Trojans score 6 times in 5th inning to overcome 4-0 deficit
Ethan Kavanagh's fifth-inning RBI single gave Troy the lead in a 6-5 victory over Appalachian State in the Sun Belt tournament Wednesday in Montgomery. Troy used a six-run fifth inning and some shutdown relief pitching on the way to a 6-5 victory over Appalachian State in the Sun Belt tournament on Wednesday at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery.
“We just have to win,” Troy coach Skylar Meade said. “… The reality is, for this week, it’s about us. We just need to win games. … We’ve done a lot of winning here, but we need to do a lot more. … Players, coaches and support staff, we just need to keep stacking wins because in the end that’s going to take care of itself.
Ethan Kavanagh’s RBI single gave the Trojans the lead, then Bryan’s sacrifice fly made it 6-4. All six runs were charged to Chirico, who took the loss to fall to 4-2 this season. Troy starter Luke Lyon, working on three days’ rest after throwing 64 pitches Saturday vs. James Madison, went just three innings and allowed four runs on four hits. But teammates Grayson Stewart, Logan Ross and Jay Dill picked up him with one-run relief the rest of the way.
“The max going to go was four,” Meade said. “… You’re going into this tournament, you want to set the right tone. Luke’s a ‘right tone’ guy. We debated different things and we might have to get real weird in this tournament; everybody has to. And we’ll figure that out as we go. Troy first baseman Will Butcher had a quiet day at the plate — he went 0-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch — but made perhaps the defensive play of the game in the third. With two on and two out and App State already up 4-0, Adam Quintero lofted a high pop-up behind the first-base dugout, but Butcher made a lunging catch to end the inning as he slammed shoulder-first into the low wall.
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