Southern Miss
Troy
Baseball Falls in Troy Opener 6-2
2/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Logan Hill and Trevin Hall each collected three hits to lead Troy to a 6-2 series-opening baseball victory over Southern Miss here Friday night at Riddle-Pace Field to start a three-game weekend series.
The Golden Eagles (3-4-1) went winless for the fifth-straight game as they left a season-high tying 11 runners on base in the contest. Southern Miss stranded two runners on base in four different innings in the contest.
Troy, though, jumped out with a pair of runs in the opening frame as Hill collected a two-run homer to center, his second of the year, and the Trojans went on to score in four of the first five innings.
The Trojans (7-2) chased Southern Miss starting pitcher Christian Talley in the fifth after he gave up six runs on nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts to suffer the loss and fall to 1-2.
Southern Miss accounted for both of its runs on solo home runs by Connor Barron, in the fifth, and Tim Lynch, in the sixth, as both players recorded their second round-tripper of the season. The Golden Eagles now have five homers this season.
With a two-run advantage, the Trojans added another run in the second on a RBI groundout by Tripp Calhoun, before the nine-hole hitter notched in his second run in as many innings with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth. Troy then finished its scoring on a RBI single from Reid Long and a sacrifice fly from Hall to complete the scoring.
Corey Childress (2-0) allowed two runs on six hits over six innings of work with two walks and four strikeouts to capture the victory.
The Golden Eagles got a team-high three hits from Ryan Ellis.
The two teams continue the series with a 1 p.m., contest on Saturday.
