TROY, Ala. – App State baseball clinched the No. 6 seed within the Solar Belt match with a 12-8 victory over Troy within the workforce’s common season finale on Sunday.
With the win, the Mountaineers (27-23, 16-13 SBC) bypass the single-elimination spherical of the match and can play on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET in opposition to 3-seeded Troy (38-18, 18-12 SBC). App State tied for its finest Solar Belt placement since 2021 when the squad completed sixth with an 11-10 file.
The visiting Mountaineers earned the victory because of constant hitting throughout the lineup and a stand-out reduction efficiency by Jackson Steensma, who had the very best sport of his younger profession whereas pitching greater than two innings for the primary time.
App State opened the sport with 5 unanswered runs, thanks largely to a first-inning grand slam by Golston Gillespie. The opening body additionally noticed walks for Xavier Moronta, Hayden Cross and Dylan Rogers, whereas Luke Drumheller punched a double, his first of two extra-base hits within the outing.
Moronta stored the four-run lead regular by recording all three outs within the backside of the primary from left discipline, together with two spectacular sprinting grabs. Within the subsequent inning, the junior elevated the result in 5 with an RBI single that introduced residence Andrew Terrell’s first of two runs within the contest.
After seven unanswered runs by the Trojans, the Mountaineers retook the lead with one other 5 straight of their very own. Within the prime of the fifth, Rogers slammed an RBI triple to attain Cross’ second run of the sport, slicing the Troy result in one.
The sixth inning noticed extra magic for App State’s offense, starting with a single by Austin St. Laurent, who would ultimately rating the game-tying run after a Trojan error, the primary of two slip-ups by Troy. Drumheller adopted that with a go-ahead three-run homer to attain CJ Boyd and Terrell.
Steensma, who got here in halfway by the fifth, helped the Mountaineers pull forward to a four-run lead by placing out his solely batter confronted within the fifth, three extra within the sixth and three extra within the seventh. The freshman pitched the final 4.1 innings, seeing 17 batters and permitting just one run on three hits with eight strikeouts, a brand new profession excessive.
The Black and Gold recorded their final pair of runs within the prime of the seventh. Braxton Church pinch hit and made it depend along with his first residence run of the season, adopted by an RBI double from Boyd. Boyd concluded the sequence with six hits, two residence runs, three RBI and 4 runs. The rating turned 12-8 and would keep the identical for the rest of the sport.
TROY, Ala. – App State baseball clinched the No. 6 seed within the Solar Belt match with a 12-8 victory over Troy within the workforce’s common season finale on Sunday.
With the win, the Mountaineers (27-23, 16-13 SBC) bypass the single-elimination spherical of the match and can play on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET in opposition to 3-seeded Troy (38-18, 18-12 SBC). App State tied for its finest Solar Belt placement since 2021 when the squad completed sixth with an 11-10 file.
The visiting Mountaineers earned the victory because of constant hitting throughout the lineup and a stand-out reduction efficiency by Jackson Steensma, who had the very best sport of his younger profession whereas pitching greater than two innings for the primary time.
App State opened the sport with 5 unanswered runs, thanks largely to a first-inning grand slam by Golston Gillespie. The opening body additionally noticed walks for Xavier Moronta, Hayden Cross and Dylan Rogers, whereas Luke Drumheller punched a double, his first of two extra-base hits within the outing.
Moronta stored the four-run lead regular by recording all three outs within the backside of the primary from left discipline, together with two spectacular sprinting grabs. Within the subsequent inning, the junior elevated the result in 5 with an RBI single that introduced residence Andrew Terrell’s first of two runs within the contest.
After seven unanswered runs by the Trojans, the Mountaineers retook the lead with one other 5 straight of their very own. Within the prime of the fifth, Rogers slammed an RBI triple to attain Cross’ second run of the sport, slicing the Troy result in one.
The sixth inning noticed extra magic for App State’s offense, starting with a single by Austin St. Laurent, who would ultimately rating the game-tying run after a Trojan error, the primary of two slip-ups by Troy. Drumheller adopted that with a go-ahead three-run homer to attain CJ Boyd and Terrell.
Steensma, who got here in halfway by the fifth, helped the Mountaineers pull forward to a four-run lead by placing out his solely batter confronted within the fifth, three extra within the sixth and three extra within the seventh. The freshman pitched the final 4.1 innings, seeing 17 batters and permitting just one run on three hits with eight strikeouts, a brand new profession excessive.
The Black and Gold recorded their final pair of runs within the prime of the seventh. Braxton Church pinch hit and made it depend along with his first residence run of the season, adopted by an RBI double from Boyd. Boyd concluded the sequence with six hits, two residence runs, three RBI and 4 runs. The rating turned 12-8 and would keep the identical for the rest of the sport.