TROY, Ala. – The Holy Cross baseball team came up short against Troy University on Sunday, Feb. 20, falling by a score of 8-1 at Riddle-Pace Field.

STATS LEADERS:
Holy Cross:
Mudd (2-for-4)
Petrushka (1-for-3, double, RBI)

Troy:
Hall (3-for-4, double)
Kirk (2-for-3, home run, two RBI)
Whibbs (2-for-3, home run, two runs scored)
 
W: Logan Ross (1-0)
L: Jake McOsker (0-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Troy got on the board with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first.
• Third baseman Easton Kirk hit a solo home run to extend the Trojans' lead to 3-0.
• A two-run double and an RBI base hit tacked on three more runs for Troy in the fourth inning.
• Freshman third baseman Nick Wang was hit by a pitch to lead off the top of the seventh. Junior designated hitter Jordan Petrushka followed with a double to right field that drove Wang home.
• Troy earned back a run with an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning, and added another run in the eighth to take an 8-1 lead.

UP NEXT:

• The Crusaders hit the road again for a weekend series against the University of New Mexico.
• The Lobos host Holy Cross for four games from Feb. 25 to 27 in Albuquerque, N.M.