Panthers starter Ben Marshall tossed six shutout innings and the GSU defense did not commit an error on the day, but the Owls rallied back against the Panther bullpen in the final innings.

Max Pentecost's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth pushed across the winning run. GSU fell to 7-9 overall with the loss while KSU improved to 8-7 with the series sweep.

Senior Joey Wood had two hits to lead the Panthers Sunday while he and Landon Anderson each scored twice.

The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Brandon Williams drove in Drew Shields on a sacrifice fly.

GSU struck again when Kody Adams ripped his second triple of the season to score Wood and Anderson for a 3-0 Panther lead.

Anderson's first career hit in the third went for an RBI, and the Panthers added another run on the play when Joey Wood advanced home on a throwing error to make it 5-0. Drew Shields later drew a walk with the bases loaded for a 6-0 lead.

Marshall struck out five and scattered five hits, keeping the Owls off the board until the seventh, when they scored three times against reliever Tyler Claburn. Hunter Cash then yielded a bases-loaded walk that made it 6-4, but he kept the Owls from coming closer momentarily with a ground ball to end the inning.

The Panther offense could not pad its lead in the eighth or ninth and the Owls put runners on the corners with nobody out in the ninth, when Jason Boulais came in to pitch. Boulais walked the bases loaded, then gave up a single that made it 6-5. An infield single tied the game and Max Pentecost won the game by lining one over right fielder Jonathan Kolowich.

GSU has now played nine games this season decided by two runs or less and five of the team's last seven have been one-run games.

The Panthers return to action Tuesday by hosting the Monmouth Hawks at the GSU Baseball Complex at 5 p.m. before traveling to Mercer Wednesday to face its fourth Atlantic Sun opponent of the year.