Baseball Closes Regular Season at No. 25 South Alabama

Thursday, May 18

Mobile, Ala.

6:30 PM

Troy University

South Alabama

Baseball Closes Regular Season at No. 25 South Alabama

5/17/2017 5:43:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Jace Sanders

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TROY, Alabama – Troy baseball will wrap up its regular season with a three-game Sun Belt series at in-state rival No. 25 South Alabama. First pitches on Thursday and Friday are set for 6:30 p.m. while Saturday's finale will start at 1 p.m.

The Trojans (30-22, 15-12) enter the series after a modest five-game winning streak was snapped in a mid-week matchup at No. 8 Mississippi State Tuesday night – Troy has won six of their last eight games.

Troy jumped out to an 8-3 lead before falling 10-8 in Starkville – with the bulk of the runs driven in by Trevor Davis. Davis finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the third and two more in the fourth, both as a part of an eight-run explosion by the Trojans in the two innings.

Jackson Cofer also drove in two runs against the Bulldogs after a week that included two walk-off hits for the junior designated hitter – a walk-off single to beat Alabama State last Tuesday and a two-run walk-off home run to defeat ULM in league play Saturday.

Troy head coach Mark Smartt will send Andrew Crane (6-1, 0.98) to the mound for the start in Thursday's opener; while junior righty Daren Osby (5-4, 4.66) will answer the bell in game two. Crane currently holds the all-time Sun Belt record and team record with 36.2 consecutive scoreless innings of work.

The 25^th-ranked Jaguars (34-18, 20-7) have won five straight and nine of their last 10 games – including a win over No. 10 LSU and a sweep of Appalachian State. Travis Swaggerty leads the club batting at a .368 clip this season.

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TV / Online: USAJaguars.com
Radio: WTBF 94.7 FM
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SERIES HISTORY
Troy (30-22, 15-12) vs. South Alabama (34-18, 20-7)
Overall Series: South leads 43-37
     in Mobile: 14-25
Streak: USA W1
Last: May 4, 2017
          South Alabama won 6-4 (in Pensacola, Fla.)

PITCHING MATCHUPS - (Troy v. USA)
Game One
RHP Andrew Crane (6-1, 0.98) v. LHP Andy Arguelles (3-2, 5.06)

Game Two
RHP Daren Osby (5-4, 4.66) v. RHP Randy Bell (5-3, 3.75)

Game Three
TBA v. RHP Tyler Carr (5-1, 4.52)