Troy University Athletics
Friday, April 26
Conway, S.C.
5 p.m.
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at
Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt Postseason Implications Highlight Troy Baseball at No. 12 Coastal Carolina Series
4/25/2024 1:07:00 PM | Baseball
CONWAY, S.C. – The second half of the Sun Belt Conference schedule ramps up the intensity as Troy baseball heads to Conway, S.C., to face No. 12 Coastal Carolina in a three-game series between a pair of teams tied for second in the league standings.
Game Information
Location: Conway, S.C. – Springs Brooks Field
The Matchup: Troy (28-14, 11-7 SBC) vs. Coastal Carolina (27-14, 11-7 SBC)
Date: April 26 | April 27 | April 28
Time: 5 p.m. | 1 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. Coastal Carolina)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (1-2) vs. Riley Eikhoff (5-0)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (5-2) vs. Cameron Flukey (2-1)
Game Three – TBD vs. TBD
Post Panthers
Three teams sit tied for second in the Sun Belt standings, and two in the Trojans (28-14, 11-7 SBC) and Chanticleers (27-13, 11-7 SBC) square off from Friday to Monday with hopes of narrowing the gap to Louisiana, who sits four games ahead – Southern Miss also sits tied for second.
Troy's fresh off a grueling series with the Panthers of Georgia State, where three games lasted over 15 hours as the teams battled through rain delays. In the end, Troy triumphed 2-1 after falling in game one, 10-8, only to redeem itself in games two, 9-5, and three, 10-7.
Georgia State got its bats rolling in game one, outhitting Troy 16-7 to overcome three errors. From innings four through six, the Panthers totaled nine runs. Kyle Mock and Brooks Bryan still finished with a multi-RBI game as Peyton Watts grabbed the only multi-hit game for the Trojans.
Game two saw redemption when Tremayne Cobb Jr. hammered a solo shot, 1-0, in the second. Despite a three-run homer from Georgia State, 3-1, in the third, Troy scored eight unanswered and held off a late rally to tie the series, 9-5, at one apiece. Three RBI doubles from Myers, Ethan Kavanagh and Aidan Gilroy brought in five runs as No. 5 led the team with three RBIs.
Bryan headlined game three when he accounted for 40 percent of Troy's runs off a grand slam in the seventh for Troy's second four-run inning – first came in the fifth off a pair of singles from Ben Arnett and Watts and a double by Myers. Connor Burt earned his first save when he entered in the top of the eighth and struck out three batters for zero hits.
Through the first half of the Sun Belt schedule, Mock has been atop the charts for batting average with a .429 through 63 at-bats, earning 21 runs, 27 hits, four doubles, five homers, 15 RBIs and 15 walks. He also leads the team in slugging percentage at .730 and on-base percentage at .538. Bryan has been Troy's focal point for RBIs, doubling the next-highest Trojan (Gilroy) with 32.
The Chanticleers enter the weekend series ranked in the top 15 in numerous baseball rankings, topping off at No. 12 in the Perfect Game poll. However, Coastal sits on a two-game losing streak after falling to Creighton in Omaha, 7-3 and 5-4. Their last SBC series saw the Chanticleers top the No. 1 seed Louisiana in games one and three while in Springs Brooks Stadium.
Coastal is a well-rounded team nationally, ranking second in double plays and first for the SBC with 43 – two away from No. 1 ranked Michigan. They also have scored 385 runs to average 9.4 per game, which ranks ninth and 12th nationally, respectively. Sam Antonacci leads Coastal Carolina, leading the country in runs at 65, and sits fourth in on-base percentage at .565.
Battle at the Beach Breakdown
• Five Trojans enter the week with OPS marks over 1.000 -- Will Butcher (1.030), Brooks Bryan (1.029), Ben Arnett (1.153), Kyle Mock (1.005) and Kole Myers (1.163).
• Entering the week, Troy sits fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.5, seventh in K/BB at 1.20, 18th in wOBA at .429, 12th in wRC at 344 and 18th in wRC+ at 126.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked sixth in the country and second among shortstops at 9.18. He also sits 17th among shortstops in WAR with a 2.31.
• Kole Myers ranks fifth among center fielders in defensive WAR at 3.18, eighth overall in offensive WAR at 3.41 and 33rd overall in total war.
• 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.
• 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.
• Through the first half of the Sun Belt schedule, Mock has been atop the charts for batting average with a .429 through 63 at-bats, earning 21 runs, 27 hits, four doubles, five homers, 15 RBIs and 15 walks. He also leads the team in slugging percentage at .730 and on-base percentage at .538. Bryan has been Troy's focal point for RBIs, doubling the next-highest Trojan (Gilroy) with 32.
• Myers sits fourth for walks (50), seventh in triples (4) and third in on-base percentage (.542) in a single season – 15 walks away from the top of the charts (Jorge Soto – 65).
• 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 eight of its last 13 – totaling 138 runs.
• Watts continues to extend his career-high for reached base safely streak at nine – Bryan and Mock lead the Trojans with 10 straight.
Game Information
Location: Conway, S.C. – Springs Brooks Field
The Matchup: Troy (28-14, 11-7 SBC) vs. Coastal Carolina (27-14, 11-7 SBC)
Date: April 26 | April 27 | April 28
Time: 5 p.m. | 1 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. Coastal Carolina)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (1-2) vs. Riley Eikhoff (5-0)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (5-2) vs. Cameron Flukey (2-1)
Game Three – TBD vs. TBD
Post Panthers
Three teams sit tied for second in the Sun Belt standings, and two in the Trojans (28-14, 11-7 SBC) and Chanticleers (27-13, 11-7 SBC) square off from Friday to Monday with hopes of narrowing the gap to Louisiana, who sits four games ahead – Southern Miss also sits tied for second.
Troy's fresh off a grueling series with the Panthers of Georgia State, where three games lasted over 15 hours as the teams battled through rain delays. In the end, Troy triumphed 2-1 after falling in game one, 10-8, only to redeem itself in games two, 9-5, and three, 10-7.
Georgia State got its bats rolling in game one, outhitting Troy 16-7 to overcome three errors. From innings four through six, the Panthers totaled nine runs. Kyle Mock and Brooks Bryan still finished with a multi-RBI game as Peyton Watts grabbed the only multi-hit game for the Trojans.
Game two saw redemption when Tremayne Cobb Jr. hammered a solo shot, 1-0, in the second. Despite a three-run homer from Georgia State, 3-1, in the third, Troy scored eight unanswered and held off a late rally to tie the series, 9-5, at one apiece. Three RBI doubles from Myers, Ethan Kavanagh and Aidan Gilroy brought in five runs as No. 5 led the team with three RBIs.
Bryan headlined game three when he accounted for 40 percent of Troy's runs off a grand slam in the seventh for Troy's second four-run inning – first came in the fifth off a pair of singles from Ben Arnett and Watts and a double by Myers. Connor Burt earned his first save when he entered in the top of the eighth and struck out three batters for zero hits.
Through the first half of the Sun Belt schedule, Mock has been atop the charts for batting average with a .429 through 63 at-bats, earning 21 runs, 27 hits, four doubles, five homers, 15 RBIs and 15 walks. He also leads the team in slugging percentage at .730 and on-base percentage at .538. Bryan has been Troy's focal point for RBIs, doubling the next-highest Trojan (Gilroy) with 32.
The Chanticleers enter the weekend series ranked in the top 15 in numerous baseball rankings, topping off at No. 12 in the Perfect Game poll. However, Coastal sits on a two-game losing streak after falling to Creighton in Omaha, 7-3 and 5-4. Their last SBC series saw the Chanticleers top the No. 1 seed Louisiana in games one and three while in Springs Brooks Stadium.
Coastal is a well-rounded team nationally, ranking second in double plays and first for the SBC with 43 – two away from No. 1 ranked Michigan. They also have scored 385 runs to average 9.4 per game, which ranks ninth and 12th nationally, respectively. Sam Antonacci leads Coastal Carolina, leading the country in runs at 65, and sits fourth in on-base percentage at .565.
Battle at the Beach Breakdown
• Five Trojans enter the week with OPS marks over 1.000 -- Will Butcher (1.030), Brooks Bryan (1.029), Ben Arnett (1.153), Kyle Mock (1.005) and Kole Myers (1.163).
• Entering the week, Troy sits fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.5, seventh in K/BB at 1.20, 18th in wOBA at .429, 12th in wRC at 344 and 18th in wRC+ at 126.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked sixth in the country and second among shortstops at 9.18. He also sits 17th among shortstops in WAR with a 2.31.
• Kole Myers ranks fifth among center fielders in defensive WAR at 3.18, eighth overall in offensive WAR at 3.41 and 33rd overall in total war.
• 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.
• 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.
• Through the first half of the Sun Belt schedule, Mock has been atop the charts for batting average with a .429 through 63 at-bats, earning 21 runs, 27 hits, four doubles, five homers, 15 RBIs and 15 walks. He also leads the team in slugging percentage at .730 and on-base percentage at .538. Bryan has been Troy's focal point for RBIs, doubling the next-highest Trojan (Gilroy) with 32.
• Myers sits fourth for walks (50), seventh in triples (4) and third in on-base percentage (.542) in a single season – 15 walks away from the top of the charts (Jorge Soto – 65).
• 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 eight of its last 13 – totaling 138 runs.
• Watts continues to extend his career-high for reached base safely streak at nine – Bryan and Mock lead the Trojans with 10 straight.
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