Las Cruces, N.M. – The Georgia State baseball team got grand slams from seniors Carl Moniz and Bradley Logan, as well as redshirt-sophomore Joey Wood, and needed each one of them to outlast New Mexico State, 30-24 and take the series at Presley Askew Field on Sunday afternoon. The three slams tied an NCAA record, while the four hit by the two teams combined also tied an NCAA record.
The Panthers collected a school-record 30 hits, surpassing the 29 the team had against North Carolina Central just over a week ago. Georgia State finished the game with six home runs, while junior Mark Micowski tied his own school-record with eight at bats.
“I am so proud of our team’s effort today,” commented head coach Greg Frady. “Our team never gave up, even when we were down by eight runs, but continued to fight against a very good New Mexico State team. This was a great series for our team and shows the character of our players.”
Georgia State improved to 8-7 on the season and has won eight of its last nine games. New Mexico State fell to 11-9 on the season.
After scoring in the top of the first, Georgia State gave up three runs in both the first and second innings.
Led by Moniz’ third inning grand slam, Georgia State scored seven to regain the lead. The Laval, Quebec native finished the game 4-for-7 with three runs scored and four RBIs. He is now batting .458 on the season.
The Aggies got all of it back and more with an eight-run fourth, as New Mexico State finished the game with six home runs of their own.
Georgia State matched the Aggies with eight runs in the top of the fifth.
Junior Shane Hammond belted a three-run home run which was followed by a three-run home run from junior Jonathan Kolowich, the first home runs of the season for each of them.
Hammond, who pinch-hit for sophomore Chris Metcalf, went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs.
Kolowich continued to break out of an early season slump by going 2-for-5 with four runs scored and four RBIs.
Logan belted a grand slam in the top of the seventh, his sixth home run of the season. The senior went 5-for-7 with three runs scored and six RBIs. He has now hit 11 home runs in the last 21 games dating back to last season.
Wood’s grand slam in the top of the eighth was the first of two home runs for the Columbus, Ga. native. It was part of a seven-run eighth. He followed with a two-run shot in the top of the ninth, giving the Panthers 30 runs in a game for the third time already this season.
Wood went 5-for-7 at the plate with six runs scored and six RBIs. He batted .640 (16-for-25) on the week with 12 runs scored.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Ryan Moore went 1.2 innings for Georgia State, allowing five hits and six runs, walking three.
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