No. 17 Troy Overcomes Seven-Run Deficit to Defeat Florida A&M

Wednesday, March 26

Tallahassee, Fla.

3 p.m.

Troy University

19-7

Florida A&M

11-12

Troy

Florida A&M

No. 17 Troy Overcomes Seven-Run Deficit to Defeat Florida A&M

3/26/2025 8:39:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - No. 17 Troy surged back from down 7-0, hitting four home runs to come back and defeat Florida A&M 10-8 at Moore-Kittles Field.

The seven-run deficit is tied for the largest known comeback in Troy history, and it was the longball that got the Trojans back into the game after allowing six runs in the first and one more in the second.

Gavin Schrader hit a three-run moonshot to get the Trojans on the board in the third inning, his fourth homer of the season. After a pair of quiet innings, the Sun Belt RBI leader Brooks Bryan clobbered a two-shot for his seventh homer of the season, bringing his season RBI total to 39.

FAMU got a run back in the bottom of the sixth on a solo shot by second baseman William Brown, but Dillon Kuehl led off the seventh with the first home run of his career to get the Trojans back on track. Troy tacked on another run in the frame on a Steven Meier sacrifice fly after Mike Bello took third base on an errant pickoff attempt at first base.

The Trojans evened up the ballgame in the eighth as Blake Cavill scored from second on an errant double play attempt by the Rattlers. Kuehl made them pay, showcasing his clutch gene with his second home run of the ballgame to put the Trojans up 10-8. It was Kuehl's second go-ahead hit in the past week, as he hit a two-run single to gave Troy a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning over No. 16 Coastal Carolina in Saturday's 9-8 victory.

The Trojans comeback couldn't be complete without a dominant showing from the bullpen. Starter Jacob Roettgen left the ballgame before recording an out and was charged with six runs and three earned runs, but Troy pieced together 9.0 innings of relief with just two earned runs.

Adam Falinski pitched two innings of one-run ball with a pair of strikeouts. Dylan King held the Rattlers hitless in the third and fourth innings before George Welch worked a scoreless fifth. Kelly Crumpton allowed a solo homer in the sixth but also racked up two strikeouts, while Jay Dill shut the Rattlers down in the final three innings with five strikeouts, one walk and one hit while earning the win.

The Trojans move to 19-7 on the season and will return to Sun Belt action this weekend for a three-game series with Marshall at Riddle-Pace Field.

Quick Hitters

Troy trailed 7-0 and came back to win 10-8. The seven-run deficit is tied for the longest known comeback win in Troy history. The Trojans most recently came back from down 10-3 to beat Stony Brook 15-11 on February 25, 2023.
Troy hit four home runs in the game, its second-most this season. The Trojans hit five
home runs in an 11-9 win over USC Upstate on March 7.
Troy has hit 37 home runs this season. All 37 have come against a right-handed pitcher.
Steven Meier extended his on-base streak to 32 games dating back to last season, going 1-for-4 with a walk.
Sean Darnell extended his on-base streak to 18 games, going 3-for-5 with a double and a walk.
Darnell recorded his ninth multi-hit game and fourth three-plus hit game of the season.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 33 games dating back to last season.
Cavill's walk brings his season walk total to 32. He entered the day ranked third in the nation with 31 walks.
Brooks Bryan went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and two RBIs. Bryan's two RBIs bring his season RBI total to 39. He entered the day as the Sun Belt leader with 37 RBIs.
Bryan's two-run home run in the sixth inning was his seventh homer of the season, which leads the team.
Bryan recorded his tenth multi-hit and 13th multi-RBI game of the season.
Gavin Schrader went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs
Schrader's three-run home run in the third inning was his fourth of the season.
Schrader recorded his fifth multi-RBI game of the season.
Jimmy Janicki extended his on-base streak to 18 games, drawing a walk.
Dillon Kuehl extended his on-base streak to six games, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs.
Kuehl hit the first two home runs of his career, leading off the seventh inning with a solo home run and hitting a two-run home run in the eighth.
Kuehl recorded his second three-plus hit game and fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
Dylan King pitched 2.0 innings, holding FAMU hitless with two strikeouts.
King's 2.0 innings are a Troy career-high. He pitched 2.1 innings against Campbell as a freshman at Charleston Southern in 2021.
George Welch pitched a scoreless fifth inning, allowing one hit.
Kelly Crumpton pitched the sixth inning, allowing one run on a solo homer and recording a season-high two strikeouts.
Jay Dill earned his first win of the season, pitching the final three innings of the ballgame.
Dill's 3.0 innings were a season-high, and his five strikeouts matched a season-high.

Quotables

Head Coach Skylar Meade on the comeback…

"We had some guys that took their best swing in the right moments. DK had the two, Brooks had the one, and Schrader had the one, and that was really the difference."

Dillon Kuehl on the comeback…

"It was tough to get through. But we battled, we scrapped. We just tried to win every inning we could and it eventually built up. We won a bunch of innings together."

Next Up

Troy returns to Riddle-Pace Field for a three-game Sun Belt series against Marshall Friday-Sunday.