SAN MARCOS – With a 6-2 lead in the eighth inning Friday night, closer Pasquale Mazzoccoli took over. He was slingin' fuzz, as they say, and had Georgia State twisted up in the batter's box. Mazzoccoli touched 94 mph as he struck out four and did not give up a hit to secure his 11^th save of the season, tying Hunter Lemke for the Texas State record for single-season saves. He ensured the 20^th win of Lucas Humpal's career as the Bobcats improved to 25-22 on the season and 12-10 in the Sun Belt Conference with the 6-2 victory over the Panthers.
  In addition to the pitching performance from Mazzoccoli and Humpal (seven innings, six strikeouts and just one earned run), Texas State's hitting showed up too. Senior Cory Geisler led the Bobcats with three hits, two doubles, two RBIs and two runs while Tanner Hill was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run. Jaylen Hubbard went 2-for-3 while three others struck a hit in the game to give Texas State 10 total hits.
 
After giving up a run in the first, the Bobcat defense buckled down and held Georgia State without a run until the eighth. Meanwhile, the Bobcats scored two in the third on a double from Geisler, three in the sixth on a double from Hill and a Ryan Newman single, and a run in the seventh on another Hill double.
 
The sixth inning broke the game open for the Bobcats. After back-to-back doubles from Geisler and Hill added one run, Texas State loaded the bases with no outs to bring in more. Newman's two-RBI single pushed the Bobcat lead to 5-1 and Texas State never looked back.
 
While the bats popped, Texas State's pitching kept Georgia State off balance throughout as Humpal and Mazzoccoli combined for 10 strikeouts.
 
Seniors Humpal, Mazzoccoli, Hill and Geisler, four huge contributors Friday night, will be honored along with Justin Dellinger, Jeremy Hallonquist, Chase Hodson and Cody Lovejoy for Senior Day before Saturday's game, scheduled for a 3 p.m. first pitch.
 
 
WHO STOOD OUT
Pasquale Mazzoccoli / RHP / Senior / Katy, Texas
Mazzoccoli notched his 11^th save of the season to tie him with Hunter Lemke for the most saves in a season by a Bobcat. He struck out four batters in a row, forced a pop up and notched an unassisted putout for the final out of the game in an impressive performance in which fans saw him throw as fast as 94 miles per hour. With his 11 saves, he is tied for sixth in the NCAA.
 
Cory Geisler / OF/LHP / Senior / Spring, Texas
Geisler sparked the offense all night as he registered two RBIs and two runs on a 3-for-4 hitting day. The senior knocked two doubles and a single and put himself or others in position to score all game. He either scored or knocked RBIs in every inning in which the Bobcats scored.
 
 
SCORING RECAP

• Top 1^st – Two singles and an error led to the first run of the game for Georgia State. (1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base)
• Bottom 3^rd – Luke Sherley and Jonathan Ortega knocked singles to set up Cory Geisler for his two-out double to left field, putting Texas State up, 2-1. (2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
• Bottom 6^th – Geisler led off the at bat with his second double of the day, and Tanner Hill followed with his first double to plate Geisler. Granger Studdard got on base next with a hit by pitch, and Jaylen Hubbard followed with a beautiful bunt single to load the bases for Ryan Newman. He singled to right field to bring in Hill and Studdard and push the Bobcat lead to 5-1. (3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
• Bottom 7^th – With two outs, Geisler singled and took second on a passed ball. Hill followed with another double to bring in Geisler and put the Bobcats up, 6-1. (1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base)
• Top 8^th – An error put a man on base and consecutive singles to follow plated the final run of the game to make it 6-2. (1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base)

 
 
NOTES

• Pasquale Mazzoccoli made his 11^th save to tie him with Hunter Lemke for most saves in a season at Texas State. His 11 saves also puts him third all-time behind Lemke with 19 career saves and Jeff McVaney with 15.
• Lucas Humpal also moved up in the Texas State record book Friday night with his 68^th appearance (5^th all-time) and his 20^th win (tied for 5^th all-time). With seven innings pitched, he now has 345.1 innings pitched for second all-time and he boosted his strikeout record to 279.
• With two RBIs Friday night, Tanner Hill now has 100 in his career and leads the team this season with nine multi-RBI games. He tallied his 153^rd and 154^th hits on the 2-for-4 night, making it his 15^th multi-hit game of the year. He has five hits in the last three games.
• Ryan Newman added a hit for the seventh consecutive game, the longest current streak on the team. He has 14 hits in the last seven games. His two RBIs made Friday night his fifth multi-RBI game of the season and his first since April 26 at Texas.
• Cory Geisler now has eight multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games this season as he notched his third three-hit game of the year. Geisler scored two runs in Friday's game to make it his first two-run game since April 2 at Georgia Southern.
• With two hits Friday, Jaylen Hubbard upped his multi-hit game total to 13 on the season.

 
 
NEXT UP
Texas State continues the series against Georgia State at 3 p.m. Saturday. Just before the game, the Bobcats will take time to recognize the team's 2016 seniors on Senior Day. The series finale will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, then the Bobcats will travel to Arkansas State next weekend.




 

That's win #3 in a row for @TxStateBaseball and save #11 for Mazzocolli ties a program record in a single season. Final: 6-2 TXST over GSU — Brant Freeman (@Brant_Freeman) May 7, 2016	@TxStateBaseball @D_Mazzoccoli @KazeyKalloch Don Mazzoccoli!! #TheDon pic.twitter.com/EOaKQhbwq5 — Chris Kaufman (@sneezeman4) May 7, 2016
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