ATLANTA – Dalton Shuffield broke two career records in 13th-ranked Texas State's (43-11, 25-4 Sun Belt) 5-4 win Friday night over Georgia State (30-25, 15-14 Sun Belt) at the GSU Baseball Complex. The senior shortstop hit two doubles to become the program's leader in the category (53) and extra-base hits (84).
 
"It is pretty cool breaking the records," said Shuffield. "It has been blessing to play for the Bobcats, Ty [Harrington], [Steven] Trout and all the rest. It has been absolutely fantastic, and I hope it doesn't come to an end fast."
 
Picking up the win was Levi Wells (7-1) as he struck out four in 6.1 innings while allowing three runs on eight hits. Tristan Stivors earned his 17th save of the season after throwing a scoreless ninth. Suffering the loss was Mason Patel (2-3) after he surrendered four runs on seven hits while striking out five in 4.1 innings.
 
Austin Smith worked a perfect inning of relief while Cameron Bush recorded the final two outs in the seventh.
 
Both Jose Gonzalez and Shuffield finished the night with three hits. Gonzalez drove in three runs and Shuffield came around to score thrice. Also plating a run was Cameron Gibbons and Justin Thompson.
 
The first hit of the game was single to left off the bat of Shuffield. After Gonzalez drew a walk, Justin Thompson doubled down the left field line to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead after the first frame.
 
With one gone in the third, Shuffield doubled to right to record his 52nd career double and become TXST's new all-time leader. A 2-2 offering saw Gonzalez send the ball over the wall down the right field line for his 10th homer of the season and increase the advantage to three.
 
The Panthers got on the scoreboard in the third on a wild pitch.
 
Shuffield recorded his second double of the game, this time a hard shot down the left field line that hit off the third baseman's glove. Two pitches later, Gonzalez laced a single to right to drive in the senior shortstop and make it a 4-1 contest.
 
With one out in the sixth, GSU committed three consecutive errors that loaded the bases. Gibbons hit a slow grounder to second that brought home a run to increase it to a four-run Texas State lead.
 
GSU would get back on the scoreboard in the seventh with three runs to make it a one-run contest.
 
Smith would toss a 3-up, 3-down inning and Stivors closed out the game to wrap up the win and series victory.
 
The series with the Panthers concludes on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 12 p.m. CT
 
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