App State Baseball fell 4-2 to Georgia State on Friday night in a tightly contested Sun Belt showdown, a game that could have swung either way in the final inning.
Georgia State drew first blood with a solo home run in the opening frame, but the Mountaineers answered in the third with an RBI single from Jalen Seward and a double from Riley Luft to seize the lead.
A Late Rally Falls Short
The Mountaineers mounted a rally in the ninth, putting the tying run in scoring position, only to watch the lead slip away as Georgia State held on for the victory.
Gage Peterson, who struck out seven batters and allowed just one run over three innings, reached the 100‑strikeout milestone for the season and dazzled with a 1‑2‑3 second inning.
Reliever Ethan Wilson threw a season‑high 4.1 innings, fanning four batters, yet the bullpen could not preserve the tie, resulting in the 4‑2 loss.
The defeat notwithstanding, the team secured at least a fourth‑place finish in the Sun Belt standings, the best conference standing in program history, and will aim to close the season with a win in Saturday’s finale.