DECATUR, Ga. | South Alabama scored three runs in the top of the seventh and brought the potential tying run to the plate, but Georgia State was able to hold off the rally attempt and take game two of the series, 6-4 Saturday afternoon at the Bob E. Heck Softball Complex.

Gracie Tentinger hit a pair of home runs and drove in three, while Stephanie Gonzalez also homered in the loss for South Alabama (14-18, 3-2 SBC).

Jordan Rayner was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI for Georgia State (10-22, 2-3 SBC), while Lauren Brister and Ashton Schroyer also had a pair of hits with Brister also driving in two and scoring a run.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On today: "We have not played well this series and have been back on our heels for most of it. I thought we started to get something going at the end and hopefully gave ourselves something to build off of tomorrow."

How It Happened 
•    Georgia State jumped out in front in the bottom half of the first as Brister homered to left on an 0-2 pitch from Tori Miller (5-6), scoring Rayner who had doubled to right with two outs (GSU, 2-0).
•    Caitlyn Gavin drew a lead off walk to begin the third for South Alabama. With one out in the inning, Gavin stole second and then moved to third on a ground out, but the runner was stranded after Sydney Boulware induced another ground out to end the frame.
•    Chloe Middlebrook walked to start the next half inning for the Panthers. After moving into scoring position on a ground out, the left fielder came into score one batter later on Rayner's RBI single (GSU, 3-0). Georgia State later put runners at the corners with two outs after a wild pitch and a walk, and then doubled its lead as Rayner came home on an error when the ball was not fielded cleanly on Mackenzie Walker's stolen base (GSU, 4-0). 
•    Ryleigh Garrett led off the GSU fourth with a solo shot to center (GSU, 5-0).
•    With one out, Tentinger finally pushed across South's first run of the season with a solo home run to center to cut the deficit to four (5-1).
•    GSU quickly answered right back as Rayner homered (GSU, 6-1) with one out in the bottom of the fifth – her second RBI of the afternoon.
•    Gonzalez led off the seventh with a solo home run to right center (GSU, 6-2) and Sydney Lee then doubled to center – her ninth of the season. Tentinger then unloaded on a 3-2 pitch – her second-straight home run – a two-run shot to left center to cut the Panther lead to two (6-4). After a pitching change, Gavin followed with a walk to bring the potential tying run to the plate with nobody out. Kate Kastelic – the third GSU panther of the inning – entered and retired the final three batters to clinch the win and pick up the save.

Postgame Notes
•    With her first-inning walk, Gabby Stagner has reached base in 20 of her last 22 and 28 of her 32 games this spring
•    Gavin has reached base safely in 10 of her last 15 with her third-inning walk
•    Tentinger two home runs were a career high and the second time this season that a Jag has had multiple in a game
•    It is also the 21st time a South Alabama player has had two or more home runs in a game
•    The three home runs by South marked the second time this spring the team has done so (vs. Northwestern State, Feb. 8)
•    Lee has had a hit in four of her last seven with her double
•    Gonzalez has had a hit in five of her last six, and driven in a run in four of those games with her home run
•    The game marked the fifth time this season South has allowed three or more home runs in a game, and the 10th time an opponent has hit multiple home runs in a game this season

Up Next
•    South Alabama will close out the series with Georgia State on Sunday with first pitch set for 11 a.m. (CT).

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