Troy University Athletics
Tuesday, April 30
Troy, Ala.
6 p.m.
Troy University
vs
Alabama State
Troy Baseball Pauses Conference Play to Invite Alabama State to RPF
4/29/2024 2:31:00 PM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – Flying high on a five-game win streak with a clean sweep over nationally ranked Coastal Carolina, the Troy baseball program pauses the SBC schedule to invite Alabama State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. into Riddle-Pace Field.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (31-14, 14-7 SBC) vs. Alabama State (22-20, 13-8 SWAC)
Date: April 30
Time: 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Alabama State)
Game One – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. TBA
National Sweep
The Trojans (31-14, 14-7 SBC) put the nation on notice after entering Springs Brooks Stadium and sweeping their SBC foe Coastal Carolina, who was ranked 12th in the country. Each game, the Trojans showed more dominance, going from a come-from-behind win in game one to run ruling the Chanticleers in game three.
Ben Arnett surged onto the scene with a pair of home runs to match the nation's leader in RBIs, Brooks Bryan. In the three-game series, there were eight home runs hit, and all eight were from the Trojans – Arnett, Bryan, Aidan Gilroy, Will Butcher, Kole Myers and Tremayne Cobb Jr. Cobb Jr. had the most significant in relation to impact and runs with his first career grand slam in game one.
Arnett also finished with the highest batting average on the weekend with seven hits in 11 at-bats for 13 total bases, a slugging percentage of 1.182 and an on-base percentage of .692. Bryan and Gilroy also finished at .500 or above with .545 and .500, respectively. The leader in RBIs was tied between Bryan and Butcher with six, while Cobb Jr. followed with five.
Michael Osmond appeared twice from the pin for the Trojans, allowing zero earned runs through 2.1 IP, keeping Coastal Carolina to no hits to earn a save in game one, and adding a strikeout. Clete Hartzog also came in for relief to hold a 0.00 ERA with just one hit in his 3.1 innings.
Alabama State (22-20, 13-8 SWAC) suffered a 14-3 loss to open the month of April on home runs from Bryan, Butcher and Myers and three hits from Ethan Kavanagh and Cobb Jr. to tally 14. Jay Dill and Grayson Stewart had impressive showings from the mound, combining for two runs, two hits and five strikeouts through six innings.
The Hornets do come to Troy red hot with a sweep over Mississippi Valley State and being winners of five of their last six – lone loss came 16-6 against Georgia State. The bats have stayed rolling for the Hornets all season, ranking 12th in the country for batting average at .320 – leads the SWAC. They also have the 17th-best team in sac bunts with 34 on the season
In-State Breakdown
• Troy rose 24 spots with its sweep over Coastal Carolina, jumping from 71st to 47th in the country – sits fourth for Sun Belt.
• 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 in game three at App State.
• After scoring single digits in 11-of-12 games from March 12 – 30, the Trojans have scored 10-plus runs in 10 of its last 16 – totaling 172 runs.
• With Myers' homer in the third, the Trojans have hit a home run in five straight games – fourth time the Trojans hit a homer in five-plus consecutive games.
• For the first time since the third inning on March 23, 2014, the Trojans scored nine runs in a single inning, dropping nine in the top of the sixth of game three at Coastal.
• Troy seized its 70th home run of 2024 on a three-run bomb from Butcher in game three again Coastal, marking the 14th time it eclipsed 70-plus homers.
• After run-ruling No. 12 Coastal Carolina in the seventh, Troy completed 11 run-rule victories through 2024 – first since game one against App State, 17-2 (8).
• Butcher ended a nine-game drought without a home run with a three-run shot in the fourth of game three against the Chanticleers – marked his 12th.
• The game two victory at Coastal marked Troy's 30th of the season and third 30-plus win season for Meade (3-for-3). Troy has won 30-plus games in eight of the last 10 seasons.
• With his 16th homer of the season in game two of the CCU series, Bryan extends his streak to four straight games with a home run, marking the first since Shane Lewis, with his five straight from April 28 – May 6, 2023.
• Entering the week, Troy sits fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.2, eighth in K/BB at 1.21, 16th in wOBA at .430, 11th in wRC at 370, 16th in wRC+ at 126 and 26th in ISO at .221.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked seventh in the country and second among shortstops at 9.57. He also sits 15th among shortstops in WAR with a 2.81.
• Kole Myers ranks fifth among center fielders and 33rd overall in WAR at 3.48, 10th overall in offensive WAR at 3.69.
• 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.
• Bryan sits just eight RBIs (74) from claiming the most in a single season at Troy, held by Joey Denison in 2018 (84) and four from second – Shane Lewis (2023 – 77).
• After starting game one at Coastal 3-for-3, Mock pushed his streak of hits to nine.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (31-14, 14-7 SBC) vs. Alabama State (22-20, 13-8 SWAC)
Date: April 30
Time: 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Alabama State)
Game One – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. TBA
National Sweep
The Trojans (31-14, 14-7 SBC) put the nation on notice after entering Springs Brooks Stadium and sweeping their SBC foe Coastal Carolina, who was ranked 12th in the country. Each game, the Trojans showed more dominance, going from a come-from-behind win in game one to run ruling the Chanticleers in game three.
Ben Arnett surged onto the scene with a pair of home runs to match the nation's leader in RBIs, Brooks Bryan. In the three-game series, there were eight home runs hit, and all eight were from the Trojans – Arnett, Bryan, Aidan Gilroy, Will Butcher, Kole Myers and Tremayne Cobb Jr. Cobb Jr. had the most significant in relation to impact and runs with his first career grand slam in game one.
Arnett also finished with the highest batting average on the weekend with seven hits in 11 at-bats for 13 total bases, a slugging percentage of 1.182 and an on-base percentage of .692. Bryan and Gilroy also finished at .500 or above with .545 and .500, respectively. The leader in RBIs was tied between Bryan and Butcher with six, while Cobb Jr. followed with five.
Michael Osmond appeared twice from the pin for the Trojans, allowing zero earned runs through 2.1 IP, keeping Coastal Carolina to no hits to earn a save in game one, and adding a strikeout. Clete Hartzog also came in for relief to hold a 0.00 ERA with just one hit in his 3.1 innings.
Alabama State (22-20, 13-8 SWAC) suffered a 14-3 loss to open the month of April on home runs from Bryan, Butcher and Myers and three hits from Ethan Kavanagh and Cobb Jr. to tally 14. Jay Dill and Grayson Stewart had impressive showings from the mound, combining for two runs, two hits and five strikeouts through six innings.
The Hornets do come to Troy red hot with a sweep over Mississippi Valley State and being winners of five of their last six – lone loss came 16-6 against Georgia State. The bats have stayed rolling for the Hornets all season, ranking 12th in the country for batting average at .320 – leads the SWAC. They also have the 17th-best team in sac bunts with 34 on the season
In-State Breakdown
• Troy rose 24 spots with its sweep over Coastal Carolina, jumping from 71st to 47th in the country – sits fourth for Sun Belt.
• 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 in game three at App State.
• After scoring single digits in 11-of-12 games from March 12 – 30, the Trojans have scored 10-plus runs in 10 of its last 16 – totaling 172 runs.
• With Myers' homer in the third, the Trojans have hit a home run in five straight games – fourth time the Trojans hit a homer in five-plus consecutive games.
• For the first time since the third inning on March 23, 2014, the Trojans scored nine runs in a single inning, dropping nine in the top of the sixth of game three at Coastal.
• Troy seized its 70th home run of 2024 on a three-run bomb from Butcher in game three again Coastal, marking the 14th time it eclipsed 70-plus homers.
• After run-ruling No. 12 Coastal Carolina in the seventh, Troy completed 11 run-rule victories through 2024 – first since game one against App State, 17-2 (8).
• Butcher ended a nine-game drought without a home run with a three-run shot in the fourth of game three against the Chanticleers – marked his 12th.
• The game two victory at Coastal marked Troy's 30th of the season and third 30-plus win season for Meade (3-for-3). Troy has won 30-plus games in eight of the last 10 seasons.
• With his 16th homer of the season in game two of the CCU series, Bryan extends his streak to four straight games with a home run, marking the first since Shane Lewis, with his five straight from April 28 – May 6, 2023.
• Entering the week, Troy sits fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.2, eighth in K/BB at 1.21, 16th in wOBA at .430, 11th in wRC at 370, 16th in wRC+ at 126 and 26th in ISO at .221.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked seventh in the country and second among shortstops at 9.57. He also sits 15th among shortstops in WAR with a 2.81.
• Kole Myers ranks fifth among center fielders and 33rd overall in WAR at 3.48, 10th overall in offensive WAR at 3.69.
• 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.
• Bryan sits just eight RBIs (74) from claiming the most in a single season at Troy, held by Joey Denison in 2018 (84) and four from second – Shane Lewis (2023 – 77).
• After starting game one at Coastal 3-for-3, Mock pushed his streak of hits to nine.
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