BOONE, N.C. – The stakes for both teams were simple. Win and earn a berth into next week's Sun Belt baseball tournament. Lose and your season is over.
App State's seniors made sure their final home game at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium was a win.
Caleb Cross struck out nine over six strong innings, Bradley Wilson earned his first career save, and Braxton Church hit a bases-clearing double off the right-field wall to send the Mountaineers (23-30, 13-17 SBC) to a 5-4 win over Georgia State (26-30, 11-19 SBC) on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.