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Troy Baseball Travels to Lone Star State for SBC Series at Texas State
5/9/2024 5:50:00 PM | Baseball
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Ranked No. 21 in the country, Troy baseball looks to march to the No. 1 spot in the Sun Belt standings with a three-game series starting Friday in Bobcat Stadium against Texas State.
Game Information
Location: San Marcos, Texas – Bobcat Stadium
The Matchup: Troy (34-16, 16-8 SBC) vs. Texas State (24-25, 10-14 SBC)
Date: May 10-12
Time: 6 p.m. | 4 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. Texas State)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (2-2) vs. Cameron Bush (0-0)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (7-2) vs. Drayton Brown (2-3)
Game Three – TBA vs. Tony Robie (4-3)
Lone Star Showdown
The Trojans (34-16, 16-8 SBC) enter the weekend intending to restart their win streak that peaked at eight before falling in game three to No. 18 Louisiana, 14-13, and Tuesday's midweek against No. 22 Alabama, 7-6. They also sit second in the Sun Belt standings, just two games away from Louisiana with a chance of clinching a tournament spot with a victory on the weekend.
Tuesday's loss saw Riddle-Pace Field break the single-season attendance record of 3,872 and two top 25 teams battle until the final out. Troy's defense shined with three double plays, while Michael Osmond closed the game with 1.1 innings pitched with two strikeouts and zero hits and runs to keep Troy in. Ethan Kavanagh shined with a perfect 3-for-3 day, including a team-high two RBIs and a walk to boost.
Brooks Bryan tied the single-season RBI record (81) with Troy's 33rd sac fly of 2024 to finish a four-run rally in the fifth inning. No. 17 also enters the series ranked eighth of all catchers according to D1 Baseball with a batting split of .317 AVG/.417 OBP/.678 SLG. His 81 RBIs leads the nation and league while ranking 49th in home runs (17).
With two series remaining in the regular season, the Trojans continue to dominate the offensive categories, sitting in the top 50 in walks (324 – second), batting average (.303 – 43), doubles (110 – 16), HBP (85 – 36th), hits (505 – 22nd), homers (77 – 42nd), on-base percentage (.433 – sixth), runs (463 – sixth), sac flies (33 – sixth), scoring (9.3 – 12th) and slugging percentage (.519 – 35th) – also rank in the top three for the SBC in all respective categories.
Texas State (24-25, 10-14 SBC) comes off a series victory over Old Dominion, where it run-ruled the Monarchs in game one, 18-4, won game two, 8-6 and lost in game three, 7-4. The series win marked the first for the Bobcats since March 22-24 against James Madison, falling against Louisiana, Marshall, ULM, South Alabama and Arkansas State – recorded at 6-12 in that span.
The Bobcats sit on the bubble to make the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at No. 11, one game behind the three-way tie for eighth between Coastal Carolina, South Alabama and Georgia State. Kameron Weil and Aaron Lugo are the only Bobcats above .300 in batting average at .342 and .317, respectively. Lugo leads Texas State with 10 homers – only Bobcats in double-figures – and slugging percentage at .575.
SBC Breakdown
• Troy is ranked in all five major polls this week; the Trojans first national ranking since the 2013 season. Troy's highest-ever ranking came at No. 18 in 2011.
• In just two weeks, Troy has jumped 24 spots in RPI with its sweep over Coastal Carolina and series victory over Louisiana, jumping from 71st to 47th in the country.
• Kavanagh ranks 14th nationally with a 92.2 percent contact rate.
• 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 Ben 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 13 of its last 21 – totaling 227 runs; Troy scored 37 runs against a Louisiana squad that entered the weekend with a 3.85 ERA.
• Troy has hit a home run in eight of its last 10 games; the two games it didn't was a 12-3 victory over Alabama State and a 7-6 loss against No. 22 Alabama.
• Troy is 8-5 when it is not hit by a pitch and 8-10 when hit by one or fewer pitches; the Trojans are 20-6 when hit by two or more pitches.
• Troy hit its 70th home run of 2024 on a solo bomb from Kole Myers in game three at Coastal Carolina, marking the 14th time it eclipsed 70-plus homers in a season.
• Bryan enters the series against Texas State tied for Joey Denison's single-season record of 81 set during the 2018 season, which featured a run in the NCAA Regional
• After run-ruling Louisiana on Friday, Troy has picked up 12 run-rule victories this season.
• 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.
• Entering the week, Troy ranks fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.3, fourth in K/BB at 1.18, 14th in wOBA at .434, 8th in wRC at 411, 14th in wRC+ at 128 and 31st in ISO at .221.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked sixth in the country and second among shortstops at 10.85.
• Myers entered the week ranked fourth in the country among CF with 3.91 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.
• The Sun Belt leader in stolen bases, Kole Myers, grabbed four (32) against Alabama State last Tuesday 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.
• Entering the series, Will Butcher ranks 40th for first basemen (.292 AVG/.408 OBP/.621 SLG), Tremayne Cobb Jr. in 21st for shortstops (.291 AVG/.433 OBP/.486 SLG) and Bryan at eighth for cathers (.317 AVG/.417 OBP/.678 SLG) in batting splits according to D1 Baseball.
Game Information
Location: San Marcos, Texas – Bobcat Stadium
The Matchup: Troy (34-16, 16-8 SBC) vs. Texas State (24-25, 10-14 SBC)
Date: May 10-12
Time: 6 p.m. | 4 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. Texas State)
Game One – Garrett Gainous (2-2) vs. Cameron Bush (0-0)
Game Two – Luke Lyon (7-2) vs. Drayton Brown (2-3)
Game Three – TBA vs. Tony Robie (4-3)
Lone Star Showdown
The Trojans (34-16, 16-8 SBC) enter the weekend intending to restart their win streak that peaked at eight before falling in game three to No. 18 Louisiana, 14-13, and Tuesday's midweek against No. 22 Alabama, 7-6. They also sit second in the Sun Belt standings, just two games away from Louisiana with a chance of clinching a tournament spot with a victory on the weekend.
Tuesday's loss saw Riddle-Pace Field break the single-season attendance record of 3,872 and two top 25 teams battle until the final out. Troy's defense shined with three double plays, while Michael Osmond closed the game with 1.1 innings pitched with two strikeouts and zero hits and runs to keep Troy in. Ethan Kavanagh shined with a perfect 3-for-3 day, including a team-high two RBIs and a walk to boost.
Brooks Bryan tied the single-season RBI record (81) with Troy's 33rd sac fly of 2024 to finish a four-run rally in the fifth inning. No. 17 also enters the series ranked eighth of all catchers according to D1 Baseball with a batting split of .317 AVG/.417 OBP/.678 SLG. His 81 RBIs leads the nation and league while ranking 49th in home runs (17).
With two series remaining in the regular season, the Trojans continue to dominate the offensive categories, sitting in the top 50 in walks (324 – second), batting average (.303 – 43), doubles (110 – 16), HBP (85 – 36th), hits (505 – 22nd), homers (77 – 42nd), on-base percentage (.433 – sixth), runs (463 – sixth), sac flies (33 – sixth), scoring (9.3 – 12th) and slugging percentage (.519 – 35th) – also rank in the top three for the SBC in all respective categories.
Texas State (24-25, 10-14 SBC) comes off a series victory over Old Dominion, where it run-ruled the Monarchs in game one, 18-4, won game two, 8-6 and lost in game three, 7-4. The series win marked the first for the Bobcats since March 22-24 against James Madison, falling against Louisiana, Marshall, ULM, South Alabama and Arkansas State – recorded at 6-12 in that span.
The Bobcats sit on the bubble to make the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at No. 11, one game behind the three-way tie for eighth between Coastal Carolina, South Alabama and Georgia State. Kameron Weil and Aaron Lugo are the only Bobcats above .300 in batting average at .342 and .317, respectively. Lugo leads Texas State with 10 homers – only Bobcats in double-figures – and slugging percentage at .575.
SBC Breakdown
• Troy is ranked in all five major polls this week; the Trojans first national ranking since the 2013 season. Troy's highest-ever ranking came at No. 18 in 2011.
• In just two weeks, Troy has jumped 24 spots in RPI with its sweep over Coastal Carolina and series victory over Louisiana, jumping from 71st to 47th in the country.
• Kavanagh ranks 14th nationally with a 92.2 percent contact rate.
• 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 Ben 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 13 of its last 21 – totaling 227 runs; Troy scored 37 runs against a Louisiana squad that entered the weekend with a 3.85 ERA.
• Troy has hit a home run in eight of its last 10 games; the two games it didn't was a 12-3 victory over Alabama State and a 7-6 loss against No. 22 Alabama.
• Troy is 8-5 when it is not hit by a pitch and 8-10 when hit by one or fewer pitches; the Trojans are 20-6 when hit by two or more pitches.
• Troy hit its 70th home run of 2024 on a solo bomb from Kole Myers in game three at Coastal Carolina, marking the 14th time it eclipsed 70-plus homers in a season.
• Bryan enters the series against Texas State tied for Joey Denison's single-season record of 81 set during the 2018 season, which featured a run in the NCAA Regional
• After run-ruling Louisiana on Friday, Troy has picked up 12 run-rule victories this season.
• 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.
• Entering the week, Troy ranks fifth nationally in walk percentage at 15.3, fourth in K/BB at 1.18, 14th in wOBA at .434, 8th in wRC at 411, 14th in wRC+ at 128 and 31st in ISO at .221.
• In defensive runs saved, Tremayne Cobb Jr. enters the week ranked sixth in the country and second among shortstops at 10.85.
• Myers entered the week ranked fourth in the country among CF with 3.91 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.
• The Sun Belt leader in stolen bases, Kole Myers, grabbed four (32) against Alabama State last Tuesday 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.
• Entering the series, Will Butcher ranks 40th for first basemen (.292 AVG/.408 OBP/.621 SLG), Tremayne Cobb Jr. in 21st for shortstops (.291 AVG/.433 OBP/.486 SLG) and Bryan at eighth for cathers (.317 AVG/.417 OBP/.678 SLG) in batting splits according to D1 Baseball.
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