Troy University Athletics
Tuesday, April 16
Birmingham, Ala.
6 p.m.
Troy University
at
Samford
Baseball Split for Midweek Action Against Samford and Jacksonville State
4/15/2024 6:00:00 PM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – A pair of midweek games splits Troy on the road (Joe Lee Griffin Field) and at Riddle-Pace Field to face 2023 NCAA Regional team Samford and Jacksonville State, respectively.
Game Information
Location: Birmingham, Ala. – Joe Lee Griffin Field | Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (25-12, 9-6 SBC) vs. Samford (24-11, 8-1 SOCON) | Jacksonville State (12-23, 3-9 C-USA)
Date: April 16 | April 17
Time: 6 p.m. | 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Samford / Jacksonville State)
Game One – Connor Burt (0-0) vs. Will Lynch (1-2)
Game Two – TBD vs. TBD
Split Midweek Action
Troy headed up the mountains of Boone, N.C., and handled business to remain undefeated in regular season series against Appalachian State, winning 2-1 with pure domination in games one and three.
The 2-1 weekend against App State shot the Trojans (25-12, 9-6 SBC) up the standings to sit in a five-way tie for second in the Sun Belt Conference with Coastal Carolina, Southern Miss, Georgia Southern and Georgia State.
Saturday saw a tale of two games as Luke Lyon (5-1) led Troy's domination in game one with a 17-2 run-rule win through eight innings before Jackson Steensma (4-1) flipped it for App State on an 11-1 run-rule through seven in game two. Troy exploded offensively in game one's third, fifth and eighth inning, scoring 16-of-17 runs through the three and seven alone in the eighth. Brooks Bryan shined Saturday with two home runs through both games, going 4-for-6 in game one with two runs and five RBIs.
Game three peaked the series as App State shot out with a 5-1 advantage through the first two innings. Peyton Watts began Troy's home run-filled day by sending a solo shot in the third, 5-2. After a pair of runs cut the deficit to one, 5-4, Troy hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the first time in nine years (April 22, 2015 – Kennesaw State) via Kyle Mock, Aidan Gilroy and Ben Arnett to take a 7-5 lead. Mock wasn't done with his second homer of the day in the eighth to help finish a 13-5 series-clinching victory and set a season-high with five sent over the wall.
Bryan and Mock finished the weekend at .500-plus in batting average with .571 and .500, respectively. No. 17 led the Trojans with eight hits, seven RBIs and 14 total bases, while Mock led with four runs – both had a pair of home runs. Overall, the Trojans' bats had plenty of action with 34 hits through 99 at-bats for 31 runs, three doubles, eight homers, 27 RBIs and 61 total bases.
After making it to the NCAA Regional in Auburn, Samford's (24-11, 8-1 SOCON) continued its momentum despite a 4-4 start, going 20-7 since with wins over Purdue, No. 10 Kentucky and a sweep over Citadel. The Bulldogs are home run machines, leading the SOCON in total home runs (55) and homers per game (1.57) – ranked 41st and 43rd, respectively, in the nation.
Losers of six straight against the Trojans, including an 18-10 loss earlier this month on April 3, the Gamecocks (12-23, 3-9 C-USA) look to bounce back after losing the series-clinching game to Liberty, 12-6. Jacksonville State continues to capitalize on extra opportunities through 2024 with the 40th-ranked team in the country for stolen bases at 60.
Midweek Numbers
• 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.
• In Lyon's back-to-back complete games, he's earned two victories through 15 IP with eight hits, three walks, two runs and 10 strikeouts.
• After scoring single digits in 11-of-12 games from March 12 – 30, the Trojans have scored 10-plus runs in six of its last eight – totaling 98 runs.
• Arnett made his first career start since UCF on March 10, 2023, at left field and hit his first career homer as a Trojan in the sixth.
• Two Trojans in Bryan (.571) and Mock (.500) finished the App State series at .500-plus in batting average. No. 17 led the Trojans with eight hits, seven RBIs and 14 total bases, while Mock led with four runs – both had a pair of home runs.
• Five homers blasted by the Trojans set a new season-high – previous was four at Indiana on March 9.
• For the first time since the seventh inning on April 22, 2015, at Kennesaw State, the Trojans hit back-to-back-to-back homers via Mock, Gilroy and Arnett.
• With the series finale victory, the Trojans win the series against App State to remain undefeated in program history in all-time regular season series against the Mountaineers – sit at 8-0 and 5-3 in series finales.
• Troy sits 7-5 in its second meeting with an opponent through 2024.
• The Trojans have won the last six meetings with Jacksonville State, remaining undefeated in the Skylar Meade era at 5-0. The Trojans have outscored the Gamecocks 53-27 in the five games with Meade.
• In the last meeting on April 3, the Trojans scored 18 runs while outhitting Jacksonville State 13-8 with no errors. Kole Myers, Ethan Kavanagh, Will Butcher and Bryan all had multi-hit games, with Bryan leading the way with a career-high seven RBIs.
• Troy enters the week ranked fourth in walk percentage at 15.7 while sitting ninth in K/BB ratio at 1.2.
• Tremayne Cobb Jr. sits 13th overall and seventh among shortstops in defensive runs saved (DRS) at 7.31 and 11th in his position for WAR at 2.29, entering the week.
• Positionally, entering the week, Kavanagh ranks 14th among second basemen in WAR at 2.07 and Myers second among centerfielders at 2.83 – 28th overall. Myers also sits 15th in offensive WAR and 19th in walking percentage (23.1).
• Entering the week, Troy sits 27th in ISO (.222), 19th in wOBA (.429), 13th in wRC (300) and 19th in wRC+ (126).
• The Trojans' bats had plenty of action against App State with 34 hits through 99 at-bats for 31 runs, three doubles, eight homers, 27 RBIs and 61 total bases.
Game Information
Location: Birmingham, Ala. – Joe Lee Griffin Field | Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (25-12, 9-6 SBC) vs. Samford (24-11, 8-1 SOCON) | Jacksonville State (12-23, 3-9 C-USA)
Date: April 16 | April 17
Time: 6 p.m. | 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Samford / Jacksonville State)
Game One – Connor Burt (0-0) vs. Will Lynch (1-2)
Game Two – TBD vs. TBD
Split Midweek Action
Troy headed up the mountains of Boone, N.C., and handled business to remain undefeated in regular season series against Appalachian State, winning 2-1 with pure domination in games one and three.
The 2-1 weekend against App State shot the Trojans (25-12, 9-6 SBC) up the standings to sit in a five-way tie for second in the Sun Belt Conference with Coastal Carolina, Southern Miss, Georgia Southern and Georgia State.
Saturday saw a tale of two games as Luke Lyon (5-1) led Troy's domination in game one with a 17-2 run-rule win through eight innings before Jackson Steensma (4-1) flipped it for App State on an 11-1 run-rule through seven in game two. Troy exploded offensively in game one's third, fifth and eighth inning, scoring 16-of-17 runs through the three and seven alone in the eighth. Brooks Bryan shined Saturday with two home runs through both games, going 4-for-6 in game one with two runs and five RBIs.
Game three peaked the series as App State shot out with a 5-1 advantage through the first two innings. Peyton Watts began Troy's home run-filled day by sending a solo shot in the third, 5-2. After a pair of runs cut the deficit to one, 5-4, Troy hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the first time in nine years (April 22, 2015 – Kennesaw State) via Kyle Mock, Aidan Gilroy and Ben Arnett to take a 7-5 lead. Mock wasn't done with his second homer of the day in the eighth to help finish a 13-5 series-clinching victory and set a season-high with five sent over the wall.
Bryan and Mock finished the weekend at .500-plus in batting average with .571 and .500, respectively. No. 17 led the Trojans with eight hits, seven RBIs and 14 total bases, while Mock led with four runs – both had a pair of home runs. Overall, the Trojans' bats had plenty of action with 34 hits through 99 at-bats for 31 runs, three doubles, eight homers, 27 RBIs and 61 total bases.
After making it to the NCAA Regional in Auburn, Samford's (24-11, 8-1 SOCON) continued its momentum despite a 4-4 start, going 20-7 since with wins over Purdue, No. 10 Kentucky and a sweep over Citadel. The Bulldogs are home run machines, leading the SOCON in total home runs (55) and homers per game (1.57) – ranked 41st and 43rd, respectively, in the nation.
Losers of six straight against the Trojans, including an 18-10 loss earlier this month on April 3, the Gamecocks (12-23, 3-9 C-USA) look to bounce back after losing the series-clinching game to Liberty, 12-6. Jacksonville State continues to capitalize on extra opportunities through 2024 with the 40th-ranked team in the country for stolen bases at 60.
Midweek Numbers
• 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.
• In Lyon's back-to-back complete games, he's earned two victories through 15 IP with eight hits, three walks, two runs and 10 strikeouts.
• After scoring single digits in 11-of-12 games from March 12 – 30, the Trojans have scored 10-plus runs in six of its last eight – totaling 98 runs.
• Arnett made his first career start since UCF on March 10, 2023, at left field and hit his first career homer as a Trojan in the sixth.
• Two Trojans in Bryan (.571) and Mock (.500) finished the App State series at .500-plus in batting average. No. 17 led the Trojans with eight hits, seven RBIs and 14 total bases, while Mock led with four runs – both had a pair of home runs.
• Five homers blasted by the Trojans set a new season-high – previous was four at Indiana on March 9.
• For the first time since the seventh inning on April 22, 2015, at Kennesaw State, the Trojans hit back-to-back-to-back homers via Mock, Gilroy and Arnett.
• With the series finale victory, the Trojans win the series against App State to remain undefeated in program history in all-time regular season series against the Mountaineers – sit at 8-0 and 5-3 in series finales.
• Troy sits 7-5 in its second meeting with an opponent through 2024.
• The Trojans have won the last six meetings with Jacksonville State, remaining undefeated in the Skylar Meade era at 5-0. The Trojans have outscored the Gamecocks 53-27 in the five games with Meade.
• In the last meeting on April 3, the Trojans scored 18 runs while outhitting Jacksonville State 13-8 with no errors. Kole Myers, Ethan Kavanagh, Will Butcher and Bryan all had multi-hit games, with Bryan leading the way with a career-high seven RBIs.
• Troy enters the week ranked fourth in walk percentage at 15.7 while sitting ninth in K/BB ratio at 1.2.
• Tremayne Cobb Jr. sits 13th overall and seventh among shortstops in defensive runs saved (DRS) at 7.31 and 11th in his position for WAR at 2.29, entering the week.
• Positionally, entering the week, Kavanagh ranks 14th among second basemen in WAR at 2.07 and Myers second among centerfielders at 2.83 – 28th overall. Myers also sits 15th in offensive WAR and 19th in walking percentage (23.1).
• Entering the week, Troy sits 27th in ISO (.222), 19th in wOBA (.429), 13th in wRC (300) and 19th in wRC+ (126).
• The Trojans' bats had plenty of action against App State with 34 hits through 99 at-bats for 31 runs, three doubles, eight homers, 27 RBIs and 61 total bases.
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