2018 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES Troy Media Relations • 5000 Veterans Stadium Dr. • Troy, AL 36082 • TroyTrojans.com Baseball Contact: Jace Sanders • [email protected] • 334.670.5654 (o) • 334.429.3433 (c) 1986 & 1987 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS :: SEVEN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES :: 20 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES :: 2006, 2011, 2013 SUN BELT CHAMPS Day Date Opponent Time FEBRUARY (4-1) CB N/A Game Information CB #4 Fri. 16 UT Martin W, 14-2 Date: Feb. 23 / 24 / 25 Sat. 17 UT Martin W, 10-4 N/A Time: 3 p.m. / 12 p.m. / 12 p.m. N/A Sat. 17 UT Martin W, 6-2 N/A Location: Tallahassee, Fla. #5 Sun. 18 UT Martin W, 12-1 Stadium: Dick Howser Stadium (6,700) Wed. 21 at Auburn L, 5-6 N/A Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network #3 94.7 FM / 970 AM Fri. 23 at Florida State 3 p.m. N/A Talent: Barry McKnight (PxP) #5 Sat. 24 at Florida State 12 p.m. Darrell Dapprich (Analyst/PxP) Sun. 25 at Florida State 12 p.m. TROY TV/Online: ACC Network Extra FLORIDA STATE Wed. 28 UAB 6 p.m. MARCH (0-0) TROJANS SEMINOLES Fri. 2 Tennessee Tech 6 p.m. Record: 4-1 Series Record: 4-0 Sat. 3 Tennessee Tech 3 p.m. SBC Record: 0-0 Overall: FSU leads 2-16 ACC Record: 0-0 Sun. 4 Tennessee Tech 1 p.m. RPI: 176 in Tallahassee: 0-15 RPI: 2 Head Coach: Mark Smartt in Troy: 2-1 Head Coach: Mike Martin Tue. 6 at Samford 6 p.m. Career Record: 231-215 (9th season) Neutral: 0-0 Career Record: 1948-604-4 (39th Season) Fri. 9 Gardner-Webb 6 p.m. at Troy: 67-52 (3rd season) at FSU: 1948-604-4 (39th Season) Sat. 10 Gardner-Webb 3 p.m. STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS Sun. 11 Gardner-Webb 1 p.m. AVG: Matt Sanders (.500) Multimedia AVG: J.C. Flowers (.429) Tue. 13 at UAB^ 4 p.m. 2B: Prestegard/Lockridge/Frederic (2) Live Stats: TroyStats.com 2B: Flowers/Wells (2) Fri. 16 Little Rock * 6 p.m. HR: Matt Sanders (3) Audio: TroyTrojans.com/watch HR: Nick Derr (1) Sat. 17 Little Rock * 3 p.m. RBI: Cole Prestegard (7) Video: ESPN.com/watch RBI: Cal Raleigh (5) Sun. 18 Little Rock * 1 p.m. SB: Brandon Lockridge (3) SB: Mendoza/Salvatore (1) Tue. 20 Samford 6 p.m. QUICK HITTERS Probable Starting Pitchers Fri. 23 at UL Lafayette * 6 p.m. • On Tuesday, the league office announced that Matt Sanders Friday, February 23 Sat. 24 at UL Lafayette * 2 p.m. was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week for his performances Cole Sands • RHP • Sr. Sun. 25 at UL Lafayette * 1 p.m. on opening weekend. He batted .500 (8-for-16) with 3 HR, 8 H, 1-0, 3.60, 5.0 IP, 9 K, 0 BB, .167 OBA Tue. 27 Alabama State 6 p.m. 8 R and 6 RBI. vs. Thu. 29 Georgia State * 6 p.m. Andrew Crane • RHP • Sr. • Troy currently ranks second nationally with 10 home runs in Fri. 30 Georgia State * 6 p.m. 1-0, 0.00, 5.0 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, .211 OBA Sat. 31 Georgia State * 1 p.m. 2018 and ranks xxx with 2.00 homers per game. The squad is APRIL (0-0) ninth nationally in scoring bring home xxx runs per game. The Saturday, February 24 Wed. 4 at Jacksonville State 6 p.m. Trojans’ five home runs in Sunday’s finale are the second-most Drew Parrish • LHP • So. Fri. 6 at Appalachian State * 5 p.m. in a game by any team to this point. 1-0, 1.50, 5.0 IP, 9 K, 1 BB, .143 OBA Sat. 7 at Appalachian State * 2 p.m. vs. Sun. 8 at Appalachian State * 12 p.m. • Matt Sanders leads the country with 10 runs scored and sits Daren Osby • RHP • Sr. Fri. 13 Coastal Carolina * 6 p.m. at second nationally with three home runs. He has already 0-0, 3.00, 6.0 IP, 7 K, 4 BB, .150 OBA Sat. 14 Coastal Carolina * 3 p.m. reached last season’s home run total in just four games. Sanders Sun. 15 Coastal Carolina * 1 p.m. also ranks sixth in the country in runs per game (2.00), 10th in Sunday, February 25 Tue. 17 Alabama A&M 6 p.m. total bases (18) and 13th in hits (9). Wed. 18 at Alabama State 6 p.m. Austin Pollock • LHP • So. Fri. 20 at Arkansas State * 6:30 p.m. • Andrew Crane extended his regular season consecutive 0-0, 0.00, 4.0 IP, 5 K, 0 BB, .214 OBA Sat. 21 at Arkansas State * 6:30 p.m. scoreless inning streak to 44.2 IP with five scoreless against UT vs. Sun. 22 at Arkansas State * 1 p.m. Martin in the season opener Friday. Rush Hixon • RHP • Jr. Tue. 24 at Alabama 6 p.m. 1-0, 0.00, 5.0 IP, 5 K, 2BB, .167 OBA Fri. 27 UT Arlington * 6 p.m. • Senior Brody Binder has driven in eight runs and ranks 20th Sat. 28 UT Arlington * 3 p.m. in the country with that tally. He joins two other Trojans - Joey Troy Projected Lineup Sun. 29 UT Arlington * 11 a.m. Denison and Cole Prestegard - ranked in the top 50 in the C Hunter Kamplain .167, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .667 SLG MAY (0-0) category. Tue. 1 Jacksonville State 6 p.m. 1B Cole Prestegard .389, 4 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1.189 OPS Fri. 4 at Georgia Southern * 5:30 p.m. • Newfound speed? Brandon Lockridge, seemingly 2B Manning Early .333, 4 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .667 SLG Sat. 5 at Georgia Southern * 2 p.m. overshadowed by the power hitting put on display by the SS Matt Sanders .450, 10 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1.420 OPS Sun. 6 at Georgia Southern * 12 p.m. Trojans, swiped three bases in the four-game series and sits at 3B Drew Frederic .286, 2 R, 3 2B, 2 SB, .500 SLG Wed. 9 Mississippi State % 6 p.m. 19th nationally in stolen bases -- Lockridge did not steal his third LF Mason Rogers .333, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, .429 OBP Fri. 11 at ULM * 6 p.m. base until the 17th game of 2017. CF Brandon Lockridge .389, 6 R, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 1.042 OPS, 3 SB Sat. 12 at ULM * 2 p.m. Sun. 13 at ULM * 1 p.m. RF Joey Denison .450, 8 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1.085 OPS • Andrew Crane was named the 2018 Sun Belt Preseason Tue. 15 Auburn 6 p.m. DH Brody Binder .273, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .636 SLG Pitcher of the Year prior to his senior season. Crane and Thu. 17 South Alabama * 6 p.m. Brandon Lockridge represented the Trojans on the All-Sun Belt Fri. 18 South Alabama * 6 p.m. Preseason Team. Sat. 19 South Alabama * 1 p.m. 22-27 Sun Belt Tournament ! TBA • Since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2006, Troy has finished JUNE (0-0) third or better in eight of the 12 seasons. Troy is tied with UL 1-4 NCAA Regional TBA Lafayette for the most top-three finishes over that time period 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA 16-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. -- South Alabama is third with six. All Times Listed are Central - * Sun Belt Game ^ Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.) | % Hoover Met | ! Sun Belt Tournament (Lafayette, La.) 2018 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES TROY AT FLORIDA STATE (GAMES 6-8) 2018 BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Drew Frederic IF R/R 5-11 195 So. Niceville, Fla./Niceville HS 2 Chase Smartt C R/R 5-9 185 Jr. Troy, Ala./Charles Henderson HS 3 Sadler Goodwin IF/P R/R 6-3 205 Jr. Cordova, Tenn./Jackson State CC 4 Matt Sanders IF R/R 5-8 175 Sr. Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS 5 Joey Denison OF R/R 5-11 200 R-Sr. Troy, Ala./Charles Henderson HS 6 Mason Rogers OF R/R 6-1 195 Sr. Linden, Ala./Lurleen B. Wallace CC 7 Manning Early IF L/R 6-0 170 Fr. Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale HS 8 Brandon Lockridge IF R/R 6-1 185 Jr. Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic HS 10 Rush Hixon P R/R 5-9 170 Jr. Banks, Ala./Central Alabama CC 11 CJ Carter P R/R 6-0 165 Jr. Lithonia, Ga./Alvin CC 13 Mackenzie Hicks IF/P R/R 5-10 180 Fr. Echo, Ala./G.W. Long HS 14 Andrew Crane P L/R 6-5 220 Sr. Pascagoula, Miss./East Mississippi CC 15 Dylan Crutcher OF R/R 6-3 200 Jr. Mobile, Ala./Alabama Southern CC 16 Cory Gill P R/R 6-2 185 Jr. Cottonwood, Ala./Cottonwood HS 17 Cole Prestegard IF L/R 6-3 225 Jr. Hampton Cove, Ala./East Central Mississippi CC 18 Hunter Kamplain C R/R 5-8 185 Fr. Tuscaloosa, Ala./Hillcrest HS 20 Lance Johnson P R/R 6-0 175 So. Alabaster, Ala./Thompson HS 21 Rigsby Mosley OF L/L 6-2 180 R-Fr. Maitland, Fla./Bishop Moore HS 23 Max Newton P L/L 5-11 180 So.