Troy University Athletics
Friday, April 5
Troy, Ala.
6 p.m.
Troy University
vs
Arkansas State
Baseball Returns to RPF for Sun Belt Series with Arkansas State
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TROY, Ala. – Troy's jam-packed week continues after a pair of midweek victories over Alabama State and Jacksonville State when the program welcomes Arkansas State to Riddle-Pace Field for the three-day Sun Belt series.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (20-11, 4-5 SBC) vs. Arkansas State (16-15, 3-6 SBC)
Date: April 5 | April 6 | April 7
Time: 6 p.m. | 3:33 p.m. | 1 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Arkansas State)
Game One – Luke Lyon (3-1) vs. Jelle van der Lelie (2-3)
Game Two – Garrett Gainous (1-1) vs. Collin Maloney (1-2)
Game Three – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. Dylan Heine (2-0)
Post Double Midweek Action
The in-state midweek games against Alabama State and Jacksonville State delivered on all levels of entertainment and victory, 14-3 and 18-10, respectively. The Trojans (20-11, 4-5 SBC) totaled 27 hits, 31 RBIs and four homers to push their midweek record to 7-2.
Troy tallied three homers and got multiple hits from Ethan Kavanagh (2), Kole Myers (3), Tremayne Cobb Jr. (3), Kyle Mock (2) and Aidan Gilroy (2) to run-rule Alabama State through seven innings. The top of the second set the tone for the next five innings when singles for Mock and Kavanagh followed a trio of walks to take a 3-0 lead. Then, the sixth and seventh innings saw a combined nine runs for Troy to finish off the Hornets.
Game two saw nothing short of wild action, starting when Troy took an 8-0 lead through the first three innings. The second inning alone saw seven runs by way of a Mikey Bello 2-run single, followed by a Myers RBI-double, a pair of RBI singles from Butcher and Bryan, an HBP for Mock and a sac fly by Gilroy.
The Gamecocks fired back with a 10-run fifth inning off just five hits to take a 10-9 lead. However, the hometown kid Peyton Watts delivered the game-winning run in the sixth when he doubled to right field, scoring Cobb Jr. and Mock, 11-9. The rest was all Troy as a four-run seventh inning and three-run eighth put the wild game to rest, 18-10.
Myers led the team through the midweek in on-base percentage (.833), slugging percentage (1.333) and batting average (.667) with four hits through six at-bats – totaled eight runs, one double, a homer and four RBIs. Bryan also topped 1.000 in slugging percentage with a 1.100 with five hits, five runs, two homers, eight RBIs and 11 total bases. Meanwhile, Kavanagh matched Bryan in hits with five while having two runs and two RBIs.
The weekend series in Riddle-Pace Field marks the first time the Red Wolves (16-15, 3-6 SBC) face head coach Skylar Meade on his home field, sitting at 3-3 overall against ASU. The Troy-Arkansas State matchup has also split the last 10 games at 5-5. However, last year's series in Jonesboro saw Troy grab the series win, 2-1, with back-to-back wins to open the series.
Arkansas State comes off a 13-0 midweek loss at the hands of SEC rival Arkansas, where it was held to a single hit by Blake Burris in the top of the third. Through 31 games, the Red Wolves remain at the top of the SBC charts in triples, totaling seven to rank second and 74th nationally. Their triples come from Daedrick Cail and Wil French, who've notched two to tie for fourth in the league and 93rd in the country.
Opening April Weekend Numbers
• The higher the scoreboard gets, the chance for Troy's victory increases as it sits 18-5 when the team scores 6-plus runs and 10-0 when scoring 10-plus, as opposed to 2-6 when scoring five or less.
• Bryan became the first Trojan to have 7-plus RBIs in a single game since Butcher had nine RBIs
Against SIUE on Feb. 17 with seven against Jacksonville State.
• Cobb Jr. and Myers earned three walks against Jacksonville State, pushing their season totals to 28 and 34, respectively.
• Troy's bullpen has not allowed an earned run in 11 games this season; the pen has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 14 games.
• The top of Troy's order has not featured much change, with Myers and Kavanagh locking down the 1-2 spot in all 31 games, while Butcher, Bryan and Cobb in 3-4-5 have been in place for 24 straight games.
• Bryan extended Troy's streak of hitting a home run in a game to four, totaling seven.
• Troy set a new season-high in walks against Jacksonville State (13), topping a 12-walk game at Indiana on March 10 – fifth with double-digit walks.
• It's been a tale of two months for the Trojans ... in February (10 games), Troy hit .353 with 32 doubles and 19 home runs and slugged .657 with a .496 on-base percentage; in March (19 games), Troy his .256 with 29 doubles, 23 home runs, slugged .419 and reached base at a .375 clip.
• For the first time since Texas State on April 22, 2023, the Trojans had all nine starters score a run in a single game against Jacksonville State.
• Kole Myers reached base on his first five plate appearances of the game with a walk, double, single and two more walks to extend his streak of consecutive plate appearances, reaching base to 10, the most since Jesse Hall reached eight straight times in 2022. The streak ended when he reached on an error in the eighth at JSU.
• 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.
• Entering the week, Mock had a nine-game hitting streak, where he went 18-for-35 (.514) with 3 2B, 2 HR and 9 RBIs. Despite it breaking against JSU, he still holds a season-long 14-game streak for reached bases.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (20-11, 4-5 SBC) vs. Arkansas State (16-15, 3-6 SBC)
Date: April 5 | April 6 | April 7
Time: 6 p.m. | 3:33 p.m. | 1 p.m.
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: Troy Sports Radio Network - 94.7 FM | TroyTrojans.com
Live Stats: TroyStats.com
Projected Starting Pitchers (Troy vs. Arkansas State)
Game One – Luke Lyon (3-1) vs. Jelle van der Lelie (2-3)
Game Two – Garrett Gainous (1-1) vs. Collin Maloney (1-2)
Game Three – Brady Fuller (0-0) vs. Dylan Heine (2-0)
Post Double Midweek Action
The in-state midweek games against Alabama State and Jacksonville State delivered on all levels of entertainment and victory, 14-3 and 18-10, respectively. The Trojans (20-11, 4-5 SBC) totaled 27 hits, 31 RBIs and four homers to push their midweek record to 7-2.
Troy tallied three homers and got multiple hits from Ethan Kavanagh (2), Kole Myers (3), Tremayne Cobb Jr. (3), Kyle Mock (2) and Aidan Gilroy (2) to run-rule Alabama State through seven innings. The top of the second set the tone for the next five innings when singles for Mock and Kavanagh followed a trio of walks to take a 3-0 lead. Then, the sixth and seventh innings saw a combined nine runs for Troy to finish off the Hornets.
Game two saw nothing short of wild action, starting when Troy took an 8-0 lead through the first three innings. The second inning alone saw seven runs by way of a Mikey Bello 2-run single, followed by a Myers RBI-double, a pair of RBI singles from Butcher and Bryan, an HBP for Mock and a sac fly by Gilroy.
The Gamecocks fired back with a 10-run fifth inning off just five hits to take a 10-9 lead. However, the hometown kid Peyton Watts delivered the game-winning run in the sixth when he doubled to right field, scoring Cobb Jr. and Mock, 11-9. The rest was all Troy as a four-run seventh inning and three-run eighth put the wild game to rest, 18-10.
Myers led the team through the midweek in on-base percentage (.833), slugging percentage (1.333) and batting average (.667) with four hits through six at-bats – totaled eight runs, one double, a homer and four RBIs. Bryan also topped 1.000 in slugging percentage with a 1.100 with five hits, five runs, two homers, eight RBIs and 11 total bases. Meanwhile, Kavanagh matched Bryan in hits with five while having two runs and two RBIs.
The weekend series in Riddle-Pace Field marks the first time the Red Wolves (16-15, 3-6 SBC) face head coach Skylar Meade on his home field, sitting at 3-3 overall against ASU. The Troy-Arkansas State matchup has also split the last 10 games at 5-5. However, last year's series in Jonesboro saw Troy grab the series win, 2-1, with back-to-back wins to open the series.
Arkansas State comes off a 13-0 midweek loss at the hands of SEC rival Arkansas, where it was held to a single hit by Blake Burris in the top of the third. Through 31 games, the Red Wolves remain at the top of the SBC charts in triples, totaling seven to rank second and 74th nationally. Their triples come from Daedrick Cail and Wil French, who've notched two to tie for fourth in the league and 93rd in the country.
Opening April Weekend Numbers
• The higher the scoreboard gets, the chance for Troy's victory increases as it sits 18-5 when the team scores 6-plus runs and 10-0 when scoring 10-plus, as opposed to 2-6 when scoring five or less.
• Bryan became the first Trojan to have 7-plus RBIs in a single game since Butcher had nine RBIs
Against SIUE on Feb. 17 with seven against Jacksonville State.
• Cobb Jr. and Myers earned three walks against Jacksonville State, pushing their season totals to 28 and 34, respectively.
• Troy's bullpen has not allowed an earned run in 11 games this season; the pen has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 14 games.
• The top of Troy's order has not featured much change, with Myers and Kavanagh locking down the 1-2 spot in all 31 games, while Butcher, Bryan and Cobb in 3-4-5 have been in place for 24 straight games.
• Bryan extended Troy's streak of hitting a home run in a game to four, totaling seven.
• Troy set a new season-high in walks against Jacksonville State (13), topping a 12-walk game at Indiana on March 10 – fifth with double-digit walks.
• It's been a tale of two months for the Trojans ... in February (10 games), Troy hit .353 with 32 doubles and 19 home runs and slugged .657 with a .496 on-base percentage; in March (19 games), Troy his .256 with 29 doubles, 23 home runs, slugged .419 and reached base at a .375 clip.
• For the first time since Texas State on April 22, 2023, the Trojans had all nine starters score a run in a single game against Jacksonville State.
• Kole Myers reached base on his first five plate appearances of the game with a walk, double, single and two more walks to extend his streak of consecutive plate appearances, reaching base to 10, the most since Jesse Hall reached eight straight times in 2022. The streak ended when he reached on an error in the eighth at JSU.
• 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.
• Entering the week, Mock had a nine-game hitting streak, where he went 18-for-35 (.514) with 3 2B, 2 HR and 9 RBIs. Despite it breaking against JSU, he still holds a season-long 14-game streak for reached bases.
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