ATLANTA -- Dylan Strickland's go-ahead, 2-run home run in the seventh inning lifted Georgia State to an 8-7 win over James Madison, clinching the series for the Panthers, two games to one.
Georgia State (15-12, 7-2 Sun Belt) trailed 7-4 in the sixth inning when senior Will Mize hit a 2-run homer to pull the Panthers within one. The blast to left field is Mize's team-leading eighth of the season and career homer No. 25 for the veteran third baseman, good for 15th place in school history.
In the seventh, Brennan Hudson drew a leadoff walk to bring up Strickland, who ripped the 2-1 pitch over the center field wall, putting the Panthers up 8-7 on his first homer of the season.