ATLANTA, Ga. - West Georgia baseball was defeated 4-0 by the Georgia State Panthers tonight on the road.

Following seven scoreless innings, the Wolves' (17-21, 8-10 ASUN) defensive dam broke, leading to four GSU (24-18, 9-9 ASUN) scores in the eighth and ultimately a Panther midweek win. Tonight's loss pushes the UWG losing streak to three with the Wolves' sights set on bouncing back this weekend at Jacksonville.

Head coach Jeff Smith had this to say about tonight's game, "For the most part I thought we pitched well tonight. I thought we competed. We just didn't get the hits we needed when we needed it. A couple of walks, a hit and an error in the eighth, it really costed us. Tonight was a big college baseball game. I wish would have come out of it on the better end, but it was a good learning opportunity. We now need to get ready for Jacksonville."

GAME SUMMARY 
Making his third start for West Georgia today was freshman righty Maverick Torres. In eight frames across six appearances, Torres posted a solid 1.13 ERA with six strikeouts coming into the midweek road matchup. For GSU, the Panthers pitched junior righty Quin McManmon. Going into the game, McManmon held a 7.11 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 12.2 innings through four games.

In the opening two frames, Torres struck out one batter and gave up just one hit while keeping GSU scoreless.

Camden Diamond picked up from where his teammate left off, allowing one hit in his scoreless frame.

In the fourth and fifth, Will Dean struck out one Panther and did not give up a hit or a run. 

Ian Moore continued the trend by not conceding a hit or a run in the sixth. 

Through the opening six innings, the teams only recorded a pair of hits each, with the Wolves' two coming from Cooper Prince.

During the seventh, Gavin Mask struck out a pair of batters and did not allow a hit. 

On a base hit through the left side, the Panthers scored the game's opening run but was not done yet. Down one with the loaded the bases no outs, UWG rotated Mason Phillips off the mound for Dosie Drakeford. After securing a strikeout, GSU extended their lead to 2-0 on a wild pitch that allowed a Panther to take home. Following this, an RBI single pushed the hosts' advantage to 3-0. State closed out the frame with a 4-0 lead after scoring on a throwing error.

This proved to be too much to overcome for the Wolves, leading to the 4-0 loss.

BY THE NUMBERS
Mason Phillips was tagged with tonight's loss, bringing his record to 0-1.

Cooper Prince and Beau Brand led the Wolves with a pair of hits each. Tonight's multi-hit performances brings Prince's season total to a team-high 14 games and Brand's tally to three. 

UP NEXT
West Georgia continues its longest road stretch of the season this weekend down in Florida with a rematch against the Dolphins of Jacksonville University. First pitch on Friday is set for 7 p.m.