Baseball Completes Regular Season at Troy

Dates        Time (CT)        Game Links
May 14       6 p.m.            ESPN+ | Listen Only | Live Stats | Radio Affiliates
                                             RH JB Middleton, Jr. (9-1, 2.00 ERA) vs. RH Noah Thigpen, Fr. (2-1, 4.46 ERA)
May 15      6 p.m.            ESPN+ | Listen Only | Live Stats | Radio Affiliates
                                             RH Matt Adams, RSr. (5-2, 4.45 ERA) vs. TBA
May 16       3:30 p.m.      ESPN+ | Listen Only | Live Stats | Radio Affiliates
                                             TBA vs. TBA

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss baseball team travels to Troy for the final weekend of the regular season beginning Thursday at Riddle-Pace Field. Game time is set for 6 p.m.

The Golden Eagles (38-13 overall, 21-6 Sun Belt) own a 12-game winning streak heading into the series and look to finish at least second in the league during the regular season by winning at least one game. The Trojans (37-16, 18-9) are three games behind Southern Miss in the standings.

This series began in 1949 with the Golden Eagles holding a 25-14 advantage, including an 8-6 record at Troy. Since joining the Sun Belt in 2023, the Golden Eagles are 6-2 over the Trojans.

Southern Miss currently has swept its last three league series, combining power hitting and strong pitching over that time.

Over the last 10 games, the team is hitting .352 with 21 doubles, two trips, 19 home runs and 90 RBI to go along with a team ERA of 2.72 that includes 81 strikeouts and just 62 hits and 16 walks allowed over 86 innings.

The Golden Eagles currently rank nationally in the Top 20 through Tuesday's games in two team offensive category, No. 16 in home runs (87) and No. 18th in home runs per game (1.71), and in five pitching categories including No. 11 in walks per 9 innings (3.33), No. 13 in strikeout/walk ratio (2.79), No. 17 in win/loss percentage (.745) and No 19 in both ERA (.412) and WHIP (1.29).

Three Golden Eagles ranked nationally in the NCAA, including Ozzie Pratt, who is sixth the country in sacrifice flies with eight. JB Middleton holds down No. 4 in both hits allowed per 9 innings (5.17) and WHIP (0.83), No. 5 in ERA (2.00) and wins (9), and No. 15 in strikeouts (98). Reliever Colby Allen ranks No. 12 in saves with 10.

All three games will be broadcast via ESPN+ as well as heard on an affiliate of the Southern Miss Sports Network.

Following the Troy series, Southern Miss returns to Alabama next week for the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Championship. They will open their title defense Wednesday at Riverwalk Stadium in downtown Montgomery. Game time will be set following the conclusion of league play on Saturday.

Baseball Completes Regular Season at Troy

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Players Mentioned

Colby Allen

JB Middleton

Ozzie Pratt

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