BOONE, N.C. -- Ryan Watson pitched a career-high 8.2 innings and Jesse Donohoe homered twice to lead Georgia State to a 10-4 victory at Appalachian State to even the Sun Belt Conference series at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.
The series will be decided in a 1 p.m. game Sunday on ESPN+.
Watson, the super senior from Sugar Hill, Ga. (North Gwinnett High School) gave the Panthers a strong outing that save the bullpen for Sunday's series finale. He threw 126 pitches, allowing four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts. After allowing single runs in the first and second innings, he pitched five scoreless innings while the Panthers seized control of the game on offense to lead 10-2 in the middle of the eighth.