What You Need to Know:
* Cole Uvila struck out a career-high 10 in six shutout innings to lead the Panthers to a 22-14 victory over Coppin State.
* GSU scored 22 runs, most since 2010, and pounded out 19 hits.
* Joey Roach hit his first homer of the season.
ATLANTA -- Cole Uvila struck out a career-high 10 in six shutout innings and Joey Roach homered to lead the offensive onslaught in Georgia State's 22-4 victory over Coppin State Friday at the GSU Baseball Complex.
The 22 runs are the most by the Panthers (2-2) since a 23-1 win over Alabama State in 2010. Georgia State scored in every inning but the first and the eighth, and every starter drove in at least one run. The Panthers' 19 hits were spread among 13 batters.
Uvila (1-0), the senior right-hander, has not allowed a run in his first two starts of 2016, throwing 13 scoreless innings with 16 strikeouts and just two walks.
Tonight, Uvila took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, when he allowed a one-hit double. He faced just two over the minimum, surrenduring two hits and one walk in his six innings. His 10 strikeouts are the most by a Panther pitcher since Nathan Bates fanned 10 vs. Arkansas State in 2014.
After a scoreless first inning, Georgia State scored three in the second inning and then exploded for nine runs in the third, when the Panthers sent 14 men to the plate. Roach led off the frame with his first homer of the season, one of nine hits in the inning. Six of the runs scored after two were out.
Roach, Ryan Blanton, Jarrett Hood, Zach Wingate and Andy Burnett each drove in two runs in the game. Wingate was the only Panther with three hits. The Panthers also took advantage of 13 walks issued by Coppin State (1-3).
"The story of the night is two-fold," head coach Greg Frady said. "Of course it was Cole Uvila again, who pitched very well last weekend and was just sensational tonight.
"But the other story is a commitment to playing better offense. We didn't play good offense last weekend, when I thought our hitters pressed a little bit. We went into this game saying we needed to be more disciplined, and tonight we did not get ourselves out. We had a much more mature approach, and we had some big RBIs."
The four-game series continues with a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
