Luke Boynton
Daniel Wilson
3
Little Rock LR 10-6, 0-1 Sun Belt
9
Winner Georgia State GSU 12-6, 1-0 Sun Belt
Little Rock LR
10-6, 0-1 Sun Belt
3
Final
9
Georgia State GSU
12-6, 1-0 Sun Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Little Rock LR 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 11 1
Georgia State GSU 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 X 9 13 2

W: Dow, Johnny (1-0) L: Arnold, Hayden (3-2) S: Watson, Ryan (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Panthers Open Sun Belt with 9-3 Win vs. Little Rock, Have Won 8 of Last 9

ATLANTA -- Luke Boynton homered and drove in four runs as Georgia State won for the eighth time in the last nine games, defeating Little Rock 9-3 in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams Friday evening at the GSU Baseball Complex.
 
With the game tied at 2-2 in the sixth inning, Boynton, the sophomore first baseman, blasted a 3-run homer to right center to give Georgia State (12-6, 1-0 Sun Belt) the lead for good. He was 3-for-3 on the night with an RBI single in the second inning for the Panthers' first run.
 
After Boynton's go-ahead homer in the sixth, Georgia State added four more in the seventh. Griffin Cheney delivered an RBI-double, DeAngelo Abboud and Will Mize contributed run-scoring singles, and Jonathan Ponder drove in a run with a sacrifice bunt.
 
Cheney, Georgia State's leading hitter at .453, went 2-for-5 one game after his three-homer performance in Tuesday's win at No. 15 Clemson.
 
Kyle Riesselmann had two hits, including an RBI-single in the fourth, and Josh Smith also had two hits for the Panthers.
 
Georgia State starter Brandon Kaminer pitched five innings and allowed two runs on seven hits with two strikeouts but did not figure in the decision. Johnny Dow (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning to earn his first win, and Ryan Watson pitched the final three innings for his second save.
 
The Panthers scored five runs in 5.1 innings off Little Rock (10-6, 0-1 Sun Belt) starter Hayden Arnold (3-2), the Preseason Pitcher of the Year in the Sun Belt.
 
The series continues with a 4 p.m. game Saturday on ESPN+.
 
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