Troy University Athletics
Saturday, April 13
Boone, N.C.
1 p.m.
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Appalachian State
Baseball Heads Up the Mountains of Boone to Face App State
4/11/2024 4:16:00 PM | Baseball
BOONE, N.C. – No midweek action will interrupt the Sun Belt Conference swing for Troy baseball as it heads up the mountains of Boone, N.C., to face App State in a three-game series at Beaver Field.
Game Information
Location: Boone, N.C. – Beaver Field
The Matchup: Troy (23-11, 7-5 SBC) vs. App State (19-11, 5-7 SBC)
Date: April 12 | April 13 | April 14
Time: 5 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 12 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. App State)
Game One – Luke Lyon (4-1) vs. Bradley Wilson (1-2)
Game Two – Garrett Gainous (1-1) vs. TBD
Game Three – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. Dante Chirico (3-1)
Five Straight
After a weekend series sweep over Arkansas State, the Trojans (23-11, 7-5 SBC) ride a five-game winnings streak that extends from midweek victories over Alabama State and Jacksonville State. It also marks the rematch of a two-game rivalry built in the Sun Belt Tournament last season, where the teams split 1-1.
Game one saw Luke Lyon at his best as he pitched a seven-inning complete game with zero earned runs, two hits and nine strikeouts through 102 pitches. He allowed the Troy offense to gel with 14 unanswered runs to give A-State a run-rule shutout behind a 2-for-3 day by Aidan Gilroy on a double and triple. Ethan Kavanagh (3), Will Butcher (2), Peyton Watts (2) and Blake Sutton (2) all managed multi-RBI games in the win.
Game two continued the momentum, with Troy getting a three-run advantage in the second on a homer from Sutton. The Red Wolves fired back to tie the game, 5-5, in the sixth. But a six-run seventh inning on back-to-back singles (Bello, Butcher), a double by Brooks Bryan, an intentional walk for Tremayne Cobb Jr. and a 381-foot home run by Gilroy grabbed the 11-5 lead – Butcher hit a solo homer in the eighth for the 12-5 win.
Sunday climaxed into an instant classic and cemented Peyton Watts' lore into the halls of Riddle-Pace Field. The game looked out of reach on two occasions, with the first finding Troy down 5-3 heading into the eighth before a sac fly from Kyle Mock brought Bryan home, 5-4, and Watts blasted a 354-foot two-run homer over the right field wall, 6-5. The second instance happened half an inning later when A-State hammered a three-run homer to retake the lead, 8-6. However, after a single up the middle by Cobb Jr. trimmed the deficit to one, Watts became the hero again with a walk-off two-RBI single for a 9-8 win.
Freshman Watts led the team in batting average (.455), hits (5), RBIs (7) and total bases (10). He capped off a four-home run weekend for the Trojans alongside Gilroy, who had his first career grand slam, Butcher and Sutton. Gilroy and Sutton joined Watts with 5-plus RBIs as No. 6 tied for the most runs scored over the weekend with three.
Troy has controlled the overall series between itself and App State (19-11, 5-7 SBC), holding a 23-9 advantage, which includes seven of the last 10. The previous three meetings have been offensive explosions on both sides, with neither team scoring less than nine.
The Mountaineers feast on home run opportunities, totaling 53 through 30 games to average 1.77 per game, which ranks second in the league and 28th / 24th in the nation, respectively. They also lead the SBC in HBP with 83, ranking second in the country.
Up the Mountain Stats
• Troy has controlled the overall series between itself and App State, holding a 23-9 advantage, which includes seven of the last 10. The last three meetings have been offensive explosions on both sides with neither team scoring less than nine.
• Watts had a career series against A-State with
• Watts' 354-foot home run in the bottom of the eighth marked his third of 2024 – first homer since Alabama on March 6.
• The series sweep against the Red Wolves marked the first Sun Belt Conference sweep of 2024 and the first since Marshall from May 12 – 14 last season.
• Through the three-game series against A-State, the Trojans totaled 27 hits, 32 RBIs, four homers, 53 total bases, four triples and nine doubles.
• After a four-home run weekend against A-State, the Trojans have accumulated 50 home runs through 34 games, putting them on pace to reach 82 in the regular season.
• Sunday marked the first game all season that Myers and Kavanagh didn't start in the 1-2 spot as No. 1 sat out and also ended a 24-game streak of Butcher, Bryan and Cobb Jr. in the 3-4-5 spot.
• Troy set an NCAA record against Jacksonville State, forcing the opposition to bring out 15 different pitchers, breaking a nearly 26-year record of 13 set in the Butler / Indiana Southeast game on May 5, 1998.
• It's been a tale of two months for the Trojans ... in February (10 games), Troy hit .353 with 32 doubles and 19 home runs and slugged .657 with a .496 on-base percentage; in March (19 games), Troy his .256 with 29 doubles, 23 home runs, slugged .419 and reached base at a .375 clip.
• The Trojans have outclassed the opposition in all innings but one with the fifth innings seeing a 48-47 split.
• Cobb Jr. has gone 8-for-17 through the five game win streak to lead the Trojans with a .471 batting average. He also set a season-high of five straight games with a hit.
Game Information
Location: Boone, N.C. – Beaver Field
The Matchup: Troy (23-11, 7-5 SBC) vs. App State (19-11, 5-7 SBC)
Date: April 12 | April 13 | April 14
Time: 5 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 12 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. App State)
Game One – Luke Lyon (4-1) vs. Bradley Wilson (1-2)
Game Two – Garrett Gainous (1-1) vs. TBD
Game Three – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. Dante Chirico (3-1)
Five Straight
After a weekend series sweep over Arkansas State, the Trojans (23-11, 7-5 SBC) ride a five-game winnings streak that extends from midweek victories over Alabama State and Jacksonville State. It also marks the rematch of a two-game rivalry built in the Sun Belt Tournament last season, where the teams split 1-1.
Game one saw Luke Lyon at his best as he pitched a seven-inning complete game with zero earned runs, two hits and nine strikeouts through 102 pitches. He allowed the Troy offense to gel with 14 unanswered runs to give A-State a run-rule shutout behind a 2-for-3 day by Aidan Gilroy on a double and triple. Ethan Kavanagh (3), Will Butcher (2), Peyton Watts (2) and Blake Sutton (2) all managed multi-RBI games in the win.
Game two continued the momentum, with Troy getting a three-run advantage in the second on a homer from Sutton. The Red Wolves fired back to tie the game, 5-5, in the sixth. But a six-run seventh inning on back-to-back singles (Bello, Butcher), a double by Brooks Bryan, an intentional walk for Tremayne Cobb Jr. and a 381-foot home run by Gilroy grabbed the 11-5 lead – Butcher hit a solo homer in the eighth for the 12-5 win.
Sunday climaxed into an instant classic and cemented Peyton Watts' lore into the halls of Riddle-Pace Field. The game looked out of reach on two occasions, with the first finding Troy down 5-3 heading into the eighth before a sac fly from Kyle Mock brought Bryan home, 5-4, and Watts blasted a 354-foot two-run homer over the right field wall, 6-5. The second instance happened half an inning later when A-State hammered a three-run homer to retake the lead, 8-6. However, after a single up the middle by Cobb Jr. trimmed the deficit to one, Watts became the hero again with a walk-off two-RBI single for a 9-8 win.
Freshman Watts led the team in batting average (.455), hits (5), RBIs (7) and total bases (10). He capped off a four-home run weekend for the Trojans alongside Gilroy, who had his first career grand slam, Butcher and Sutton. Gilroy and Sutton joined Watts with 5-plus RBIs as No. 6 tied for the most runs scored over the weekend with three.
Troy has controlled the overall series between itself and App State (19-11, 5-7 SBC), holding a 23-9 advantage, which includes seven of the last 10. The previous three meetings have been offensive explosions on both sides, with neither team scoring less than nine.
The Mountaineers feast on home run opportunities, totaling 53 through 30 games to average 1.77 per game, which ranks second in the league and 28th / 24th in the nation, respectively. They also lead the SBC in HBP with 83, ranking second in the country.
Up the Mountain Stats
• Troy has controlled the overall series between itself and App State, holding a 23-9 advantage, which includes seven of the last 10. The last three meetings have been offensive explosions on both sides with neither team scoring less than nine.
• Watts had a career series against A-State with
• Watts' 354-foot home run in the bottom of the eighth marked his third of 2024 – first homer since Alabama on March 6.
• The series sweep against the Red Wolves marked the first Sun Belt Conference sweep of 2024 and the first since Marshall from May 12 – 14 last season.
• Through the three-game series against A-State, the Trojans totaled 27 hits, 32 RBIs, four homers, 53 total bases, four triples and nine doubles.
• After a four-home run weekend against A-State, the Trojans have accumulated 50 home runs through 34 games, putting them on pace to reach 82 in the regular season.
• Sunday marked the first game all season that Myers and Kavanagh didn't start in the 1-2 spot as No. 1 sat out and also ended a 24-game streak of Butcher, Bryan and Cobb Jr. in the 3-4-5 spot.
• Troy set an NCAA record against Jacksonville State, forcing the opposition to bring out 15 different pitchers, breaking a nearly 26-year record of 13 set in the Butler / Indiana Southeast game on May 5, 1998.
• It's been a tale of two months for the Trojans ... in February (10 games), Troy hit .353 with 32 doubles and 19 home runs and slugged .657 with a .496 on-base percentage; in March (19 games), Troy his .256 with 29 doubles, 23 home runs, slugged .419 and reached base at a .375 clip.
• The Trojans have outclassed the opposition in all innings but one with the fifth innings seeing a 48-47 split.
• Cobb Jr. has gone 8-for-17 through the five game win streak to lead the Trojans with a .471 batting average. He also set a season-high of five straight games with a hit.
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