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Melanie Newman becomes first woman to call an MLB game

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Troy Alumna Melanie Newman has made history again as the fourth active female play-by-play broadcaster in Major League Baseball and first in Orioles franchise history last Tuesday in Baltimore’s game against the Miami Marlins. Newman was called up to the big leagues after a historic season in the minor league as part of the first all-female radio booth in baseball. The news of the first all-female radio booth broke to the national level putting all eyes on Newman and color commenter Suzie Cool during the Salem Red Sox’s 2019 playoff…

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Baseball and softball programs add coaches

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball and softball teams have hired additional assistant coaches this year, Blake Beck and Jaycee Affeldt, respectively. The baseball team hired Beck, a native of Hamilton, who served two years as Troy’s video coordinator and two years as Mississippi State’s video coordinator, a position he left last year. Beck moves into the position of volunteer assistant coach following Logan Pierce’s departure to the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Beck is one of four coaches on Troy’s staff, working alongside assistant coaches Brad Phillips and Shane…

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Mavericks best the Trojans

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Wes Fortson Staff Writer The Troy University baseball team traveled to face off against the Mavericks of UT-Arlington Friday, April 17, but dropped the series 2-1 after losing an early six-run lead in the last game of the series. That night in Arlington, Texas, got ugly as the weather pushed game one of the series into a doubleheader once again on Saturday, April 18. The doubleheader was the fourth time this season that weather forced two games to be played on a Saturday. “Anytime you’re on the road, that’s a…

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Troy baseball sweeps Arkansas State

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Wes Fortson Staff Writer The Troy baseball team swept Arkansas State over the past weekend in a three-game home series that started on Friday, April 10. The series sweep catapulted the Trojans into a tie for third in the Sun Belt Conference. Game one of the series was postponed due to rain on Friday night and forced the teams to play a doubleheader on Saturday, April 11. The first game of the doubleheader kicked off at 2 p.m., and with the help of freshman left fielder Reid Long, Troy knocked…

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Bulldogs maul the Trojans

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Wes Fortson Staff Writer   The Trojan baseball team hit the road Tuesday night, April 14, and fell to the Bulldogs of Samford University in a devastating 13-2 loss. Troy struggled from the very beginning when freshman designated hitter Austin Edens sparked the Bulldogs offense with a RBI double down the third base line. At the end of the first inning, Troy was already behind by a score of 3-0. The Trojans did have a slight glimpse of hope in the top of the third inning when they scored their…

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