Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)

TROY, Ala. – Troy swept a Sun Belt Conference doubleheader from the University of South Alabama baseball team Friday at Riddle-Pace Field.

Troy right-hander Andrew Crane tossed 8 2/3 scoreless innings to combine to shut out the Jaguars 3-0 in game one. Troy scored eight unanswered runs in game two en route to an 11-1 series-clinching win in game two. 

South Alabama (29-22, 17-11 SBC) will return to action Saturday when it faces Troy in the series finale at 6 p.m. at Riddle-Pace Field to close the regular season.

 Troy 3, USA 0  (Game 1 of DH)
GAME FACTS
- Cole Prestegard led off the bottom of the third inning with a double off the right field wall, and moved to third with two outs after tagging on a flyball to center field by Manning Early. Matt Sanders followed with a two-out RBI single to left field to plate Prestegard with the game's first run. 
-  Chase Smartt drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the fifth inning, and moved to third with one out on a double to right field by Early. Sanders followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to score Smartt and double the Trojan lead at 2-0. Drew Frederic then delivered a two-out RBI single back up the middle to score Early for a 3-0 Troy lead. 
- Carter Perkins drew a leadoff walk in the top of the ninth, and was lifted for pinch-runner Andrew Cash who advanced to second on a single through the right side of the infield by Wells Davis. Crane rolled a 1-6-3 double play off the bat of Paul Russo for the first two outs of the inning before Hunter Stokes drew a two-out walk to bring the tying run to the plate. But Troy right-hander CJ Carter struck out pinch-hitter Andrew Bates to record the final out of the game. 

NOTES
- Perkins extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a leadoff walk in the top of the second inning.
- Travis Swaggerty extended his on-base streak in Sun Belt Conference games to 26 with a two-out infield single to shortstop in the top of the third inning.
- Crane (6-4) tossed 8 2/3 shutout innings, and allowed two hits while striking out four with five walks to earn the win.
- Jaguar right-hander Tyler Carr (8-3) suffered his first conference loss of the year, and allowed three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts against one walk in eight innings pitched to record his second complete game of the season.
- Troy right-hander CJ Carter tossed one-third of an inning to record his eighth save of the year.
- Sanders went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Trojans at the plate.
- Swaggerty and Davis recorded the Jags' lone two hits of the contest. 
- The loss marked the second game this season in which the Jaguars have been shut out.

Troy 11, USA 1  (Game 2 of DH)
GAME FACTS
- Dylan Hardy led off the game with a double down the left field line. Perkins and Davis drew consecutive two-out walks to load the bases, but Troy right-hander Levi Thomas escaped the jam with an inning-ending strikeout of Paul Russo. 
- Brody Binder singled to lead off the bottom of the second inning for the Trojans, and moved to second on a walk by Sadler Goodwin. A walk by Smartt loaded the bases with no outs for Early, who Proctor struck out for the first out of the inning. Proctor then escaped the jam with an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play off the bat of Sanders and preserve a scoreless tie.
- Manning drew a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fifth inning, and moved to second on a one-out single through the left side of the infield by Frederic. Brandon Lockridge delivered a two-out, three-run home run to left field later in the inning for a 3-0 Troy lead.
- USA responded in the top of the sixth when Davis lifted a 1-0 pitch from Troy right-hander Rush Hixson over the right-center field wall for a solo home run to cut the Trojan lead to 3-1. 
- Goodwin singled to third base with one out in the bottom of the sixth, and moved to second when Smartt reached on a hit by pitch with one out. A sacrifice bunt by Early advanced both runners into scoring position with two outs. Sanders followed with a two-run single to center field to push the Troy lead to 5-1. Frederic then delivered an RBI single through the left side of the infield for a 6-1 Trojan advantage. 
- A sacrifice fly by Mosley plated Lockridge, who led off the inning with a walk, for a 7-1 Troy lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. 
- Sanders led off the bottom of the eighth with a double, and scored on an RBI triple to right-center field by Frederic for an 8-1 Trojan advantage. Joey Denison delivered a two-run home run to left field later in the inning to push the Troy lead to 10-1. Troy added the game's final run on a wild pitch from Jag right-hander Addison Reed.

NOTES
- Perkins extended his on-base streak to 11 games with a walk in the top of the first inning.
- Proctor (4-1) allowed six runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and three walks in six innings pitched to suffer his first loss of the season.
- Troy right-hander Jackson Cofer (1-0) tossed four scoreless relief innings, and allowed two hits with five strikeouts against one walk to earn the win.
- Trojan right-hander Zack Lightsey tossed three scoreless relief innings and allowed one hit while striking out three and issuing two walks to record his first save of the year.
- Frederic went 4-for-5 with a triple, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Trojans at the plate.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the offense:
"We didn't do enough offensively today. We hit some balls hard, but didn't hit enough. We had some of our main guys up with chances to get a two-out hit, but unfortunately we didn't get it done today."

- On Tyler Carr and Jared Proctor:
"It was a great effort out of Tyler (Carr) and (Jared) Proctor. Both of them were really good. We just forced the guys to be fine today, and Troy played a little bit longer in this game than we did. They had better at-bats and we didn't have competitive enough at-bats across the board. We just weren't competitive enough in the batter's box, and that's disappointing."

- On what he is looking for from the team in the series finale:
"It's been too Jekyll and Hyde; we've been good offensively, then good, then bad. We just need to be consistent, and the guys we count on to be guys need to be guys. 

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it faces Troy in the series finale at 6 p.m. at Riddle-Pace Field to close the regular season.

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