Troy University Athletics
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Troy Drops Heartbreaker in the Ninth to Alabama
6/4/2023 12:49:00 AM | Baseball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 16 Alabama scored four unearned runs in the top of the ninth inning Saturday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium to rally past Troy, 11-8, and advance to Sunday's Regional Final. Troy takes on Boston College on Sunday at 2 p.m. in a rematch of Friday's Regional opener, with the winner advancing to play Alabama at 8 p.m.
Back-to-back 1-out walks kept the ninth inning alive for Alabama (42-19). Following a flyout to center for the second out, Tommy Seidl bounced a 1-0 offering to short, but the throw was down the line allowing both runners to score. The Crimson Tide added two more runs in the frame on a ball that was ruled a triple to right and a single.
Troy (40-21) put itself in position to win the game thanks once again to the power of the long ball. Kole Myers tied the game with a solo blast in the sixth, his second of the weekend, and William Sullivan hit a 3-run bomb off the light tower in the third to cap a 5-run frame.
Alabama regained the lead in the sixth on an Andrew Pinckney home run before the Trojans answered back with a 2-run home half of the inning thanks to an RBI-single from Shane Lewis and a sac fly by Myers.
Eight of Troy's starters recorded a hit in the game, paced by two each from Lewis and Kyle Mock. Pinckney paced Alabama's 13-hit attack with three hits while three others added two.
Caden Rose put Alabama on top in the second with a 2-run homer before the Trojans' bats came alive in the third, loading the bases with nobody out. Myers hit into a double play, which allowed one run to score, and Ethan Kavanagh followed with a run-scoring single back up the middle. Caleb Bartolero kept the inning alive with a single to left, setting up Sullivan's 17th homer of the season.
Alabama answered Troy's five runs with four of its own in the fourth on three singles and one of Troy's four credited errors in the game.
For the second straight game in the Regional, Troy's starting pitcher was unable to log more than two innings for reasons out of his control. In the opener, Grayson Stuart was burned after a 20-minute rain shower turned into a 139-minute delay due to field conditions, while in Saturday's game, Logan Ross had to leave after just two innings of work due to a blister on his throwing hand.
Kristian Asbury was solid in relief for Troy, allowing just a run on four hits in 4.1 innings of work. Likewise, Alabama's bullpen did just enough to keep the Tide in the game, with three pitchers combining to hold Troy to two runs over the final five innings. Hunter Hoops (2-1) was credited with the win, and Alton Davis II earned his eighth save. Noah Manning (3-3) was saddled with the hard-luck loss for Troy, allowing three unearned runs and two hits in a third of an inning.
Back-to-back 1-out walks kept the ninth inning alive for Alabama (42-19). Following a flyout to center for the second out, Tommy Seidl bounced a 1-0 offering to short, but the throw was down the line allowing both runners to score. The Crimson Tide added two more runs in the frame on a ball that was ruled a triple to right and a single.
Troy (40-21) put itself in position to win the game thanks once again to the power of the long ball. Kole Myers tied the game with a solo blast in the sixth, his second of the weekend, and William Sullivan hit a 3-run bomb off the light tower in the third to cap a 5-run frame.
Alabama regained the lead in the sixth on an Andrew Pinckney home run before the Trojans answered back with a 2-run home half of the inning thanks to an RBI-single from Shane Lewis and a sac fly by Myers.
Eight of Troy's starters recorded a hit in the game, paced by two each from Lewis and Kyle Mock. Pinckney paced Alabama's 13-hit attack with three hits while three others added two.
Caden Rose put Alabama on top in the second with a 2-run homer before the Trojans' bats came alive in the third, loading the bases with nobody out. Myers hit into a double play, which allowed one run to score, and Ethan Kavanagh followed with a run-scoring single back up the middle. Caleb Bartolero kept the inning alive with a single to left, setting up Sullivan's 17th homer of the season.
Alabama answered Troy's five runs with four of its own in the fourth on three singles and one of Troy's four credited errors in the game.
For the second straight game in the Regional, Troy's starting pitcher was unable to log more than two innings for reasons out of his control. In the opener, Grayson Stuart was burned after a 20-minute rain shower turned into a 139-minute delay due to field conditions, while in Saturday's game, Logan Ross had to leave after just two innings of work due to a blister on his throwing hand.
Kristian Asbury was solid in relief for Troy, allowing just a run on four hits in 4.1 innings of work. Likewise, Alabama's bullpen did just enough to keep the Tide in the game, with three pitchers combining to hold Troy to two runs over the final five innings. Hunter Hoops (2-1) was credited with the win, and Alton Davis II earned his eighth save. Noah Manning (3-3) was saddled with the hard-luck loss for Troy, allowing three unearned runs and two hits in a third of an inning.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hunter Hoopes (2-1)
L: Manning, Noah (3-3)
S: Alton Davis II (8)
Batting:
2B: Tommy Seidl 1 ; Caden Rose 1
3B: Andrew Pinckney 1
HR: Andrew Pinckney 1 ; Caden Rose 1
RBI: Jim Jarvis 1 ; Tommy Seidl 1 ; Andrew Pinckney 2 ; Dominic Tamez 2 ; Caden Rose 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jim Jarvis 1 ; Tommy Seidl 1 ; William Hamiter 1 ; Andrew Pinckney 2 ; Mac Guscette 2 ; Will Hodo 1 ; Caden Rose 3
Batting:
HR: Myers, Kole 1 ; Sullivan, William 1
RBI: Myers, Kole 2 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 1 ; Sullivan, William 3 ; Lewis, Shane 1
SF: Myers, Kole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Myers, Kole 1 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 1 ; Bartolero, Caleb 1 ; Sullivan, William 1 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 1 ; Whibbs, Donovan 1 ; Mock, Kyle 1 ; Lewis, Shane 1
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