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MOBILE, Ala. – Troy scored five runs in the first three innings and used a quality start from right-hander Levi Thomas to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 6-2 Friday at Stanky Field.

Thomas (7-2) allowed one run and scattered eight hits while striking out eight against four walks to earn the win, which snapped South Alabama's home win streak and Sun Belt Conference win streak at eight games.

South Alabama (30-24, 16-13 Sun Belt) will return to action Saturday when it hosts Troy at 3 p.m. in the rubber match and regular-season finale at Stanky Field.
 
GAME FACTS
- Troy (28-27, 15-14 Sun Belt) jumped out to a two-run lead in the top of the first. Rigsby Mosley led off the game with a single to left field, and scored one batter later on an RBI double to left-center field by Drew Frederic for a 1-0 Trojan lead. Frederic stole second with one out before Chase Smartt delivered an RBI double down the right field line to plate Frederic and double the Troy lead at 2-0.
- Troy pushed its lead to three runs in the top of the second inning. Cole Prestegard reached on a two-base throwing error by Jaguar right-hander Patrick McBride on a bunt attempt, and scored on a one-out RBI double to left-center field by Reed Smith for a 3-0 Trojan advantage.
- Troy extended its lead to 4-0 in the top of the third on a one-out RBI single to center field by Logan Cerny, and pushed its lead to 5-0 later in the inning on a two-out RBI single by Manning Early.
- The Trojans took a 6-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly to right-center field to score Sadler Goodwin, who led off the inning with a single.
- South Alabama loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff single to left field by Kaleb DeLaTorre, double down the right field line by Wells Davis and Dakota Dailey reached on a hit by pitch. Troy right-hander got Carter Perkins to flyout to shallow left field for the first out of the frame, and induced a 6-4-3 inning-ending double play off the bat of Santi Montiel to end the threat and preserve a six-run Trojan lead.
- The Jags loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh on three consecutive singles by Nick Lewis, Wilson and Michael Sandle. Thomas struck out DeLaTorre for the second out of the frame before Davis drew a two-out walk to score Lewis and cut the Troy lead to 6-1.
- South Alabama scored the game's final run in the bottom of the ninth on a one-out solo home run to right field by DeLaTorre.

NOTES
- Lewis extended his on-base streak to eight games with a leadoff single in the bottom of the first.
- Dailey extended his on-base streak to eight games when he reached on a hit by pitch in the bottom of the sixth.
- Right-hander Chase Lambert tossed a career-high 6 1/3 relief innings, and allowed one run on five hits with three strikeouts against two walks.
- Montiel extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to seven games with a single in the bottom of the eighth.
- DeLaTorre finished 3-for-5 with a home run, one RBI and one run scored to lead the Jaguars at the plate.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"I want to give (Troy starter) Levi Thomas credit. We had him with the bases loaded two innings in a row, but he made big-time pitches and did a heck of a job. We put him in a jam, and he made pitches to get out of it. That's what good pitchers do, and that's what he did tonight. He did a really good job. It was as much him as it was us in those situations of leaving men on base. I give Troy and Levi Thomas a lot of credit tonight."

- On Chase Lambert:
"He did an outstanding job. All you can ask of your team and pitchers is that you put yourselves in position, and we did that. (Chase) Lambert did a great job; he kept us in striking distance. And our hitters were getting in position to rally and put up a crooked number, and (Levi) Thomas did a nice job pitching out of it."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Troy at 3 p.m. in the rubber match and regular-season finale at Stanky Field.

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