Blazers Fall to Troy in Rickwood College Classic

Tuesday, March 18

Birmingham, Ala.

1 p.m.

UAB

14-7

Troy

16-5

Troy

UAB Blazers

Gavin Lewis Jr.

Photo by: Brenley Sanders

Blazers Fall to Troy in Rickwood College Classic

3/18/2025 5:20:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BIRMINGHAM - UAB (14-7) dropped its fourth game in its last five contests as the Blazers fell to No. 25 Troy (16-5) on Tuesday 14-2 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham. The Trojans offense tallied 15 hits in the run rule victory.

Both teams were held scoreless in the first inning. After a fly out to start the top of the 2nd, the Trojans mounted four straight hits, including three doubles to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Jimmy Janicki singled home Harrison Bowman to open the scoring for Troy. The next batter was Gavin Schrader who doubled home Janicki from first. The hit parade continued as Jason Hawkins doubled down the right field line to score Schrader. The Trojan 2nd continued as Sean Darnell ripped a two-out two-run single to left to score Hawkins and Jakob Wax to cap off the 5-run 2nd inning for Troy.

The Blazers would answer back with one of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Braxton Brooks reached on an error to lead off the inning. After a Tyler Waugh walk, both runners advanced to second and third after the Trojans botched an infield fly. Brooks would score from third on a passed ball to cut the Troy lead to 5-1.

Troy added a run in the top of the 4th on a sac fly by Houston Markham to extend the lead to 6-1.

The Trojans put up another crooked number in the top of the 5th. Janicki reached on a Blazer error, scoring Blake Cavill from third. The rally continued when Schrader picked up his second RBI of the day on a single to right. Hawkins capped off the three run inning on a safety squeeze back to the pitcher to give Troy a 9-1 lead.

UAB would get another run back in the bottom of the 5th. The Blazers mounted three straight hits in the inning which was capped off by a Mayes White single to left center to score Andrew Hunt to cut the lead to 9-2. The Green and Gold would leave the bases loaded in the inning.

The second 5-run inning for the Trojans came in the top of the 6th. Cavill produced an RBI groundout to score Markham from third. Bowman launched his first home run of the season over the left field fence for a 3-run shot. Hawkins would also produce an RBI groundout to score Janicki to put the Trojans safely in run rule territory and would go on to win, 14-2.

UAB returns to action this weekend as the South Florida Bulls come to Birmingham to open American Conference play. First pitch from Young Memorial Field will be at 5 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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