No. 14 Troy Falls to No. 19 Southern Miss on Friday Night

Friday, May 16

Troy, Ala.

6 p.m.

Troy University

37-18, 18-11

Southern Miss

40-13, 23-6

Southern Miss

Troy

No. 14 Troy Falls to No. 19 Southern Miss on Friday Night

5/16/2025 10:18:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. - No. 14 Troy fell 12-1 in eight innings to No. 19 Southern Miss at Riddle-Pace Field on Friday.

The Trojans were outhit 12-4, and scored their lone run of the ballgame on an RBI double by Brooks Bryan in the fourth inning. The Trojans had an opportunity for more runs in the fourth as Sean Darnell walked and Mike Bello singled to load the bases with one out, but a double play ended the inning.

On the mound, Troy starter Noah Edders went one inning, allowing three hits, three runs and two walks. After a leadoff home run in the second inning, Garrett Gainous made his first appearance on the mound since April 17 and gave the Trojans three strong innings.

Gainous allowed one run in the second, but shook the rust off by following with a pair of hitless frames in the third and fourth. The senior right-hander finished with one hit, one run, four walks and three strikeouts in his three innings. His three punchouts give him 260 for his career, surpassing Tyler Ray (259) for the third-most in program history.

The Golden Eagles put one run across in the fifth and sixth innings, and put the run-rule into effect with six runs in the eighth. Starter Matthew Adams pitched 3.1 innings with three hits, one run, three walks and three strikeouts, while lefty Kros Sivley went the distance out of the bullpen with 4.2 scoreless innings on one hit, two walks, three HBPs and five strikeouts.

Game three between Troy (37-18, 18-11 Sun Belt) and Southern Miss (40-13, 23-6 Sun Belt) is slated for 3:33 p.m. at Riddle-Pace Field on Saturday.

Quick Hitters

Troy lost its first series of the season. The Trojans entered the weekend as the only team in college baseball to win all 13 of their weekend series this season.
Troy is 20-8 at Riddle-Pace Field.
Steven Meier extended his on-base streak to seven games, drawing an HBP.
Meier's HBP was his 25th HBP of the season, which ties Steven Felix (2010) and William Sullivan (2023) for the single-season Troy record.
Blake Cavill extended his on-base streak to 60 games dating back to last season, drawing three walks.
Cavill's three walks were his 61st, 62nd and 63rd of the season. He is now two shy of the Troy single-season record held by Jorge Soto with 65 walks in 1999.
Brooks Bryan extended his on-base streak to seven games and hitting streak to six games, going 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Bryan's double was his 17th of the season.
Bryan's RBI was his 57th of the season.
Sean Darnell hit his 14th double of the season.
Garrett Gainous came out of the bullpen for the first time in his college career. All 51 of his career appearances entering the weekend had been starts.
Gainous made his first appearance since April 17 against ULM.
Gainous recorded three strikeouts, giving him 260 strikeouts for his career. It's the third-most strikeouts in Troy history, surpassing Tyler Ray (259).

Quotable - Head Coach Skylar Meade
"You just can't be down every game, and that's just what's happening right now. It doesn't take a genius to read a box score and see what's happening. The one positive we can hang our hat on was we got Gainous in there. He pitched. Was he totally dialed in? Absolutely not, he's missed a month. We've been a month without some needed innings."