ATLANTA, Ga. ? Jared Combs finished with three hits, but it was not enough as Presbyterian College dropped both games of a doubleheader with Georgia State at The Field at Panthersville on Tuesday. Georgia State won game one, 10-4. They tallied a 7-1 win in game two.
The Blue Hose are now 12-34 on the season. Georgia State improved to 29-20 on the 2008 season with the two wins.
Combs (Pooler, Ga.) overall was 3-for-8 for PC in the two games, collecting two RBIs. He was one of four Blue Hose to finish with multiple hits on Tuesday. Nate Horton (Spartanburg, S.C.), Cory Lyda (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Kyle Craven (Savannah, Ga.) each had two hits on Tuesday.
The Blue Hose jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first game. Combs singled through the left side to score Lyda, who had arrived on base after singling through the right side to start the game.
The Panthers tied the game with one run in the bottom of the frame. They scored five runs in the bottom of the third inning to take a 6-1 lead that they would never relinquish.
Craven singled in PC's second run of the contest in the top of the fifth inning to cut the GSU lead to 6-2.
The Panthers then added another run in the bottom of the frame to push their lead back to five at 7-2.
Combs then picked up his second RBI of the game to lead PC to its final two runs of the game in the top of the seventh before GSU added three over the course of the next three innings to set the final score at 10-4.
Combs was 2-for-4 overall in the contest, while Combs was 2-for-5. Lyda scored two runs in the game and Combs had two RBIs.
Georgia State's Bradley Logan led the Panthers in the first game, going a perfect 5-for-5 from the plate in the game. Logan had two home runs in the first game.
Horton led the Blue Hose in the second game with two hits. He was 2-for-3 overall. Craven and Combs both had one hit in the second game.
Logan continued his offensive onslaught in the doubleheader for GSU in the second game, collecting two hits to finish with seven hits on Tuesday.
PC will next travel just up the road to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on USC Upstate for the fourth time in 2008 and the second time this season at Harley Park. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7.
USC Upstate won the first two games between the teams this season, but PC won the last contest between the two institutions with a 10-7 victory over USC Upstate at the PC Baseball Complex on Tuesday, April 22.
The Spartans are currently 21-25 on the 2008 season. They are 14-7 at Harley Park. Including the loss to PC on April 22 the Spartans have lost four of their last five games.
USC Upstate has not played in a contest since April 26.
