No. 15 Troy Hangs on to Beat Alabama State 12-10

Tuesday, April 22

Montgomery, Ala.

6 p.m.

Troy University

30-12

Alabama State

21-21

Troy University

Alabama State

No. 15 Troy Hangs on to Beat Alabama State 12-10

4/22/2025 11:48:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - No. 15 Troy held on to beat Alabama State 12-10 behind a six-run fourth inning and a spectacular performance in relief from Colby Frieda.

The Trojans jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the six-run fourth, as junior catcher Brooks Bryan started the fun with a solo home run to lead off the inning. After Harrison Bowman walked, right fielder Gavin Schrader launched the Trojans' second homer of the frame 420 feet over the right-center wall. Singles from Mike Bello and Houston Markham set up a two-run triple down the right field line by Blake Cavill, who scored on a single by Sean Darnell.

Grayson Stewart pitched 3.0 innings of one-run ball in his first start of the season, picking up a pair of strikeouts, but Alabama State scored nine runs when the Trojans turned to the bullpen. In the fourth, the Hornets scored three runs on three hits and a walk against Brock Tapper.

Troy got those three runs back in the fifth with RBI singles from Bello and Markham before Markham scored on a wild pitch, but Alabama State capitalized on a pair of Troy errors in the fifth, scoring four unearned runs against Adam Falinski.

Dylan King was phenomenal for the Trojans in the sixth, retiring the Hornets on eight pitches with a pair of strikeouts, but the junior righty exited the ballgame in the seventh after issuing a leadoff walk to third baseman Luke Parmentier. Frieda took over for King in a 2-2 count against right fielder Wilbert Espinal and walked him. Frieda allowed both runners to score on a single and a sac fly, but settled in with back-to-back scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth.

The senior right-hander retired the side in order in the eight, notching a pair of strikeouts after the Trojans added an insurance run in the top of the frame with Jimmy Janicki scoring from third on a double play ball from Bowman. In the ninth, Frieda allowed the tying runs to reach on a double and a walk after opening the inning with a strikeout, but he shut things down with a pair of flyouts to secure the win.

Troy moves to 29-12 on the season and have won each of its last seventeen matchups against Alabama State.

Quick Hitters

Troy moves to 35-4 all-time against Alabama State and have won each of the last seventeen matchups.
Troy is 12-1 when scoring double-digit runs this season. It was Troy's second win when allowing double-digit runs. The Trojans are 2-4 when allowing 10-plus runs.
Troy is 12-1 when hitting multiple home runs.
Houston Markham batted in the leadoff spot for the fourth consecutive game. He's batting .375 (6-for-16) since moving into the leadoff spot.
Markham extended his hitting streak to eight games and on-base streak to nine games, going 2-for-5 with a walk and an RBI.
Markham recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 46 games dating back to last season, going 2-for-6 with a triple and two RBIs.
Cavill recorded his 13th multi-hit and 11th multi-RBI game of the season.
Cavill's triple in the fourth inning was the first of his career.
Jimmy Janicki extended his on-base streak to ten games, drawing an HBP.
Brooks Bryan extended his on-base streak to six games, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and an RBI.
Bryan recorded his 13th multi-hit game of the season.
Bryan's home run in the fourth inning was his eighth of the season and 30th of his career. His 30 career home runs are tied with Drew Frederic for ninth in Troy history.
Harrison Bowman drew four walks. He's the first Troy player to draw four walks in a game since Kole Myers did so at App State last season (4/13/24).
Gavin Schrader recorded his eighth multi-hit and ninth multi-RBI game of the season, going 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.
Schrader's home run in the fourth inning was his seventh of the season, which ranks second on the team behind Bryan's nine.
Bryan and Schrader's home runs off ASU reliever Caleb Sanders were Troy's third and fourth home runs of the season against a left-handed pitcher. The Trojans have 43 home runs against right-handed pitchers.
Mike Bello recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the season, going 2-for-4 with an HBP and an RBI.
Grayson Stewart earned the win, improving his season record to 4-2. Stewart's win was the 23rd of his career, which ranks fifth in Troy history.
Stewart pitched 3.0 innings with two hits, one run, one earned run, two strikeouts and no walks.
Stewart's two strikeouts on Tuesday give him 228 for his career. He's two strikeouts shy of Nate Hill for sixth in Troy history.
Colby Frieda pitched the final 3.0 innings with two hits, one run, one earned run, two walks and three strikeouts, earning his second save of the season.

Quotable - Head coach Skylar Meade

"I was really proud of the way we were able to understand some of the errors of our ways, and just be the best version of ourselves the last four innings. I thought we did some great things offensively - obviously we scored a large majority in the first five. We just exuded a lot of toughness. We made the correct plays defensively those last four innings. Dylan King's sixth inning was really good. Frieda - we needed somebody to elevate their game and he did that."

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Stewart, Grayson (4-2)

L: Kameron Douglas (0-1)

S: Frieda, Colby (2)

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Batting:

3B: Cavill, Blake 1

HR: Bryan, Brooks 1 ; Schrader, Gavin 1

RBI: Markham, Houston 1 ; Cavill, Blake 2 ; Darnell, Sean 1 ; Bryan, Brooks 1 ; Bowman, Harrison 1 ; Schrader, Gavin 2 ; Bello, Mike 1

SH: Watts, Peyton 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Markham, Houston 2 ; Cavill, Blake 2 ; Darnell, Sean 1 ; Janicki, Jimmy 1 ; Bryan, Brooks 1 ; Bowman, Harrison 2 ; Schrader, Gavin 1 ; Bello, Mike 2