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 (5-4) N/A CB N/A Fri. 16 UT Martin W, 14-2 CB Game Information Date: May 15 Sat. 17 UT Martin W, 10-4 N/A #22 Time: 6 p.m. Sat. 17 UT Martin W, 6-2 N/A Location: Troy, Ala. N/A Sun. 18 UT Martin W, 12-1 Stadium: Riddle-Pace Field N/A #24 Wed. 21 at No. 26 Auburn L, 5-6 Radio: Troy Sports Radio Network Fri. 23 at No. 3 Florida State L, 3-7 N/A 94.7 FM #23 Sat. 24 at No. 3 Florida State L, 5-6 Talent: Barry McKnight (PxP) Sun. 25 at No. 3 Florida State L, 4-9 Jerry Miller (Analyst) TROY TV/Online: ESPN+ AUBURN Wed. 28 UAB W, 3-2 MARCH (14-5) TROJANS TIGERS Record: 35-17 Series Record: 35-17 Fri. 2 Tennessee Tech W, 10-7 Overall: 19-40-1 SBC Record: 17-10 SEC Record: 17-10 Sat. 3 Tennessee Tech L, 6-10 in Troy: 9-7 RPI: 43 RPI: 12 Sun. 4 Tennessee Tech W, 13-12 in Auburn: 5-32 Head Coach: Mark Smartt Head Coach: Butch Thompson Neutral/Unknown: 5-7-1 Tue. 6 at Samford W, 5-4 Career Record: 262-231 (9th season) Career Record: 134-88 (4th season) Fri. 9 Gardner-Webb W, 6-4 at TROY: 98-68 (3rd season) at AU: 95-76 (3rd season) Sat. 10 Gardner-Webb W, 6-3 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS Sun. 11 Gardner-Webb W, 6-0 AVG: Joey Denison (.401) Multimedia AVG: Brendan Venter (.320) Live Stats: TroyStats.com Tue. 13 at UAB^ W, 4-1 2B: Joey Denison (21) 2B: Jay Estes (12) Audio: TroyTrojans.com/watch HR: Mosley/Frederic/Sanders (5) HR: Edouard Julien (13) Fri. 16 Little Rock * L, 1-3 Video: ESPN+ Sat. 17 Little Rock * W, 2-0 RBI: Joey Denison (74) RBI: Edouard Julien (52) Sun. 18 Little Rock * L, 1-3 SB: Drew Frederic (26) SB: Jay Estes (8) Tue. 20 Samford W, 14-2 QUICK HITTERS Probable Starting Pitchers Fri. 23 at UL Lafayette * W, 6-2 • Speed is the name of the game for Troy, as it now holds the Tuesday, May 15 Sat. 24 at UL Lafayette * W, 8-5 school’s single-season triples record and ranks second in the Sun. 25 at UL Lafayette * L, 3-4 country with 25 this year … The Trojans have also stolen 100 Jack Owen • LHP • Fr. Tue. 27 Alabama State W, 14-1 bases this season -- an average of 1.92 stolen bases per game 2-2, 6.83, 27.2 IP, 28 K, 11 BB, .321 OBA vs. Thu. 29 Georgia State * W, 14-4 -- which rank ninth and 10th in the country, respectively. Fri. 30 Georgia State * L, 2-5 Max Newton • LHP • So. Sat. 31 Georgia State * W, 8-3 • Troy was the second-fastest team in the NCAA to have three 2-0, 2.08, 30.1 IP, 18 K, 16 BB, .248 OBA APRIL (11-5) players reach the 20-steal threshold -- Frederic (26), Sanders Troy Projected Lineup Wed. 4 at Jacksonville State W, 16-13 (22) and Lockridge (22). Fri. 6 at Appalachian State * L, 2-5 C Chase Smartt .195, 16 R, 9 2B, 18 RBI, 18 CSB Sat. 7 at Appalachian State * W, 6-2 • Center fielder Brandon Lockridge is Troy’s all-time triple 1B Brody Binder .305, 23 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 33 RBI Sun. 8 at Appalachian State * W, 15-3 leader with 12 in his career. Matt Sanders is currently in third 2B Manning Early .236, 32 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 19 RBI Fri. 13 Coastal Carolina * W, 4-2 place on that same list with 10. SS Matt Sanders .364, 74 R, 5 HR, 4 3B, 21 RBI, 22-27 SB Sat. 14 Coastal Carolina * L, 2-3 3B Drew Frederic .316, 51 R, 15 2B, 5 HR, 43 RBI, 26-29 SB Sat. 14 Coastal Carolina * L, 4-5 • Home is where Matt Sanders is…the senior has scored 74 LF Rigsby Mosley .338, 29 R, 11 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 41 RBI Tue. 17 Alabama A&M W, 10-2 runs in 2018, which leads the country -- Sanders has scored 25 CF Brandon Lockridge .310, 42 R, 14 2B, 5 3B, 30 RBI, 22-24 SB Wed. 18 at Alabama State W, 10-2 runs in the last 14 games. Fri. 20 at Arkansas State * W, 4-3 RF Joey Denison .401, 54 R, 21 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 64 RBI DH Sadler Goodwin .200, 11 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 14 RBI Sat. 21 at Arkansas State * W, 13-10 • Joey Denison ranks sixth nationally and is tops in the Sun Sat. 21 at Arkansas State * W, 12-9 Belt with 64 runs driven in this season. Denison also leads the Stat Comparison Tue. 24 at Alabama L, 3-4 league with a .401 batting average and is one of four players in TROY AU Fri. 27 UT Arlington * W, 8-4 the country with at least 64 RBIs and 54 runs scored. Sat. 28 UT Arlington * W, 7-6 AVG .292 .282 R 364 373 Sun. 29 UT Arlington * L, 11-16 • Drew Frederic leads the Sun Belt and ranks 21st in Division 2B MAY (5-3) I with 24 stolen bases this season. Frederic became the first 104 489 Tue. 1 Jacksonville State W, 8-2 Trojan since 2013 to steal three bases in a single game against 3B 25 3 Fri. 4 at Georgia Southern * L, 0-3 Jacksonville State. HR 33 59 Sat. 5 at Georgia Southern * L, 4-7 ERA 3.85 4.11 Sun. 6 at Georgia Southern * W, 7-0 • Reliever Corey Childress has appeared 81 times in a Trojan SO/BB 419/191 469/179 Wed. 9 Mississippi State % L, 8-9 (10) uniform, the 44th-most among all active players at the Division Fri. 11 at ULM * W, 8-1 FLD% .976 .974 I level. He is also fifth on Troy’s career save list with 11 in his Sat. 12 at ULM * W, 7-2 four seasons. Sun. 13 at ULM * W, 4-2 Tue. 15 Auburn 6 p.m. • Tonight’s game marks the 60th all-time meeting between Troy and Auburn - with the Tigers holding a 40-19 Thu. 17 South Alabama * 6 p.m. advantage. However, the two have met 16 times at Riddle-Pace Field and the Trojans lead 9-7. Fri. 18 South Alabama * 6 p.m. Sat. 19 South Alabama * 6 p.m. 22-27 Sun Belt Tournament ! TBA • Senior shortstop Matt Sanders, Joey Denison and Drew Frederic each have brought home Sun Belt Conference JUNE (0-0) Player of the Week honros so far this season. 1-4 NCAA Regional TBA 8-11 NCAA Super Regional TBA • Andrew Crane was named the 2018 Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year prior to his senior season. Crane and 16-27 College World Series Omaha, Neb. Brandon Lockridge represented the Trojans on the All-Sun Belt Preseason Team. All Times Listed are Central - * Sun Belt Game • Since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2006, Troy has finished third or better in eight of the 12 seasons. Troy is ^ Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.) | % Hoover Met tied with Louisiana for the most top-three finishes over that time period -- South Alabama is third with six. | ! Sun Belt Tournament (Lafayette, La.) 2018 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES TROY VS. AUBURN (GAME 53) 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.