Troy Outlasts Georgia State in Rain-Marred Game Two

Saturday, April 20

Troy, Ala.

1 p.m.

Troy University

27-14, 10-7

Georgia State

20-18, 10-7

Georgia State

Troy

Troy Outlasts Georgia State in Rain-Marred Game Two

4/21/2024 12:46:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. – What started out to be a doubleheader on Saturday turned into a single game over two days that took more than 23 hours to complete thanks to a near five-hour rain delay in the second inning before the game was suspended for 15 hours in the top of the ninth inning. When it was all said and done, Troy came away with a 9-3 victory over Georgia State to force the rubber game of the three-game Sun Belt series.

The Panthers took a short-lived lead in the top of the third inning on a 3-run homer by Will Mize, his ninth of the season, after a pair of walks.

Troy answered in the fourth thanks to doubles from Peyton Watts, Kole Myers and Ethan Kavanagh after Ben Arnett got the inning started with a single; Myers had the big blow of a frame as his two-bagger plated a pair.

Myers led off the fifth with a walk and Aidan Gilroy cashed him in with Troy's fifth double of the game to extend Troy's lead to 5-3. Troy finished with nine extra-base hits in the game, tying game two against Kent State for the most this season by the Trojans.

Minutes before the weather delay, Tremayne Cobb Jr. broke open the scoring with his fourth home run of the season, a towering shot over the right field wall that had a 40.94-degree launch angle.

The Trojans added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings to make their sleep a little more restful before the game resumed Sunday afternoon. Watts cashed in a leadoff hit by pitch and a Kyle Mock double with a sac fly, and Myers followed with his third RBI of the game. Will Butcher led off the eighth with a single, and two pitches later, Brooks Bryan crushed his team-leading 13^th home run of the season over the wall in right.

Following the resumption of play on Sunday, Georgia State added a pair of runs in the ninth to close the final score to the four-run margin.

Clete Hartzog (5-2) picked up the win for the Trojans after throwing four innings following the first delay; he allowed three runs on just two hits, with four strikeouts and two walks. Caleb White (0-3) took the loss for Georgia State after allowing three runs on five hits in two innings.

Six Trojans finished with multiple hits as Troy out-hit Georgia State, 15-6, in the game, while Myers (3) and Bryan (2) finished with multiple RBIs.

Notable
• The game was delayed four hours and 49 minutes due to lightning and rain in the bottom of the second inning; both teams were sent home around 3 p.m. and the game resumed at 6:21 p.m.

• The game was delayed again due to lighting at 8:55 p.m. in the top of the ninth inning and was suspended until noon on Sunday.

• Troy pitches combined to strike out 12 batters, the 12th time this season that the Trojans have struck out double-digit batters. Troy has struck out 12 batters in three of its last four games.

• Troy hit seven doubles in the game as a team, tying a season-high (game two of the season vs. SIU-Edwardsville).

• Kole Myers drove in three runs for the first time since three RBIs in Troy's victory at Alabama State on April 2; it was his third 3-RBI game of the season.