![]() ![]() Senior catcher Clay Stearns reached on a leadoff double to right field, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Myers sacrifice fly. Boyd stroked another home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the eighth to make it 14-8 Mountaineers.Ī two-out, ninth-inning surge plated two more for the Trojans, but the comeback bid fell short at 14-10 when Kavanagh lined out to center on a well-struck ball with two runners in scoring position. Troy got one back in the top half of the eighth. The Mountaineers scored all 10 runs with two outs to turn a 7-3 deficit into a 13-7 lead. Laurent, a two-RBI triple off the left field wall by Reed and a two-run bomb by Boyd that left the confines of Riverwalk Stadium doing the majority of the damage. With two-on and two-out in the bottom of the fifth, Trojan junior right-handed reliever Kristian Asbury blew a 3-2 fastball by Reed to erase the Mountaineer scoring threat.Ī two-out rally by App State plated 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth-with a two-RBI single to left field by St. A single roped into center by sophomore outfielder CJ Boyd scored two more to make it 7-3 and chase Fruit. Troy grad student right-handed pitcher Zach Fruit struck out junior outfielder Hunter Wilder, but issued a two-out walk to senior third baseman Andrew Terrell to plate the first App State run, 7-1. Laurent and senior designated hitter Alex Reed all reaching on singles. The Mountaineers had a one-out, bases-loaded opportunity of their own in the bottom half of the fourth, with senior catcher Hayden Cross, redshirt sophomore shortstop Austin St. The junior drew a five-pitch walk to extend the Troy advantage to 6-0 and bring up Trojan tournament hero Cobb Jr., whose sacrifice fly scored Kavanagh for the third time on the day to make it 7-0. to score.Īpp State called upon redshirt senior left-handed pitcher Eli Ellington out of the bullpen with the bases loaded for Sullivan in the top of the fourth. Junior shortstop Tremayne Cobb Jr.’s single to right brought home Kavanagh-who had reached on a walk-and a bases loaded single to center by senior second baseman Donovan Whibbs allowed junior first baseman William Sullivan–who had also reached on a walk-and Cobb Jr. ![]() Junior outfielders Kole Myers and Ethan Kavanagh delivered back-to-back singles to open the game-and used a wild pitch, a groundout and a passed ball to come around to score, giving the Trojans an early 2-0 edge.Ī two-out Trojan rally in the second plated three more to make it 5-0 in favor of Troy. 3 seed Troy, 14-10Īpp State, which won its first-ever Sun Belt baseball tournament game two years ago, reached new heights as a program by advancing to semifinal Saturday at the Sun Belt Baseball Championship via a 14-10 win over Troy in the fifth meeting of the two programs over the past nine days. If necessary games would follow on Saturday evening. CT, followed by the Ragin’ Cajuns and Chanticleers at 12:30 p.m. The Mountaineers and Golden Eagles will meet first at 9:00 a.m. 2-seeded Southern Miss twice on Saturday to advance to the championship game-the same is true for No. 6-seeded App State will need to defeat No. ![]() App State and Louisiana advanced to semifinal Saturday at the 2023 Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship presented by Troy University in Montgomery, Ala., via elimination game victories in Day Four play. Story Links BRACKET | CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
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