Troy Travels to Tuscaloosa Tuesday

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TROY, Ala. – Troy baseball will step out of conference play for a single midweek matchup with in-state foe Alabama at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa Tuesday at 6 p.m.; the game will be broadcast live on SEC Network+.

The Trojans (13-14) were finally able to pick up timely hits on their way to taking two-of-three from Louisiana in Sun Belt play over the weekend. Troy took game one in walk-off fashion and used a quick start in game two to clinch the series.

Junior Dalton Sinquefield continued tearing the cover off the ball, recording multiple hits in all three games of the series – and now, in nine straight conference games. Preseason All-American Drew Frederic's bat came alive in game two, going 3-for-3 with two walks, a homer and three runs scored to pace the Trojans offense.

On the mound Tuesday night Troy will turn to junior southpaw Max Newton (1-3, 5.30) for the start. Newton fanned four and scattered just one hit in four innings of work against the Crimson Tide in the two teams' lone meeting of 2018.

SCOUTING THE TIDE
Alabama (20-9) won 16 of its first 18 ballgames of 2019, one of the more impressive non-conference records in the country, before sputtering in its first three SEC series. The Crimson Tide dropped two of three to both No. 8 Ole Miss and No. 9 Arkansas, before being swept by No. 15 Florida this past weekend.

Statistically, Kolby Robinson leads the club and ranks ninth in the SEC with a .370 batting average on the season; while the team as a whole comes in at third in the country with a .983 fielding percentage and fourth nationally with 173 bases on balls.

BROADCAST INFO
Online: SEC Network+
Radio: WTBF 94.7 FM
            Online: TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com

SERIES HISTORY
Alabama (20-9, 2-7 SEC)
Overall Series: 11-22
            At Tuscaloosa: 4-15
Streak: ALA W1
Last: April 24, 2018
            ALA won, 4-3

PITCHING MATCHUP (Troy vs. Alabama)
LHP Max Newton (1-3, 5.30) vs. RHP Connor Shamblin (2-0, 3.07)

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Players Mentioned

Drew Frederic

Max Newton

Dalton Sinquefield

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