Baseball Drops Series Finale, 4-3

Sunday, April 28

Little Rock, Ark.

1:00 PM

Troy University

22-22, 0

Little Rock

21-22, 0

Troy

Little Rock

4/28/2019 3:48:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

Little Rock, Ark. – Troy was unable to get into an offensive groove and fell to Little Rock, 4-3 in the Sun Belt Conference baseball series finale on Sunday afternoon at Gary Hogan Field.

Little Rock (21-22, 13-7 Sun Belt) kept the Trojans' (22-22,10-11 Sun Belt) bats quiet as the Little Rock's starter did not give up a hit until the sixth inning.

Senior Sadler Goodwin (3-6) had a rough outing on the mound giving up four runs on eight hits in five innings of work. Senior Rush Hixon came in and kept Little Rock in check as he finished the game with three strikeouts and two hits in three innings.

Junior Dalton Sinquefield tallied a hit and an RBI in the contest while sophomore Manning Early secured a hit and scored a run.

Little Rock jumped out to an early 3-0 lead at the end of the first inning highlighted by a two-run home run to right field by the designated hitter Riley Pittman. Ryan Benavidez hit a solo shot in the fifth to increase Little Rock's lead to 4-0.

Troy showed a lot of fight in the sixth as Early scored the Trojans' first run off a wild pitch before junior Drew Frederic recorded a sacrifice fly to bring Troy within two. Sinquefield followed behind with a single to center field, Troy's first hit of the game, that drove in the Trojans' last run of the contest.

The Trojans tried to muster up the tying run in the ninth as senior Chase Smartt hit a two-out double to right center field to keep Troy's hope alive but a pop fly to third ended the game.

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Sophomore Rigsby Mosley drew his 48th career walk to increase his career long reached base streak to 35 games.

Up Next
Troy wraps up its five-game road trip when it visits Alabama State at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday at 6 p.m.