top of the eighth on Carter Bailey’s solo homer, Wesley Bass’ RBI single and Cole Griffith’s two-run triple, but South Alabama answered in the bottom of the inning. Blake Guerin hit a three-run homer to put the Jaguars ahead for good.

Georgia State finished with nine hits to South Alabama’s seven. The Panthers fell to 27-30, while the Jaguars improved to 34-22. Mitchell Heer pitched for South Alabama, Michael Caruso and Brian Crooms for Georgia State, but no statistics were provided.