BOONE, N.C. — With App State trailing by eight runs in the second inning, veteran Luke Drumheller marched up and down the home dugout telling his teammates that the Mountaineers were going to find a way to win.
They improbably won the game. And they won another Sun Belt Conference series.
Hayden Cross' one-out, bases-loaded grounder under the glove of Georgia State's first baseman with a drawn-in infield in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted App State to a 15-14 victory on Sunday afternoon at Smith Stadium. After taking two of three road games against Marshall to open league play, the Mountaineers (13-9, 4-2) also won two of three from the Panthers, who entered Boone with a 3-0 league record.