DECATUR, Ga. – The Georgia Southern baseball team lost a Sun Belt Conference series finale to the Georgia State Panthers, 16-5, on Sunday afternoon at the Georgia State Baseball Complex.
 
Georgia State (27-26, 14-13 SBC) put up three runs in the bottom of the third inning and two in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 5-0 lead before Georgia Southern (24-27, 14-13 SBC) responded in the top of the fifth frame. In that inning, the Eagles saw Blake Evans score on a wild pitch just before a Jarrett Brown bases-loaded walk scored Luke Hatcher. Sam Blancato would get plunked with the bases-loaded to bring home JD Kaiser, and a second wild pitch by the Georgia State pitcher would score Jesse Sherrill, putting the Eagles within one, 5-4.
 
Georgia State would respond with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 6-4 lead, and then would score six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 12-4 lead. JD Kaiser hit a solo homer down the right field line to make the score 12-5. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Panthers would load the bases and Max Ryerson would knock a walk-off grand slam to end the game, 16-5.
 
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The Eagles will host the final four games of the season, first with the Jacksonville Dolphins on Tuesday, May 16, before hosting the final SBC series against James Madison from Thursday, May 18, to Saturday, May 20.