Baseball Looks for Win Against Western Kentucky

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Troy Trojans (16-12, 6-5 Sun Belt)

vs. Western Kentucky (11-13, 5-3 Sun Belt)

Sunday April 1 • 1:00 pm CT

Three days after Troy pounded out 21 hits to tie a season-high against five Jacksonville State pitchers, the Trojans head north up I-65 to Bowling Green, Ky., to face Western Kentucky in a Sun Belt Conference series.

Seniors Clint Robinson and Edgar Ramirez paced the attack with five hits each. Robinson blasted his 11th homer of the season in the Trojans' five-run seventh inning. His five hits move him to within two hits of tying the Troy career hits mark.

Robinson, who was national player of the week two weeks ago and Sun Belt player of the week last week, had five RBI to start the new week. He has driven in 24 runs for Troy in his last eight games.

For Ramirez, the five hits were a career-high and included his third homer in the last two games and fifth of the season. He drove in three runs.

Troy also got home runs from Ian Craze, his fourth, and Brett Henry, his first.

Junior right-hander Rob Brown (4-1) was the beneficiary of the offensive explosion, earning the win with six innings of work in his first start of the year. He allowed just one run on four hits while striking out six.

Troy was a perfect 7-0 last season at Western Kentucky en route to their first Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Head Coach Bobby Pierce (Alabama, ?˜82) is in his fifth season at Troy and has a 162-94 record after guiding the Trojans to a 47-16 in 2006. Pierce was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2006 after leading the Trojans to a Sun Belt title. In his career as a head coach, Pierce has won 694 games in his career as a college head coach, including 259 at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College. His record at four-year schools stands at 437-204 and he is in his 12th season.

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