Category: Baseball

Tropolitan Player of the Week

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by Rylee Bamberger Whether he is behind the plate, at the hot corner or in the batter’s box, Caleb Bartolero makes plays. Last weekend, Bartolero went 7-for-11 with two doubles, a home run and seven RBIs in the Trojans series win over Texas State. The highlight of the series was the Trojans’ 22-5 win over the Bobcats. In this game, Bartolero went 4-for-6 with two doubles and five RBIs. This performance earned him a spot on the Top Performers List by D1 Baseball. The senior catcher has appeared and started…

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Trojans beat Tigers

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TROY ATHLETEICS AUBURN, Ala. – Shane Lewis and Kole Myers hit home runs, and Troy’s bullpen combined to allow just one unearned run in 8.1 innings of work as the Trojans knocked off Auburn, 8-7, Tuesday night at Plainsman Park. With the win, Troy (29-13) moves to No. 29 in the RPI, winning for the seventh time in the last nine games. The victory is Troy’s first at Auburn in exactly six years, with the last one coming on April 25, 2017. “It’s rare you get 8.1 innings out of…

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Troy announces baseball ticket flex plan

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by Samuel Dooley As the Boys of Troy sit just under a month away from the end of the 2023 baseball regular season, the athletic department has announced a new ticket plan for people looking to get great seats for the Trojan’s playoff push. The Flex Plan includes five tickets for $50 behind home plate at the newly renovated Riddle-Pace Field. The five tickets purchased in the plan can be used anytime, so whether they’re needed all at once or one at a time over five games, the plan is…

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Baseball takes series at Louisiana

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by Caleb Thomas Despite the rough weather in Lafayette, Louisiana, the Troy baseball team took two out of three games from the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns over the weekend to inch closer to the top of the Sun Belt Conference standings. The Trojans took Friday’s series opener against the 25-12 Ragin Cajuns, who started the series tied for first place in Sun Belt standings. In the 9-6 win, the offense exploded, with William Sullivan hitting homer No. 15 and Ethan Kavanagh collecting two RBIs. On the pitching side, Brady Fuller was…

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Trojans fall in last game against Red Wolves

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by Logan Pittman Troy traveled this past week to Arkansas, where the team would play a three-game series against conference opponent Arkansas State; however, Troy played host to Alabama at home before they could fill the buses.  Against Alabama, Troy started out slow on the defensive and offensive end. They stayed scoreless through the fourth inning and couldn’t put a run on the scoreboard until the fifth inning with a Donovan Whibbs solo home run.  Ryan Pettys started for the Trojans and silenced the Tide in the first inning, but…

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