In the top of the ninth inning of a tied 4-4 ball game, Georgia State took the lead on errors by shortstop Gordon Beckham and reliever Justin Earls. With the score 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Ryan Peisel led off the inning with a single to center. He then stole second, and right fielder Matt Olsen walked. Coming to the plate going 0 for 4 thus far, Baseball America's Midseason Player of the Year Gordon Beckham stepped to the plate. On a 1-0 count, Beckham smashed his 17th home run of the season for a 3 run walkoff job. He's now hitting .430 with 43 RBI, and he leads the country in homers.
Georgia coach David Perno had this to say after the game: "He’s a .430 hitter so even though he didn’t have a hit up to that point, he didn’t shut it down, he hung in there and delivered in big fashion. We weren’t going to bunt in that situation. We had our guys up there and we were playing to win.”
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Georgia coach David Perno had this to say after the game: "He’s a .430 hitter so even though he didn’t have a hit up to that point, he didn’t shut it down, he hung in there and delivered in big fashion. We weren’t going to bunt in that situation. We had our guys up there and we were playing to win.”
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