Rafael Acosta
3
Winner Georgia State GSU 15-17, 5-7 SBC
1
James Madison JMU 19-12, 5-5 SBC
Winner
Georgia State GSU
15-17, 5-7 SBC
3
Final
1
James Madison JMU
19-12, 5-5 SBC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Georgia State GSU 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 0
James Madison JMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0

W: Acosta, Rafael (2-0) L: Murphy, Ryan (3-2) S: Jones, Brady (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pitching Leads 3-1 Win as Stromdahl Earns 400th Career Victory

Harrisonburg, Va. -- Georgia State starter Rafael Acosta pitched seven strong innings and Matt Ruiz homered to lead the Panthers to a 3-1 victory at James Madison Saturday afternoon, giving head coach Brad Stromdahl his 400th career victory.

Acosta (2-0), the senior right-hander, pitched seven innings and allowed just one run on three hits. He equaled his career high with five strikeouts and walked just one.

For Acosta, that was his second straight outstanding start after allowing just three hits and one run in six innings in his last outing.

Freshman Brady Jones pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his first save.

The game was scoreless until the sixth when Ruiz, the junior shortstop, provided all the runs the Panthers (15-17, 5-7 Sun Belt) would need.

Cameron Jones led off the sixth with an infield single and then Dylan Strickland reached on an error to put runners and first and third with no outs. That's when Ruiz hit the 1-0 pitch over the left field wall for his sixth homer of the season.
 
After James Madison (19-12, 5-5 Sun Belt) managed a run in the seventh, Brooks Gorman pitched a scoreless eighth for the Panthers before Jones finished the game.

Stromdahl, in his fourth season at Georgia State, reached the 400-win milestone in his 11th season as a head coach. With a career record of 400-192, he has won 68 percent of his games.


The Panthers return home to host Middle Tennessee Tuesday at 4 p.m. and then Arkansas State next weekend at the GSU Baseball Complex.

 
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