ATLANTA, Ga. – On the road for its penultimate midweek contest, USC Upstate baseball used an all-around game to secure a 9-4 victory Wednesday evening at Georgia State. The win extended the Spartans' winning streak over the Panthers to six, taking each meeting in the series.
 
Five Spartan pitchers combined to limit the Panthers to four runs and six hits with junior right-handed pitcher Juan Reyes tossing a career-long 4.0 innings in his second start of the season. Senior right-hander Kyle Beaty picked up his fourth win of the year with 2.0 innings of work while redshirt sophomore righty Max Bianchini earned the save, his first of the year, behind 1.1 innings of no-hit baseball.
 
Backing the team's pitching performance, five hitters notched an RBI for the Spartans headed by a pair of RBI from redshirt freshman leftfielder Henry Zenor, part of a 3-for-4 evening. Junior second baseman Gage Griggs, junior catcher Preston Lucas, and sophomore shortstop Vance Sheahan joined Zenor with multi-hit efforts.
 
Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 9; Georgia State 4
Records: USC Upstate (27-22; 13-5 Big South); Georgia State (24-26; 9-15 Sun Belt)
Location: GSU Baseball Complex | Atlanta, Ga.
 
How It Happened

• T1: Following a leadoff double from Henry Zenor and a walk issued to Johnny Sweeney, Scott Newman went back through the box with his RBI single, opening the day's scoring in favor of Upstate.
• B1: Answering the Spartans, Georgia State got its run back and took the lead for the first time behind a two-run homer to center from Jesse Donohoe.
• T2: Providing their response, the Spartans regained the lead behind a pair of second-inning tallies. Jake Armsey with a double to rightfield tied the game before a Zenor sac fly broke the deadlock.
• T4: Taking advantage of a Panther throwing error on a dropped third strike, Zenor raced home from third as the ball careened down the line in foul ground behind first.
• T6: Adding to the Spartans' advantage, Sweeney dropped an RBI double into shallow left with Scott Campbell coming home to score.
• B6: Cutting into the Upstate lead, Georgia State used a sac fly from Jae Williams to push a run across in the frame.
• T9: Extending their advantage, the Spartans tallied four runs in the final frame, seeing RBI from Gage Griggs, Zenor, and Sheahan in the inning. The final tally crossed via a wild pitch from the Panthers.
• B9: Using a sacrifice fly from Michael McGinnis, Georgia State closed the game's scoring with a run in the ninth.

 
Notable

• Hitting an RBI double Wednesday, Johnny Sweeney collected his 77^th RBI of the year, closing to within one of the program's single-season RBI record.
• Swiping a bag against the Panthers, Vance Sheahan registered his 24^th stolen base of the season, moving him to within one of the program's Division I era (2007-pres.) single-season record.

 
Up Next for the Spartans
Facing its final three-game set at Cleveland S. Harley Park, USC Upstate hosts Presbyterian in the team's final home series. The Spartans and Blue Hose begin the series Friday evening with a 6 p.m. ET first pitch.
 
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