Pitching Pushes No. 20 Troy Past UAB

Wednesday, February 26

Troy, Ala.

4 p.m.

Troy University

8-1

UAB

6-2

UAB

Troy

2/26/2025 8:51:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. - A productive evening on the mound from six different pitchers propelled No. 20 Troy to a 7-4 victory over UAB at Riddle-Pace Field on Wednesday.

The Troy pitchers combined for nine hits and nine strikeouts, holding the Blazers to four runs and just two across the first eight innings of the ballgame. Lefty Jacob Roettgen opened the game with a pair of scoreless innings in his season debut before turning it over to Kelly Crumpton, who recorded his first career victory. Crumpton struck out one UAB hitter in the third, allowing one hit and one run.

Freshman southpaw Chase Cartron was sharp in two innings of work, racking up the first three strikeouts of his career and allowing one run. Sophomore Colton Walls made his season debut with two scoreless innings and one hit, while Colby Frieda pitched a scoreless eighth inning with a pair of strikeouts. Chase Nelson entered with a five-run lead in the ninth and allowed two runs, but prevented the tying run from coming to the plate with a strikeout to end the game.

At the plate, the Trojans tallied just six hits, their fewest this season, but took advantage of their opportunities with four runs in the third inning and three in the fourth. Sean Darnell got things going with an RBI triple over the centerfielder's head, while Brooks Bryan drove in two with a double before Dillon Kuehl brought in another on a single.

In the fourth, Darnell and Bryan each drew a walk with the bases loaded, while Kuehl brought in the Trojans' seventh run with a sacrifice fly.

The Trojans improve to 8-1 on the season and have racked up five straight victories after the weekend sweep over Northwestern State and the 6-5 victory at No. 15 Mississippi State on Tuesday.

Quick Hitters

Troy moves to 32-31 all-time against UAB, breaking the 31-31 tie.
The Troy defense committed zero errors for the third consecutive game.
Steven Meier drew two HBPs, extending his on-base streak to 16 games dating back to last season.
Meier scored one run. He leads the conference with 17 runs scored this season.
Sean Darnell went 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. It was the first triple of his career and fourth multi-RBI game this season.
Darnell is now tied with Georgia Southern's Josh Tate for the Sun Belt lead in hits (14).
Blake Cavill drew a walk and an HBP, extending his on-base streak to 16 games dating back to last season.
Brooks Bryan went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and three RBIs. It was his fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
Bryan and Darnell are tied for the Sun Belt lead in RBIs (14).
Dillon Kuehl went 1-for-3 with two RBIs. He's recorded a hit in all three of his starts this season.
Cason Eubanks singled in the third inning, the first hit of his career. He finished the game going 2-for-4 with two singles and two runs scored.
Jacob Roettgen pitched 2.0 innings, surpassing his career high of 1.1 innings pitched against Kent State on Feb. 28, 2024.
Kelly Crumpton recorded the first win of his career. Pitching a career-high 1.0 innings and recorded his first career strikeout.
Roettgen struck out two UAB hitters, allowing one hit and one walk in his first appearance of the season.
Freshman Chase Cartron pitched a season-high 2.0 innings, recording the first three strikeouts of his career.
Colton Walls made his season debut, pitching a career-high 2.0 innings and allowing just one hit.
Colby Frieda pitched a scoreless eighth inning with a season-high two strikeouts.

Quotables

Head Coach Skylar Meade on the pitching…

"I commend Hawk (Jason Hawkins) for what he did behind the plate to lead those guys. The conversation we had today was, 'Can you lead these guys who haven't gotten in?' I.E., Colton Walls or Jacob Roettgen, or some guys who haven't gotten in a lot. Kelly Crumpton had only gotten one out, Chase Cartron and some other guys. It's a very unlikely type of midweek where I thought pitching was really, really good. I think we're capable of that. That's our standard. I'd be standing here very irritated if we didn't pitch well, but I thought we did. I thought the defense was pretty solid."

Cason Eubanks on getting his first career hits…

"It feels really good to be out here on the field. It felt really good today to break the ice and get those two hits. Even though I wasn't getting hits, my confidence was still there, and it didn't really bother me. I wasn't worried about results. I was worried about working good at-bats and helping the team."

Brooks Bryan on his 2-run double…

"It starts from the top. Steven (Meier)'s always doing his thing at the top, finding his was on base. Obviously, Darny (Sean Darnell) and Blake (Cavill) have done their thing as well. Their job is to get on base and my job is to get them in. Just getting RBIs at crucial times the last few years, I've just got to keep that up and keep the confidence up throughout the lineup."

Next Up

Troy is set to host the back-to-back Ivy League Champion Penn Quakers for a three-game series Friday-Sunday.