Stewart's Seven Innings Push No. 15 Troy Past Texas State

Saturday, April 26

Troy, Ala.

1 p.m.

Troy University

31-12, 14-6

Texas State

20-23, 8-12

Texas State

Troy

Stewart's Seven Innings Push No. 15 Troy Past Texas State

4/26/2025 5:37:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. - Seven spectacular innings from Grayson Stewart in relief helped No. 15 Troy to a 9-4 win over Texas State to clinch the series at Riddle-Pace Field on Saturday.

Stewart took over in a 9-0 ballgame in the third inning after Troy starter Noah Edders loaded the bases with no outs. While Stewart allowed four runs across in the frame, the senior right-hander followed with six shutout innings to stop the Bobcats' attempt at a comeback.

The Dothan, Ala., native finished with a season-high seven strikeouts to go along with two hits, one run, zero earned runs and one walk in his season-high 7.0 innings of work. From the fourth inning on, Stewart retired 17 consecutive Texas State hitters to close out the ballgame.

Stewart recorded his second win of the week. The righty pitched three innings of one-run ball in Troy's 12-10 win over Alabama State on Tuesday. Stewart picked up his fifth win of the season and the 24th of his career, which ranks fourth in Troy history.

The Trojans offense knocked Texas State starter Jesus Tovar around for nine runs in the first two innings, tallying 11 of their 12 hits against the Bobcat lefty. The Trojans put up four runs in the first on a two-run double from Steven Meier, an RBI single from Brooks Bryan and an RBI groundout by Gavin Schrader.

In the second, Houston Markham ripped an RBI double into the right-center gap while Blake Cavill crushed a solo home run to left-center. It was Cavill's eighth homer of the season, which ties Bryan for the team lead. Meier recorded his second hit of the day for an RBI single, while Harrison Bowman knocked in two on a double off the left-center wall.

Game 3 between Troy (31-12, 14-6 Sun Belt) and Texas State 20-23 (8-12 Sun Belt) is slated for 12 p.m. at Riddle-Pace FIeld.

Quick Hitters

Troy has won each of its first eleven weekend series this season. Entering the weekend, the Trojans were one of three teams in college baseball without a weekend series loss.
Troy is 19-4 at Riddle-Pace Field this season.
Troy is 25-2 when scoring at least six runs.
Troy is 24-3 when hitting at least one home run.
Troy has homered in each of its last five games, which matches its season-high home run streak.
Houston Markham extended his hitting streak to a team-high ten games and his on-base streak to 11 games, going 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 48 games dating back to last season, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
Cavill's solo home run was his eighth of the season, which matches his 2024 total as a junior at Western Kentucky.
Cavill's eight homers tie Brooks Bryan for the team lead. His six home runs in April lead the Trojans.
Cavill recorded his 14th multi-hit game of the season.
Jimmy Janicki extended his on-base streak to 12 games, going 2-for-5.
Janicki recorded his tenth multi-hit game of the season.
Janicki leads the team with a .343 batting average in Sun Belt Conference games.
Sean Darnell extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to six games, going 2-for-5.
Darnell recorded his team-high 15th multi-hit game of the season.
Steven Meier extended his on-base streak to 47 games dating back to last season, going 2-for-3 with a double, an HBP and three RBIs.
Meier recorded his 21st HBP of the season, which leads the Sun Belt and is the third-most in a single season in Troy history.
Meier recorded his 14th multi-hit game and tenth multi-RBI game of the season.
Meier's double was his 12th of the season, which leads the team.
Brooks Bryan extended his on-base streak to eight games, going 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
Peyton Watts made his first start at shortstop since March 1 against Penn, going 1-for-3 with an HBP.
Grayson Stewart posted season highs in innings pitched (7.0) and strikeouts (7).
Stewart earned his fifth win of the season and 24th win of his career. His 24 wins rank fourth in Troy history.
In two appearances this week, Stewart has pitched 10 innings, earning two wins and allowing one earned run. He pitched 3.0 innings with two hits, one earned run, zero walks and two strikeouts in Troy's 12-10 win over Alabama State on Tuesday.

Quotables

Head Coach Skylar Meade on the pitching…

"That was a pretty good week for Stew. Ten innings, one earned run. My goodness, he got better as he went. He really didn't throw a lot of pitches for seven innings. He just got better as he went. We couldn't be more proud of him and what he did. Noah not being 100% himself - those guys were warriors today and I think the team really fed off that."

Grayson Stewart on coming into the ballgame in the third…

"Edders has been so awesome this year. He's been a catalyst for us going deep into ballgames. Any time I can pick him up, I love to do that because he's such a great teammate. Working for me today was just flowing through my mechanics, staying athletic, not thinking. Just ripping my best stuff every single pitch."