ATLANTA -- Freshmen
Chad Treadway and
Cameron Jones combined to pitch seven scoreless innings, and Jones broke a scoreless tie with an RBI-triple in the seventh inning as Georgia State completed a three-game sweep of North Alabama with a 3-1 win Sunday at the GSU Baseball Complex.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh inning. Freshman shortstop
Will Mize reached on a single, and with two outs, Jones laced a triple into the right field corner to score Mize with the first run of the day.
After a walk by
Tanner Gallman,
Ryan Glass and
Kalen Puckett delivered back-to-back run-scoring singles to put the Panthers (8-6) up 3-0.
Making his first start, Treadway, the right-hander from Asheville, N.C., pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and one walk with six strikeouts. Jones (2-1), the left-hander who was also the designated hitter in the game, came on for the sixth and seventh innings and allowed just one walk.
North Alabama (3-12) threated in the eighth with two runners on, but GSU righty
Trey Horton worked out of the jam. The Lions managed a run in the ninth on a walk, stolen base, wild pitch and groundout, but
Joseph Brandon ended the game with two strikeouts to earn his first save.
Puckett, the Panthers' junior second baseman, was 3-for-4 with an RBI from the leadoff spot.
Georgia State won 6-5 Friday on a walk-off wild pitch and 9-4 on Saturday behind six RBI by Glass to earn the sweep. The Panthers continue their homestand with midweek games against Mercer, Tuesday at 6 p.m. and UNC Asheville Wednesday at 4 p.m. before opening Sun Belt Conference play next weekend at home vs. preseason favorite South Alabama.
