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 FEBRUARY (5-3) CB N/A Game Information CB N/A Date: March 17-19 Fri. 17 Xavier L, 2-6 N/A N/A Time: 3 p.m. / 2 p.m. / 1 p.m. Sat. 18 Xavier W, 2-1 (10) N/A Location: Little Rock, Ark. N/A Sat. 18 Xavier L, 2-8 Stadium: Gary Hogan (1,000) N/A N/A Sun. 19 Xavier W, 5-2 Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network Fri. 24 at New Orleans W, 12-9 N/A 94.7 FM or 970 AM N/A Sat. 25 at New Orleans L, 2-3 (13) Talent: Graham Doty (PxP) Sun. 26 at New Orleans W, 4-3 (10) N/A N/A Tue. 28 % at UAB W, 4-2 TROY TROJANS LITTLE ROCK TROJANS MARCH (4-3) Record: 9-6 Record: 7-10 SBC Record: 0-0 Series SBC Record: 0-0 Fri. 3 ^ vs. Seton Hall W, 6-3 Overall: Troy leads RPI: 129 18-14 RPI: 220 Sat. 4 ^ vs. South Alabama L, 4-6 in Troy: Head Coach: Mark Smartt 12-3 Head Coach: Chris Curry Sun. 5 ^ vs. Southeastern Louisiana L, 4-5 in : Career Record: 205-195 (8th season) Little Rock 6-10 Career Record: 49-71 (3rd season) Fri. 10 Hofstra W, 4-0 Neutral: 0- Record at Troy: 41-32 (2nd season) 1 Record at Little Rock: 49-71 (3rd season) Sat. 11 Hofstra L, 5-9 Sat. 11 Hofstra W, 7-1 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS Sun. 12 Hofstra W, 16-7 (8) AVG: Trevor Davis (.429) Multimedia AVG: Hunter Owens (.422) Fri. 17 at Little Rock * 3 p.m. 2B: Brandon Lockridge (5) Live Stats: TroyStats.com 2B: Hunter Owens (7) HR: Three Players (2) Audio: TroyTrojans.com/watch HR: Four Players (2) Sat. 18 at Little Rock * 2 p.m. Video: LRTrojans.com Sun. 19 at Little Rock * 1 p.m. RBI: Justin Friend (13) RBI: Hunter Owens (18) SB: Steven Whitaker (8) SB: Two Players (3) Tue. 21 Samford 6 p.m. Wed. 22 at Samford 6 p.m. Probable Starting Pitchers QUICK HITTERS Fri. 24 UL Lafayette * 6 p.m. Friday, March 17 Sat. 25 UL Lafayette * 3 p.m. Sun. 26 UL Lafayette * 1 p.m. • Troy has scored 13 runs in the first inning this season and Cory Malcom • RHP • Sr. Fri. 31 at UT Arlington * 6:30 p.m. the Trojans are batting .370 with a .987 OPS as a team in 1-0, 2.08, 26.0 IP, 35 K, 3 BB, .219 OBA vs. APRIL (0-0) the opening frame; the Trojans are 6-1 when scoring first Sat. 1 at UT Arlington * 2 p.m. Daren Osby • RHP • Jr. Sun. 2 at UT Arlington * 1 p.m. this season. 3-1, 2.74, 23.0 IP, 21 K, 6 BB, .247 OBA Tue. 4 Alabama 6 p.m. Wed. 5 at Alabama 6 p.m. • Since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2006, Troy has Saturday, March 18 Fri. 7 Georgia Southern * 6 p.m. finished third or better in eight of the 11 seasons. Troy is Cole Townsend • LHP • Jr. Sat. 8 Georgia Southern * 3 p.m. 2-0, 2.53, 21.1 IP, 21 K, 8 BB, .213 OBA Sun. 9 Georgia Southern * 1 p.m. tied with UL Lafayette for the most top-three finishes over vs. that time period -- South Alabama is third with four. Tue. 11 at Alabama State 6 p.m. Austin Crook • LHP • Sr. Thur. 13 at Georgia State * 5 p.m. 2-0, 1.32, 13.2 IP, 9 K, 2 BB, .156 OBA Fri. 14 at Georgia State * 5 p.m. • Troy used 14 different pitchers in the series with Xavier; Sat. 15 at Georgia State * 1 p.m. Sunday, March 19 of those 14 pitchers, eight made their first appearance in a Tue. 18 UAB 6 p.m. Chandler Fidel • LHP • Fr. Troy uniform and six were freshmen. Wed. 19 & at Jacksonville State 6 p.m. 1-2, 4.24, 17.0 IP, 14 K, 9 BB, .258 OBA Fri. 21 Texas State * 6 p.m. vs. Sat. 22 Texas State * 3 p.m. • Troy has hit nine home runs through its first 15 games Houston Mabray • RHP • Sr. Sun. 23 Texas State * 12 p.m. 1-0, 2.70, 20.0 IP, 9 K, 11 BB, .321 OBA Tue. 25 at Auburn 6 p.m. of the season; Troy’s fifth home run didn’t come until the Fri. 28 at Coastal Carolina * 5 p.m. 15th game of the year in 2016. Troy’s sixth home run of the Troy Projected Lineup Sat. 29 at Coastal Carolina * 1 p.m. 2016 season came in game 16, while the seventh home run C Chase Smartt .316, 8 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .815 OPS Sun. 30 at Coastal Carolina * 12 p.m. didn’t come until the 28th game of the season. MAY (0-0) 1B Justin Friend .227, 5 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, .736 OPS Wed. 3 Jacksonville State 6 p.m. 2B Brandon Lockridge .317, 5 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, .815 OPS Fri. 5 Appalachian State * 6 p.m. • Troy stole eight bases in the series opener at New Orleans; SS Matt Sanders .246, 13 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 SB Sat. 6 Appalachian State * 3 p.m. it was tied for the second most in a game in school history. 3B Drew Frederic .304, 11 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 7 SB Sun. 7 Appalachian State * 1 p.m. LF Trevor Davis .429, 9 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1.164 OPS Wed. 10 Alabama State 6 p.m. CF Mack Hathcock .129, 5 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 5 BB Fri. 12 ULM * 6 p.m. • Marc Skinner has moved into fourth place in Troy history RF Mason Rogers .261, 2 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, .624 OPS Sat. 13 ULM * 3 p.m. with 11 career saves; he is seven shy of tying Josh Storm for DH Brody Binder .185, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .771 OPS Sun. 14 ULM * 1 p.m. the all-time record. Additionally, Skinner is third all-time in Tue. 16 at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. Troy history with 90 career appearances -- he is 15 shy of Thu. 18 at South Alabama * 6:30 p.m. Fri. 19 at South Alabama * 6:30 p.m. setting a new school record. Sat. 20 at South Alabama * 1 p.m. 23-28 ! Sun Belt Tournament TBA • Three different players have recorded a save for the Trojans this season; Troy is the lone school in the Sun JUNE (0-0) Belt to have multiple pitchers record more than one save so far on the season. 2-5 NCAA Regional TBA 9-12 NCAA Super Regional TBA 17-28 College World Series Omaha, Neb. • Troy has posted a 281-131 (.682) record at home during Mark Smartt’s 15-season tenure on the coaching staff. All Times Listed are Central - * Sun Belt Game % Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.) | ^ 2017 Cox Diamond Invitational (Pensacola, Fla.) & Choccolocco Park (Oxford, Ala.) | ! Sun Belt Tournament (Statesboro, Ga.) 2017 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES TROY AT LITTLE ROCK (GAMES 16-18) 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. Cottonwood, Ala./Cottonwood HS 17 TJ Binder IF L/R 6-1 210 Sr. Ooltewah, Tenn./Ooltewah HS 19 Justin Friend IF L/R 6-3 250 Sr. Johns Creek, Ga./Calhoun CC 20 Lance Johnson RHP R/R 6-0 175 Fr. Alabasater, Ala./Thompson HS 21 Rigsby Mosley LHP/OF L/L 6-2 180 Fr. Maitland, Fla./Bishop Moore HS 23 Max Newton LHP L/L 5-10 180 Fr. Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station HS 24 Ryan Fultz LHP L/L 6-1 195 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Jacksonville Bolles HS 26 Jackson Cofer RHP/OF L/R 6-0 180 Jr. Maylene, Ala./Marion Military Institute 27 Daren Osby RHP R/R 6-4 245 Jr.