Troy University Athletics
Troy University
28-14, 11-7
Georgia State
20-19, 10-8
Troy is Grand in Series Finale Victory over Georgia State
4/21/2024 5:32:00 PM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – Brooks Bryan hit his second grand slam of the month, and Troy belted five extra-base hits as the Trojans defeated Georgia State, 10-7, Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game Sun Belt series at Riddle-Pace Field.
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Troy (28-14, 11-7 Sun Belt) scored four runs in the fifth and seventh innings after Georgia State (20-19, 10-8) took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth; the Panthers scored their first four runs of the game on four solo homers, two off the bat of JoJo Jackson.
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The victory keeps Troy in second place in the Sun Belt, tied with Coastal Carolina and Southern Miss; the Trojans travel to Conway this upcoming weekend for a three-game set at Coastal.
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After the Panthers struck in the top of the second, Kyle Mock gave the Trojans a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the frame with his seventh home run of the season following a four-pitch walk by Tremayne Cobb Jr. to lead off the frame.
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Mock finished a triple shy of the cycle as he led the Trojans, going 4-for-4 with a double, a home run, two RBIs and a walk. Myers finished with three hits, two doubles, and a pair of RBIs, while Cobb, Ben Arnett and Peyton Watts all had two hits.Â
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Jackson tied the game in the fourth with his first homer of the day and Michael Maginnis homered in the fifth.
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Troy did all its damage in the fifth with two outs, sparked by a double to right-center from Mock. Aidan Gilroy was hit by a pitch before Arnett and Watts delivered back-to-back RBI singles. The Panthers went to the bullpen and Myers welcomed Aidan McEvoy with a 2-run double off the wall in left-center.
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Leading 6-4 in the seventh, Myers walked ahead of back-to-back walks by Ethan Kavanagh and Will Bitcher. Bryan wasted no time taking a 1-0 fastball from Ross Norman 434 feet off the batter's eye in center field for his 14th home run of the season and pushing his RBI total to 68.
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 Jay Dill (1-1) picked up his first win in a Troy uniform with 2.2 innings in relief of starter Grayson Stewart; he allowed a pair of runs on three hits after Stewart struck out six in 3.1 innings. Connor Burt recorded the final four outs, three via the strikeout, for his first save.
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McEvoy (2-1), who earned the win on Friday, was tagged with the loss on Sunday, allowing four runs on three hits without recording an out.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dill, Jay (1-1)
L: Schofield, Sam (2-2)
S: Burt, Connor (1)
Batting:
2B: Hudson, Brennan 1
HR: Maginnis, Michael 1 ; Hudson, Brennan 1 ; Jackson, JoJo 2
RBI: Martin, Maximus 1 ; Maginnis, Michael 1 ; Hudson, Brennan 1 ; Jackson, JoJo 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Maginnis, Michael 1 ; Hudson, Brennan 2 ; Dyal, Ryan 1 ; Jackson, JoJo 3
SB: Ruiz, Matt 1
Batting:
2B: Myers, Kole 2 ; Mock, Kyle 1
HR: Bryan, Brooks 1 ; Mock, Kyle 1
RBI: Myers, Kole 2 ; Bryan, Brooks 4 ; Mock, Kyle 2 ; Arnett, Ben 1 ; Watts, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Myers, Kole 1 ; Gardiner, Lance 1 ; Butcher, Will 1 ; Bryan, Brooks 1 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 1 ; Mock, Kyle 2 ; Gilroy, Aidan 1 ; Arnett, Ben 1 ; Watts, Peyton 1
SB: Myers, Kole 2 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 1 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 1
HBP: Gilroy, Aidan 1
