Troy University Athletics
Friday, May 3
Troy, Ala.
6 p.m.
Troy University
vs
Louisiana
Troy Baseball Invites No. 18 Louisiana for SBC Battle of Top Two Teams
5/2/2024 4:50:00 PM | Baseball
TROY, Ala. – With a chance to tie No. 18 Louisiana for the top seed in the Sun Belt Conference, Troy baseball welcomes the opposition for its second straight SBC-ranked battle from Friday to Sunday at Riddle-Pace Field.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (32-14, 14-7 SBC) vs. No. 18 Louisiana (33-13, 17-4 SBC)
Date: May 3-5
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. No. 18 Louisiana)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (1-2) vs. Andrew Herrmann (5-2)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (6-2) vs. Chase Morgan (4-1)
Game Three – TBA vs. Carson Fluno (2-0)
Top Two Teams
The Trojans (32-14, 14-7 SBC) ride a seven-game win streak into the weekend that includes a pair of wins over Georgia State, a weekend sweep against Coastal Carolina, who was ranked 12th, and a midweek blowout against Alabama State. If the Trojans sweep the series, they move into a tie with No. 18 Louisiana (33-13, 17-4 SBC) for first and hold the tiebreaker.
Win No. 7 in a row for Troy came Tuesday night at Riddle-Pace Field when a slow start turned into a 12-3 blowout over Alabama State. Kole Myers led the Trojans on a 2-for-3 day with four runs, four stolen bases and three walks. Ben Arnett followed, going 2-for-4 and tying Ethan Kavanagh with a team-high three RBIs.
Clete Hartzog got credited with his seventh win of 2024, which moved him to 7-2, pitching 2.1 innings with zero hits, runs, or earned runs while striking out three. Noah Manning and Jay Dill also impressed on the mound, combining for three hits, one earned run and five strikeouts in three innings.
Troy enters the weekend with two of the top three in RBIs for the SBC in Brooks Bryan (first) and Will Butcher (third) with 76 and 59, respectively. Bryan grabbed two in the win over Alabama State to move one away from tying Shane Lewis for the second most in a single season with a chance to break the Troy record of 81 held by Joey Denison (2018).
With three weekends remaining in the SBC schedule, the Trojans have eclipsed the 100-double mark to lead the conference and rank 21st in the nation. They are also the leader for the SBC in walks (301), hits (463), on-base percentage (.431), runs (420) and sac flies (31).
Louisiana enters off a series victory over Southern Miss, who sits third in the conference standings, which clinched a spot in the Sun Belt Tournament come May 21. The series got split after winning game one, 3-2, on a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth by Kyle DeBarge and dropping game two, 3-2. Then, game three saw the Ragin' Cajuns explode offensively to win the series on a 13-2 final.
The defense for Louisiana has been a staple, led by pitchers Andrew Herrmann and Chase Morgan, who rank seventh and 11th in the SBC for opposing batting average at .368 and .351, respectively. As a unit, the Cajuns have earned six shutouts in 2024 to rank second in the country. DeBarge is the leader of the offense with 1.43 hits per game, 15 homers, 46 runs and 50 RBIs on a .351 batting average – all rank in the top 12 for the SBC.
Ranked Breakdown
• Troy rose 24 spots in RPI 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 11 of its last 17 – totaling 184 runs.
• With Myers' homer in the third in G3 at CCU, the Trojans hit a home run in five straight games – fourth time the Trojans hit a homer in five-plus consecutive games.
• Troy is 7-5 when not hit by a pitch and 8-10 when hit by one or fewer pitches; the Trojans are 19-3 when hit by two or more pitches.
• 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).
• 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 extended 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 six RBIs (76) from claiming the most in a single season at Troy, held by Joey Denison in 2018 (81), and two from surpassing second – Shane Lewis (2023 – 77).
• The Sun Belt leader in stolen bases, Myers grabbed four (30) against the Hornets to move him into the top 10 for SBs in a single season at Troy. It also marked the first four-steal game since Matt Sanders against Hofstra on March 10, 2017.
• With four doubles, the Trojans hit the 100-mark on doubles through the 2024 season – Butcher leads the team with 17.
Game Information
Location: Troy, Ala. – Riddle-Pace Field
The Matchup: Troy (32-14, 14-7 SBC) vs. No. 18 Louisiana (33-13, 17-4 SBC)
Date: May 3-5
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. No. 18 Louisiana)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (1-2) vs. Andrew Herrmann (5-2)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (6-2) vs. Chase Morgan (4-1)
Game Three – TBA vs. Carson Fluno (2-0)
Top Two Teams
The Trojans (32-14, 14-7 SBC) ride a seven-game win streak into the weekend that includes a pair of wins over Georgia State, a weekend sweep against Coastal Carolina, who was ranked 12th, and a midweek blowout against Alabama State. If the Trojans sweep the series, they move into a tie with No. 18 Louisiana (33-13, 17-4 SBC) for first and hold the tiebreaker.
Win No. 7 in a row for Troy came Tuesday night at Riddle-Pace Field when a slow start turned into a 12-3 blowout over Alabama State. Kole Myers led the Trojans on a 2-for-3 day with four runs, four stolen bases and three walks. Ben Arnett followed, going 2-for-4 and tying Ethan Kavanagh with a team-high three RBIs.
Clete Hartzog got credited with his seventh win of 2024, which moved him to 7-2, pitching 2.1 innings with zero hits, runs, or earned runs while striking out three. Noah Manning and Jay Dill also impressed on the mound, combining for three hits, one earned run and five strikeouts in three innings.
Troy enters the weekend with two of the top three in RBIs for the SBC in Brooks Bryan (first) and Will Butcher (third) with 76 and 59, respectively. Bryan grabbed two in the win over Alabama State to move one away from tying Shane Lewis for the second most in a single season with a chance to break the Troy record of 81 held by Joey Denison (2018).
With three weekends remaining in the SBC schedule, the Trojans have eclipsed the 100-double mark to lead the conference and rank 21st in the nation. They are also the leader for the SBC in walks (301), hits (463), on-base percentage (.431), runs (420) and sac flies (31).
Louisiana enters off a series victory over Southern Miss, who sits third in the conference standings, which clinched a spot in the Sun Belt Tournament come May 21. The series got split after winning game one, 3-2, on a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth by Kyle DeBarge and dropping game two, 3-2. Then, game three saw the Ragin' Cajuns explode offensively to win the series on a 13-2 final.
The defense for Louisiana has been a staple, led by pitchers Andrew Herrmann and Chase Morgan, who rank seventh and 11th in the SBC for opposing batting average at .368 and .351, respectively. As a unit, the Cajuns have earned six shutouts in 2024 to rank second in the country. DeBarge is the leader of the offense with 1.43 hits per game, 15 homers, 46 runs and 50 RBIs on a .351 batting average – all rank in the top 12 for the SBC.
Ranked Breakdown
• Troy rose 24 spots in RPI 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 11 of its last 17 – totaling 184 runs.
• With Myers' homer in the third in G3 at CCU, the Trojans hit a home run in five straight games – fourth time the Trojans hit a homer in five-plus consecutive games.
• Troy is 7-5 when not hit by a pitch and 8-10 when hit by one or fewer pitches; the Trojans are 19-3 when hit by two or more pitches.
• 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).
• 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 extended 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 six RBIs (76) from claiming the most in a single season at Troy, held by Joey Denison in 2018 (81), and two from surpassing second – Shane Lewis (2023 – 77).
• The Sun Belt leader in stolen bases, Myers grabbed four (30) against the Hornets to move him into the top 10 for SBs in a single season at Troy. It also marked the first four-steal game since Matt Sanders against Hofstra on March 10, 2017.
• With four doubles, the Trojans hit the 100-mark on doubles through the 2024 season – Butcher leads the team with 17.
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