JONESBORO, Ark. — Appalachian State left Boone on Thursday just a half-game out of first place in the Sun Belt Conference's East Division. The Mountaineers are in the same spot following a 7-4 win at Arkansas State in Sunday's series finale.
App State (21-24, 12-11) moved back above .500 in the league and is in a second-place tie with Coastal Carolina in the East, tied in the loss column with first-place Georgia Southern (13-11), thanks to its comeback victory against the Red Wolves (25-23, 11-13).
Tyler Leek's two-out RBI single to score Joel McDaniel broke an eighth-inning tie, Kaleb Bowman (5-0) followed that run with two strikeouts in a perfect bottom of the eighth, the Mountaineers added two insurance runs on a misplay of a Riley Smith grounder in the top of the ninth and Andrew Papp secured his sixth save with a perfect bottom of the ninth.