2017 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES Troy Media Relations • 5000 Veterans Stadium Dr. • Troy, AL 36082 • TroyTrojans.com Baseball Contact: Adam Prendergast • [email protected] • 334.670.3832 (o) • 334.372.5555 (c) 1986 & 1987 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS :: SEVEN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES :: 20 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES :: 2006, 2012 SUN BELT CHAMPIONS Day Date Opponent Time N/A N/A FEBRUARY (2-2) CB Game Information CB Fri. 17 Xavier L, 2-6 N/A Date: February 24-26 N/A Time: 5:30 / 12 / 12 p.m. Sat. 18 Xavier W, 2-1 (10) N/A Location: New Orleans, La. N/A Sat. 18 Xavier L, 2-8 N/A Stadium: Maestri Field (2,900) N/A Sun. 19 Xavier W, 5-2 Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network Fri. 24 at New Orleans 5:30 p.m. N/A 94.7 FM (G1,G3) / 970 AM (G2) N/A Sat. 25 at New Orleans 12 p.m. Talent: Jerry Miller (PxP) N/A N/A Sun. 26 at New Orleans 12 p.m. Tue. 28 % at UAB 4 p.m. TROY Series NEW ORLEANS TROJANS Overall: Troy leads 19-8 PRIVATEERS MARCH (0-0) Record: 2-2 Record: 5-0 in Troy: 13-6 SBC Record: 0-0 Southland Record: 0-0 Fri. 3 ^ vs. Seton Hall 2 p.m. in New Orleans: 5-1 RPI: 246 RPI: 43 Sat. 4 ^ vs. South Alabama 3 p.m. Neutral: Series tied 1-1 Sun. 5 ^ vs. Southeastern Louisiana 3 p.m. Head Coach: Mark Smartt Head Coach: Blake Dean Career Record: 198-191 (8th season) Career Record: 36-26 (2nd season) Tue. 7 at Alabama 6 p.m. Record at Troy: 34-28 (2nd season) Record at UNO: 36-26 (2nd season) Fri. 10 Hofstra 6 p.m. Multimedia Sat. 11 Hofstra 1 p.m. 2016 STATISTICAL LEADERS Live Stats: UNOPrivateers.com STATISTICAL LEADERS Sat. 11 Hofstra 4 p.m. AVG: Brody Binder (.500) Audio: TroyTrojans.com/watch AVG: Tristan Clarke (.556) Sun. 12 Hofstra 12 p.m. 2B: B. Binder / Lockridge (2) Video: UNOPrivateers.com 2B: Orynn Veillon (5) Fri. 17 at Little Rock * 6 p.m. HR: B. Binder / Smartt (1) HR: Tristan Clarke (2) Sat. 18 at Little Rock * 2 p.m. RBI: Brody Binder (3) RBI: Orynn Veillon (8) SB: Three Players (1) SB: Aaron Palmer (3) Sun. 19 at Little Rock * 1 p.m. Tue. 21 Samford 6 p.m. Probable Starting Pitchers Fri. 24 UL Lafayette * 6 p.m. QUICK HITTERS Friday, February 24 Sat. 25 UL Lafayette * 3 p.m. Sun. 26 UL Lafayette * 1 p.m. • Since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2006, Troy has finished Riley Hodge • RHP • Sr. third or better in eight of the 11 seasons. Troy is tied with UL Fri. 31 at UT Arlington * 6:30 p.m. 0-0, 7.20, 5.0 IP, 2 K, 4 BB, .235 OBA Lafayette for the most top-three finishes over that time period -- vs. APRIL (0-0) South Alabama is third with four. Sat. 1 at UT Arlington * 2 p.m. Corey Childress • RHP • Jr. Sun. 2 at UT Arlington * 1 p.m. • Troy pitches combined for 48 strikeouts in 37 innings of work 0-1, 8.31, 4.1 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, .368 OBA Tue. 4 Alabama 6 p.m. (11.7 K/9) over the four-game series with Xavier. Fri. 7 Georgia Southern * 6 p.m. Saturday, February 25 Sat. 8 Georgia Southern * 3 p.m. • Troy used 14 different pitchers in the series with Xavier; of those Bryan Warzek • LHP • So. Sun. 9 Georgia Southern * 1 p.m. 14 pitchers, eight made their first appearance in a Troy uniform and 1-0, 0.00, 6.0 IP, 4 K, 0 BB, .238 OBA Tue. 11 at Alabama State 6 p.m. six were freshmen. vs. Thur. 13 at Georgia State * 5 p.m. Evan Hebert • LHP • Sr. • Brody Binder picked up three hits during the opening weekend Fri. 14 at Georgia State * 5 p.m. 0-0, 1.59, 5.2 IP, 7 K, 3 BB, .100 OBA Sat. 15 at Georgia State * 1 p.m. for the Trojans -- all three were extra-base hits ... in fact, all three Tue. 18 UAB 6 p.m. were in consecutive at-bats. Binder had a pinch-hit, 2-run double Sunday, February 26 Wed. 19 & at Jacksonville State 6 p.m. in the ninth inning of game three and followed with a double and Fri. 21 Texas State * 6 p.m. home run in his first two at-bats of the series finale. TBA Sat. 22 Texas State * 3 p.m. • Marc Skinner moved into sole possession of fifth place all-time in vs. Sun. 23 Texas State * 12 p.m. Troy history with his ninth save; he nine shy of tying Josh Storm for Houston Mabray • RHP • Sr. Tue. 25 at Auburn 6 p.m. the all-time record. Fri. 28 at Coastal Carolina * 5 p.m. 1-0, 0.00, 5.1 IP, 4 K, 2 BB, .238 OBA Sat. 29 at Coastal Carolina * 1 p.m. • An opening game record 1,821 fans were on hand to welcome Troy Projected Lineup Sun. 30 at Coastal Carolina * 12 p.m. baseball season back to Riddle-Pace Field. It broke last season’s MAY (0-0) mark of 1,698 to watch the inaugural game of the Mark Smartt era. C Chase Smartt .231, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .795 OPS Wed. 3 Jacksonville State 6 p.m. 1B T.J. Binder .083, 1-for-12 Fri. 5 Appalachian State * 6 p.m. • Troy has posted a 278-130 (.681) record at home during Mark 2B Brandon Lockridge .375, 2 2B, 2 RBI, .875 OPS Sat. 6 Appalachian State * 3 p.m. Smartt’s 15-season tenure on the coaching staff. SS Matt Sanders .071, 2 R, 1 2B, 1-for-14, 2BB, 1 SB Sun. 7 Appalachian State * 1 p.m. 3B Drew Frederic .182, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, .672 OPS Wed. 10 Alabama State 6 p.m. • Troy returns 75.8 percent of its extra-base hit production from LF Joey Denison .071, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1-for-14 Fri. 12 ULM * 6 p.m. last season led by corner outfielders Joey Dension (22) and Trevor Sat. 13 ULM * 3 p.m. Davis (14). CF Mack Hathcock .143, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2-for-14 Sun. 14 ULM * 1 p.m. RF Steven Whitaker .111, 2 R, 1 SB, 1-for-9 • The Trojans saw an uptick in production at the plate over the final Tue. 16 at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. DH Brody Binder .500, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1.904 OPS seven games of last season. Troy posted a .488 slugging percentage Thu. 18 at South Alabama * 6:30 p.m. and an .894 OPS with 10 home runs and nine doubles over that Fri. 19 at South Alabama * 6:30 p.m. stretch -- the Trojans averaged 8.3 runs per game. For the season, Troy posted a .368 slugging percentage, .722 OPS, 30 home Sat. 20 at South Alabama * 1 p.m. runs and 5.2 runs per game. 23-28 ! Sun Belt Tournament TBA JUNE (0-0) • Troy will have to replace a pair of All-Sun Belt selections in their rotation -- gone are Grant Bennett and Lucas Brown who 2-5 NCAA Regional TBA combined for 16 wins, 203.2 innings and 147 strikeouts last season. 9-12 NCAA Super Regional TBA 17-28 College World Series Omaha, Neb. • Last season, opponents attempted just 51 stolen bases against Troy -- the fewest in the Sun Belt (the next lowest was 61 against Texas State) ... Additionally, opponents’ 58 percent success rate on stolen was tied with Appalachian State for the All Times Listed are Central - * Sun Belt Game lowest in the league. % Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.) | ^ 2017 Cox Diamond Invitational (Pensacola, Fla.) & Choccolocco Park (Oxford, Ala.) | ! Sun Belt Tournament (Statesboro, Ga.) • Troy plays nine of its first 13 games away from Riddle-Pace Field this season ... it marks the first time since 2009 that the Trojans will have played eight away/neutral site games before playing their fifth home game. 2017 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES TROY AT NEW ORLEANS (GAMES 6-9) 2017 BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Drew Frederic IF R/R 5-10 175 R-Fr. Niceville, Fla./Niceville HS 2 Chase Smartt C/IF R/R 5-9 185 So. Troy, Ala./Charles Henderson HS 4 Matt Sanders IF R/R 5-8 175 Jr. Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS 5 Joey Denison OF R/R 5-11 200 Sr. Troy, Ala./Charles Henderson HS 6 Mason Rogers C/IF R/R 6-1 195 Jr. Linden, Ala./Lurleen B. Wallace CC 7 Steven Whitaker OF L/R 5-11 175 Sr. Alpharetta, Ga./Georgia Perimeter CC 8 Brandon Lockridge IF R/R 6-1 185 So. Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic HS 10 Mack Hathcock OF L/L 5-9 175 Jr. Moultrie, Ga./NW Florida State College 11 Marc Skinner RHP R/R 5-9 180 Sr. Phenix City, Ala./Smiths Station HS 13 Evan Hebert LHP L/L 6-1 205 Sr. Loreauville, La./NW Florida State College 14 Andrew Crane RHP L/R 6-4 190 R-Jr. Pascagoula, Miss./East Mississippi CC 15 Trevor Davis OF R/R 6-1 185 Sr. Fort Mitchell, Ala./Gulf Coast State College 16 Cory Gill RHP R/R 6-2 185 So.