February 24, 2007 INDIANA STATE FALLS IN GAME TWO VERSUS GEORGIA STATE ATLANTA - Indiana State dropped the second game of Saturday’s (Feb. 24) doubleheader with Georgia State by the score of 3-2 in eight innings of play. ISU falls to 2-1 on the season while the Panthers improved to 4-6. The Sycamores enter tomorrow’s fourth game of the series, with 2-1 lead in the four-game set. ISU was once again paced by lead-off batter Ryan Bond, who went 2-for-3 with a run scored. The Sycamores got off to 1-0 lead in the top of the first on an RBI double by Brian Siegmund. His knock sent Bond home, who had reached earlier in the frame on a walk. Things continued to go well for the Sycamores in the top of the fourth, when the advantage stretched to 2-0 on a RBI ground-out by Sean Osborne. Marcus Artner scored on the play after walking with one out and advancing to third base on a wild pitch. Georgia State evened the score at 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth, and won the game in the bottom of the eighth when Gordon scored on an Andrew Strange wild pitch. The second game of the day was scheduled to last just seven innings, but was extended into the eighth because of the tie score. Chad Dawson started the day’s second game and pitched 5.2 innings of six-hit ball. He allowed just two earned runs on the day with a pair of strikeouts. In relief, Skyler Pearson struck out the lone batter he faced, while Josh Varno tossed a full inning, allowing just one run. Strange finished the game for ISU by walking two Panthers and giving up a wild pitch on the final play. With the loss, Varno falls to 0-1 on the season. The final contest of the four-game series with Georgia State is scheduled for Sunday, February 25 at 1 p.m. (ET). |