BOONE, N.C. — Inning by inning, App State's offense kept producing runs. And pitcher Xander Hamilton kept putting up zeroes.
Playing their first Sun Belt Conference home game of the season, the Mountaineers led wire-to-wire in a 10-7 victory against Georgia State, which arrived in the High Country with a 3-0 league record.
App State (12-8, 3-1) scored in each of the first six innings, and Hamilton didn't allow a run in five of those frames as the Mountaineers built a 9-2 lead heading to the seventh.
Pitching into the seventh inning for the first time this year, Hamilton improved to 4-1 by striking out nine batters and allowing five hits in a season-best 6.