No. 18 Troy Shuts Out James Madison to Secure Series

Sunday, April 13

Harrisonburg, Va.

10 a.m.

Troy University

26-11, 10-5

James Madison

12-24, 5-10

Troy

James Madison

No. 18 Troy Shuts Out James Madison to Secure Series

4/13/2025 3:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Troy 4, JMU 0

By: Troy Athletics Communications

HARRISONBURG, Va. - No. 18 Troy won its ninth consecutive series to start the season, picking up a 4-0 victory in Sunday's rubber match at James Madison behind nine dominant innings from the Trojan pitching staff.

Jay Dill, making his first start of the year, went 4.0 shutout innings before Colby Frieda took over in the fifth and did the same in his career-high 4.0 innings of action. Grayson Stewart opened the ninth for Troy, surrendering two hits and getting a flyout, before handing the ball to Luke Lyon who picked up the save with two infield popups to secure Troy's second shutout of the season.

Dill worked through a leadoff walk and an error in the first, striking out two and forcing a flyout to end the inning. In his four innings of work, senior right-hander held the Dukes to one hit, while walking four and stirking out three. Frieda was tremendous in the four following innings, striking out four and and allowing three hits with one walk.

While the Trojans were outhit 6-4, getting two hits apiece from freshmen Houston Markham and Jimmy Janicki, they cashed in on some free passes in the third inning against JMU starter Todd Mozoki. A Jason Hawkins HBP, a Blake Cavill walk and a Markham single loaded the bases, while the Trojans scored all three runs on the free pass with an HBP from Brooks Bryan and walks from Janicki and Dillon Kuehl, knocking Mozoki out of the game.

Troy scored one run against lefty Max Kuhle, who pitched the final 6.1 innings in relief for the Dukes. In the eighth inning, Markham singled and reached second on a failed pickoff attempt before Janicki knocked him on a single through the right side.

Troy's win to close out the seven-game road trip moves the Trojans to 26-11 on the season and 10-5 at the midway point of Sun Belt Conference play.

Quick Hitters

Troy has won each of its first nine weekend series to start the season.
Troy is 3-0 in rubber matches this season.
Troy's 4-0 win over JMU was its second shutout of the season. The Trojans defeated Old Dominion 7-0 on April 4.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 42 games dating back to last season, recording a walk.
Houston Markham started in centerfield for the second time this season. He had appeared in 13 games in right field and four in left field.
Markham extended his on-base streak to five games, going 2-for-3 with walk.
Markham recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season.
Brooks Bryan drew an HBP with the bases loaded, giving him his Sun Belt-leading 45th RBI of the season.
Jimmy Janicki extended his on-base streak to six games, going 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs.
Janicki recorded his sixth multi-hit and fifth multi-RBI game of the season.
Jay Dill made his first start of the season and seventh of his career. Dill's last start came at Alabama State (4/2/24), going 3.1 innings with two hits, two runs, two earned runs, two walks and three strikeouts in a 14-3 win.
Dill pitched 4.0 shutout innings with one hit, four walks and three strikeouts.
Dill's 4.0 innings matched his career high. He went 4.0 innings in a start against Binghamton as a sophomore at Clemson (2/19/23).
Colby Frieda pitched 4.0 shutout innings with three hits, one walk and four strikeouts.
Frieda's 4.0 innings are a new career high. His four strikeouts matched his career high. He recorded four strikeouts against Lipscomb as a junior at Kentucky last season (3/3/24).
Frieda recorded his second win of the season.
Luke Lyon recorded his second save of the season.

Quotables

Head coach Skylar Meade on the pitching performance…

"Dill giving us four of shutout was great. Frieda was tremendous. I thought he was really nasty - just the way the ball came out of the hand. The full repertoire was one display. Stew came in and attacked the zone, just had a few pitches he didn't execute. You have to trust your gut sometimes. Stew's been such a guy for us this year. The numbers speak for themselves, and what he's done historically. But we said hey, we need to pass it on. Luke has been coming. He's been getting better and better. He's been working hard and I think he rewarded us."

Colby Frieda on the shutout…

"It's as simple as throwing strikes. We attacked the zone and trusted our stuff. It always pays off when you attack the zone.

Next Up

Troy is back at Riddle-Pace Field this week with a three-game Sun Belt series against ULM Thursday-Saturday.