ATLANTA -- Elian Merejo homered, drove in three runs and scored the winning run on Daino Deas' walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Georgia State a 9-8 Opening Day victory over Cincinnati in the debut for head coach Brad Stromdahl at the GSU Baseball Complex.
Cincinnati (0-1) broke a 6-6 tie with two runs in the top of the ninth, but the Panthers tied the game in the bottom half by scoring two runs on wild pitches to force extra innings.
After freshman left-hander Cameron Jones (1-0) pitched a rare immaculate inning in the top of the 10th, striking out the side on nine pitches, Merejo smacked a one-out double in the bottom of the 10th.