No. 14 Troy's Comeback Falls Short at Arkansas State

Sunday, May 11

Jonesboro, Ark.

1 p.m.

Troy University

37-16, 18-9

Arkansas State

24-26, 12-15

Troy

Arkansas State

No. 14 Troy's Comeback Falls Short at Arkansas State

5/11/2025 6:57:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

JONESBORO, Ark. - No. 14 Troy's comeback fell short in Sunday's series finale at Arkansas State, falling 7-6 to the Red Wolves.

Troy trailed 5-3 entering the eighth inning and got it within one after Peyton Watts followed Dillon Kuehl's leadoff walk with an RBI triple that was inches away from clearing the right-center wall. Steven Meier gave Troy runners on the corners and no outs, as the Red Wolves were unsuccessful on its tag out attempt of Watts on Meier's grounder to third. Those few inches on Watts' triple were the difference as Watts was out at home on a Houston Markham bunt before Blake Cavill grounded into a double play.

A-State put two runs across in the bottom of the frame, and the Trojans got it within one run again as Brooks Bryan blasted a two-run home run over the right field wall with one out, his team best 12th of the season. Red Wolf reliever Jack Nelson responded by retiring the next two Trojans to end the ballgame.

Troy struck first in the second inning, getting a two-run single from Meier and a sac fly by Cavil, knocking starter Jelle van der Lelie out of the ballgame. The Red Wolves responded with three runs of their own against Trojan righty Luke Lyon, who finished with nine hits and four earned runs in 2.2 innings pitched after surrendering another run in the third. A-State added another in the fifth against Grayson Stewart, who pitched 2.1 innings with four hits and one run.

The Trojans move to 37-16 on the season and sit in third-place in the Sun Belt standings at 18-9. Troy has clinched at least the three-seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, and can move into second with a sweep over Southern Miss in next week's final regular season series.

Quick Hitters

Troy is the only team in college baseball to win all 13 of its weekend series and the only Sun Belt team to win all nine of its conference series. The Trojans have won two-of-three games in every conference series.
Troy is 7-6 in series finales.
Troy is 11-4 in games decided by one run. All three games in the Arkansas State series were decided by one run.
Steven Meier recorded his 12th multi-RBI game of the season, going 1-for-5 with two RBIs.
Meier extended his on-base streak to five games.
Houston Markham extended his on-base streak to 21 games, drawing two walks.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 58 games dating back to last season, recording two walks, one sac fly and one RBI.
Cavill's sac fly was his 49th RBI of the season, which ranks fifth in the Sun Belt.
Cavill drew his 58th and 59th walks of the season. He entered the day ranked second nationally in walks.
Sean Darnell recorded his team-best 8th home run of the season, going 2-for-4 with a walk.
Brooks Bryan hit team-best 12th home run of the season. He's hit four home runs in his last four games.
Bryan extended his on-base streak to five games.
Bryan recorded two RBI, giving him 56 RBIs on the season which ranks third in the Sun Belt.
Dillon Kuehl extended his on-base streak to eight games, matching his career high with two walks
Peyton Watts extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to five games, going 2-for-2 with a triple, two walks and an RBI.

Quotable - Head Coach Skylar Meade
"We had our opportunities there. We did a good job with eight walks. Tons of freebies that gave us opportunities. We certainly had some big hits, We had those times - first and third no outs down one, that we of course didn't take advantage of."