What You Need to Know:
* Georgia State took a 6-4 lead in the seventh, but Savannah scored four in the eighth and went on to win 10-6.
* Jack Thompson drove in a career-high four runs for the Panthers.
* GSU opens Sun Belt play this weekend, hosting Arkansas State for a three-game series that begins Friday (6 p.m.)

ATLANTA -- With Jack Thompson driving in a career-high four runs, Georgia State led 6-4 lead after seven innings before Savannah scored four in the eighth and went on to win 10-6 Tuesday at the GSU Baseball Complex.

Georgia State (9-8) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on run-scoring singles by Joey Roach and Thompson, but Savannah State (5-13) tied the game with two unearned runs in the third.

GSU moved ahead again with single runs in the fourth (on Thompson's sacrifice fly) and sixth (on Justin Jones' RBI-single), but each time, the Tigers answered to tie game.

With the score tied at 4-4 in the seventh, Thompson came to the plate with runners and second and third and two outs, and the sophomore first baseman dropped a single into shallow left center to score two and give the Panthers a 6-4 advantage. But Savannah State put up four runs in the eighth to take the lead for good and then added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth.

Georgia State tried to mount a ninth inning rally, loading the bases with two outs, but Ryan McCranie moved from behind the plate to the mound and got Will Kilgore to ground out for the final out.

Savannah State reliever Gregory Smith (1-3) earned the win with 3.1 innings of work, and McCranie picked up his first save. Devin Vainer (0-2) took the loss in relief. GSU starter Garrett Ford pitched into the sixth inning and allowed just one earned run on six hits while striking out six.

Jarrett Hood had his Sun Belt-leading 11th double in the first inning for the Panthers.

Georgia State opens Sun Belt play this weekend, hosting Arkansas State for a three-game series that begins Friday at 6 p.m. at the GSU Baseball Complex.