Thomas, Troy Top South Alabama 6-2

Friday, May 17

Mobile, Ala.

6:30 PM

Troy University

28-27, 15-14

South Alabama

30-24, 16-13

Troy

South Alabama

5/17/2019 10:34:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

Mobile, Ala. – Levi Thomas tossed seven stellar innings and Troy tallied 12 hits en route to defeating in-state rival South Alabama, 6-2 in Sun Belt Conference baseball action on Friday night at Stanky Field.

The Trojans' (28-27, 15-14 Sun Belt) bats came alive early in the contest as four of their first five hits were for extra bases forcing the Jaguars' (30-24, 16-14 Sun Belt) starter Patrick McBride (3-3) night to end after the second inning.

Thomas earned the win to improve to 7-2 on the season after giving up just one run off eight hits with eight strikeouts on the night.

The highlight of Thomas' performance was getting out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth inning with no outs by getting a fly out to left field then forcing a 6-4-3 double play.

At the plate, Chase Smartt led the Trojans with a 3-for-5 outing with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. Sadler Goodwin and Reed Smith both tallied a pair of hits with Goodwin adding a run and Smith posting an RBI and a walk to their stat lines.

Troy struck early as Drew Frederic and Smartt each hit an RBI-double to take a 2-0 lead after the first. Smith hit an RBI-double in the second and Logan Cerny and Manning Early tallied RBI-singles in the third to give the Trojans a commanding 5-0 lead after three.

The Trojans' final run came off a sacrifice fly in the fifth from Early. The Jaguars' runs came off a bases-loaded walk in the seventh and a solo home run in the ninth.

Sound "Smartt" with Your Friends
After tonight, Smartt has played in 217 games in his career at Troy which is the most in school history by a player.

Quick Hits
- Frederic racked up a stolen base in the game to give him his team-high 18th steal of the season and 58th career steal, good for seventh place in Troy's history
- Smartt's pair of doubles places him tied for 10th in Troy single season history at 20
- As a team, Troy has hit 118 doubles on the season to place them 10th in single season history

Up Next
Troy will play its final regular season game, which will determine the Trojans' seeding in the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Saturday at 3 p.m. against South Alabama.