2014 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES Troy Media Relations • 5000 Veterans Stadium Dr. • Troy, AL 36082 • TroyTrojans.com • @TROY_Baseball1 Baseball Contact: Wes Johnson • [email protected] • 334.670.5655 (o) • 334.430.3271 (c) 1986 & 1987 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS :: 7 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES :: 19 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES :: 2006, 2012, 2013 SUN BELT CHAMPIONS Day Date Opponent Time FEBRUARY (6-4) BA Game Information BA NR NR Fri 14 Northern Kentucky W, 7-0 Dates: April 18-20 USA Times: 6pm/4pm/1pm USA Sat 15 Northern Kentucky W, 6-2 Today NR Location: Little Rock, Ark. Today Sat 15 Northern Kentucky L, 5-6 NR Stadium: Gary Hogan Field Sun 16 Northern Kentucky W, 14-4 NCBWA NR Radio: WTBF 94.7 FM NCBWA Fri 21 Central Michigan L, 1-4 Talent: Barry McKnight (PxP) NR CB Sat 22 Central Michigan L, 2-3 NR Adam Predergast (Analyst) CB Sat 22 Central Michigan W, 5-4 NR Sun 23 Central Michigan W, 3-2 TROY Series Tues 25 at Florida A&M W, 7-6 Series (Overall): Troy leads 15-8 UALR Fri 28 at Southern Mississippi L, 1-3 TROJANS at Troy: Troy leads 10-2 TROJANS MARCH (9-9) 2014 Record: 19-18 at Little Rock: Series Tied 5-5 2014 Record: 14-20 Sat 1 at Southern Mississippi W, 5-0 2014 SBC Record: 6-8 at Neutral: UALR leads 1-0 2014 SBC Record: 3-12 Head Coach: Bobby Pierce Sun 2 at Southern Mississippi L, 6-7 Last Meeting: Troy swept 3-0 (2013 Head Coach: Scott Norwood Career Record: 949-477 (26th season) in Troy: 2-1, 14-6, 10-5 Tues 4 Samford L, 9-11 Career Record: 426-309 (14 years) Record at Troy: 414-274 (12th season) Pierce vs. UALR: 15-8 Fri 7 New Orleans L, 3-5 (13) Record at UALR: 137-169 (6 years) Sat 8 New Orleans W, 3-1 STATISTICAL LEADERS Multimedia STATISTICAL LEADERS Sun 9 New Orleans W, 3-2 AVG: David Hall (.352) Live Stats: TroyTrojans.com AVG: Ben Crumpton (.340) Fri 14 at South Alabama * W, 5-0 2B: Garrett Pitts (12) Audio: TroyTrojans.com 2B: Tanner Rockwell (9) Sat 15 at South Alabama * L, 1-2 HR: David Hall (6) Video: N/A HR: Two Tied (4) Tues 18 Jacksonville State L, 3-7 RBI: Garrett Pitts (27) RBI: Tanner Rockwell (27) Wed 19 at Alabama State (from 3/11) W, 8-5 SB: Clay Holcomb (14) SB: Ben Crumpton (26) Wed 19 Alabama State W, 8-5 Quick Hitters Fri 21 ULM * L, 4-7 Probable Starting Pitchers Sat 22 ULM * W, 4-3 • Head coach Bobby Pierce earned his 400th win at Friday, April 11 Sun 23 ULM * W, 19-3 the helm of the Trojans baseball program with a 3-2 Tues 25 #30 Alabama ^ L, 5-10 Cory Malcom • RHP • Freshman decision on Feb. 23, against Central Michigan Fri 28 at Georgia State * L, 6-8 1-0, 3.24, 16.2 IP, 19 K, 5 BB, .210 OBA Sat 29 at Georgia State * L, 3-6 vs. Sun 30 at Georgia State * W, 13-9 • Pierce earned his 200th conference victory (A-Sun/ Tanner Hicks • RHP • Senior APRIL (4-5) Sun Belt) as Troy’s head coach with a 19-3 win over Tues 1 at UAB # W, 7-2 2-6, 4.15, 56.1 IP, 46 K, 13 BB, .279 OBA Fri 4 #2 UL-Lafayette * L, 4-15 ULM (3/24) Sat 5 #2 UL-Lafayette * L, 8-11 Saturday, April 12 Sat 5 #2 UL-Lafayette * L, 0-11 • Troy has won 94 of its last 125 games (75 percent) at Sam Thoele • RHP • Sophomore Tues 8 at Auburn L, 0-6 0-2, 2.49, 25.1 IP, 21 K, 13 BB, .261 OBA Wed 9 Alabama A&M W, 9-6 Riddle-Pace Field dating back to the 2010 season vs. Fri 11 Western Kentucky * L, 4-5 Sat 12 Western Kentucky * W, 11-6 • Troy is 15-8 all-time against UALR. The series is tied, Shane McCain • LHP • Senior Sun 13 Western Kentucky * W, 10-5 3-3, 2.95, 61 IP, 63 K, 30 BB, .20 OBA Fri 18 at UALR * 6:00 pm 5-5, however, at Gary Hogan Field Sat 19 at UALR * 4:00 pm Sunday, April 13 Sun 20 at UALR * 1:00 pm • Senior second baseman Garrett Pitts leads the SBC Tues 22 at Samford 6:00 pm Cameron Allen • RHP • Junior with 122 assists. Pitts has just two errors in 205 chanc- Wed 23 at Jacksonville State 6:00 pm 3-3, 4.00, 45 IP, 30 K, 7 BB, .231 OBA Fri 25 UT-Arlington * 6:00 pm es this season vs. Sat 26 UT-Arlington * 6:00 pm TBA Sun 27 UT-Arlington * 12:00 pm • David Hall is batting .466 (27-for-58) in SBC play in- Tues 29 UAB 6:00 pm MAY (0-0) cluding 15 RBIs and two home runs Troy Projected Lineup Fri 2 at Texas State * 6:30 pm C Adam Tewksbury .179, 1 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI, .298 OBP Sat 3 at Texas State * 3:00 pm • As a team, Troy has nine multi-home run games this Sun 4 at Texas State * 1:00 pm 1B Matthew Howard .267, 9 2B, 3 HR, 22 RBI, .355 OBP Fri 9 at Arkansas State * 6:00 pm season. They have hit 28 home runs in 37 games 2B Garrett Pitts .342, 12 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 27 RBI, .437 OBP Sat 10 at Arkansas State * 6:00 pm SS Tyler Vaughn .260, 3 2B, 18 RBI, 16 R, .342 OBP Sun 11 at Arkansas State * 1:00 pm • Shane McCain leads the Sun Belt Conference with 63 3B Nick Masonia .261, 9 2B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, .353 OBP Thu 15 South Alabama * 6:00 pm Fri 16 South Alabama * 6:00 pm strikeouts on the season LF Ali Knowles .240, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 8 R, .309 OBP Sat 17 South Alabama * 6:00 pm CF Clay Holcomb .281, 6 2B, 3B, HR, 8 RBI, .359 OBP 21-25 SBC Tournament TBA • As a staff, Troy pitchers lead the conference with 279 RF Jo-El Bennett .306, 8 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 21 RBI, .379 OBP 5/30-6/2 NCAA Regional TBA strikeouts, nine more than any other team DH David Hall .352, 10 2B, 6 HR, 25 RBI, .458 OBP JUNE (0-0) 6-9 NCAA Super Regional TBA 14-25 College World Series Omaha, Neb. • Three Troy players have recorded multi-home run games this season; Jo-El Bennett, Garrett Pitts and Nick Masonia All times listed are Central - Home game in bold * Sun Belt Game ^ Pensacola Bayfront Stadium • Troy has the most wins by an Alabama school since 2003 (Bobby Pierce’s first season); the Trojans 414 # Regions Field victories rank ahead of Alabama (410), South Alabama (379), Jacksonville State (378) and Auburn (377) ! Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) 2014 TROY BASEBALL GAME NOTES TROY AT UALR (GAME 38-40) 2014 TROY ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Last School 1 Lee Gibson IF L/R 6-1 185 Fr. Ringgold, Ga. / Heritage HS 2 Garrett Pitts IF R/R 5-11 175 Sr. Fairhope, Ala. / Central Alabama CC 3 Matthew Howard IF/RHP R/R 6-4 200 Sr. Southside, Ala. / Northwest Florida State College 5 Austin Sullivan RHP R/R 6-0 190 Sr. Mary Esther, Fla. / Northwest Florida State College 6 Shaw Pinnell IF S/R 6-0 175 Fr. Lighthouse Point, Fla. / Pompano Beach HS 7 Trevin Hall IF/OF R/R 6-2 180 Jr. Sneads, Fla. / Gulf Coast State College 8 Jakob Nixon IF/OF R/R 6-0 185 Sr. Canton, Ga. / Middle Georgia College 10 Peyton Fuller IF R/R 5-10 175 So. Fairhope, Ala. / Fairhope HS 11 Marc Skinner RHP R/R 5-9 175 Fr. Phenix City, Ala. / Smiths Station HS 12 Levi Tate LHP L/L 6-3 195 So. Enterprise, Ala. / Enterprise HS 13 Clay Holcomb OF R/R 6-3 175 Jr. Huntsville, Ala. / Huntsville HS 14 David Hall OF R/R 6-1 220 R-Jr. Fort Pierce, Fla. / Indian River State College 15 Jo-El Bennett OF R/R 6-2 190 Jr. Midland City, Ala. / Houston Academy 16 Jeremy McGowan RHP R/R 6-3 220 Jr. Esto, Fla. / Holmes County HS 17 TJ Binder IF L/R 6-1 200 R-Fr. Ooltewah, Tenn. / Ooltewah HS 18 Jesse Nelson RHP R/R 6-1 205 Fr. Phenix City, Ala. / Russell County HS 20 Tanner Hicks RHP R/R 6-3 185 Sr. Millbrook, Ala. / Central Alabama CC 21 Nick Masonia IF R/R 5-11 185 Jr. Killen, Ala. / Northwest Florida State College 22 Will Starling RHP L/R 5-11 220 Sr. Troy, Ala. / Southern Union State College 23 Chase Davidson RHP L/R 5-11 185 Jr. Carrollton, Ala. / Shelton State CC 24 Tripp Calhoun C R/R 6-2 195 Jr. Dacula, Ga. / Darton State College 26 Colton Henderson RHP R/R 6-2 180 Jr. Pike Road, Ala. / Shelton State CC 27 Kyle Brown IF R/R 6-3 225 Jr. Dothan, Ala. / Beauregard HS 28 Shane McCain LHP R/L 6-1 210 Sr. Fort Pierce, Fla. / John Carroll Catholic HS 29 Ben Tidwell LHP L/L 6-3 225 R-Jr. Ozark, Ala. / Gulf Coast State College 31 Robert Price LHP L/L 6-1 170 Sr.