Baseball Rides Big Innings to Run-Rule Victory at Alabama State

Tuesday, April 2

Montgomery, Ala.

6 p.m.

Troy University

19-11

Alabama State

13-13

Troy

Alabama State

Baseball Rides Big Innings to Run-Rule Victory at Alabama State

4/2/2024 9:48:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Troy hit three home runs, got multiple hits from five players and scored three or more runs in three different frames in a 14-3 victory over Alabama State in seven innings Tuesday night at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.

Brooks Bryan, Will Butcher and Kole Myers hit home runs for the Trojans (19-11), who defeated Alabama State (13-13) for the 15^th straight time. Ethan Kavanagh and Tremayne Cobb Jr. had three hits to lead Troy's 14-hit attack.

Troy opened the scoring with a 3-run second inning thanks to a 2-run single from Myers and Kavanagh followed with a sharp single to left to score Blake Sutton. Bryan added his eighth homer of the season in the third and Myers belted his eighth of the season in the fourth; all eight of Myers' home runs have been the solo variety, while 15 of Bryan's 23 hits this season have gone for extra-bases.

Myers drove in three runs and reached base five times after recording a pair of hits, drawing a walk and being hit by two pitches. Kyle Mock added a pair of hits to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, while Aidan Gilroy drove in a pair on two hits, including his first triple.

Jay Dill struck out three over 3.1 innings as he got the start on the mound for the Trojans before Grayson Stewart (1-2) tossed 2.2 scoreless innings to pick up the win. All three Alabama State hits were solo home runs.

After the Hornets cut Troy's lead to 5-2 in the fifth, the Trojans responded for four in the sixth and five in the seventh to end the game early.

Devin Brooks (1-1) took the loss for the Hornets after allowing three runs on two hits in two innings; he walked four and struck out two.

Quotable – Troy Head Coach Skylar Meade
"All of the phases of the game were good. Offensively, everyone will remember the home runs a little more, but Trey had a bunch of good at-bats, Kole got on base five times, I thought across the board a lot of good offensively. The pitchers attacked the zone for the most part, Dill calibrated in and gave us a solid effort and Stew was really good."

Up Next
Troy continues its mid-week road trip with a visit to Jacksonville State on Wednesday evening; first pitch is set for 6 p.m.

Notable
• Kyle Mock extended his team-leading on-base streak to 13 straight games with a walk to lead off the second inning. Ethan Kanavagh extended his streak to 12 games with an RBI single in the top of the second.

• Peyton Watts made his first career start at second base as Ethan Kavanagh made his first start in right field in 2024 after starting 27 games in the position last season.

• Kole Myers drove in three runs for his sixth multi-RBI game of the season and just second since March 2. It was his second 3-RBI game of the season and first since Feb. 17 (SIU-Edwardsville).

• Brooks Bryan hit his eighth home run of the season in the fourth inning; it was his fourth homer in the last 11 games. With the blast, 15 of his 23 hits have gone for extra-bases this season.

• Kole Myers and Ethan Kavanagh recorded multiple hits in the same game for the fifth time this season from the 1-2 spot in the lineup. Kavanagh recorded three hits, his most since a 4-for-5 afternoon against Alabama on March 6.

• With home runs from Brooks Bryan, Will Butcher and Kole Myers, it marked the 15^th time this season that Troy has hit multiple home runs in a game and the second straight game. It was Troy's sixth game with 3-plus homers, first since Troy's victory at Indiana in the series finale.

• Tremayne Cobb Jr. recorded his 53^rd career multi-hit game and 10^th of the season after picking up a pair of hits on Tuesday.

• The Trojans entered the game 15^th in the country with walks on 14.8 percent of their at-bats; Troy drew six walks on 34 official at-bats against Alabama State (17.6 percent).

• Kyle Mock extended his hitting streak to 10 games by beating out an infield single in the sixth inning; he also walked and was hit by a pitch in the game.

• Troy did not commit an error in the game, snapping a streak of eight straight games with an error.