Baseball Game Preview: Kendrick Tigers vs. Troy Trojans

By Team Reports May 1, 2025, 10:33pm

Baseball Preview: Kendrick Tigers vs. Troy Trojans

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Kendrick and Troy are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2021, but likely not for long. The Tigers will challenge the Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kendrick is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.4 runs per game this season.

Kendrick had been on a three-game streak of scoring at least ten runs, but Clearwater Valley put an end to it on Monday. The Tigers came up short against the Rams, falling 8-1. The contest marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Kendrick saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Boyer, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Troy entered their tilt with Genesee on Wednesday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They were the clear victors by a 13-5 margin over the Bulldogs. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by eight runs or more this season.

Cooper Trout and Dominic Holden were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Trout pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Holden struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance also gave Trout a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At bat, Trout went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double, while Holden went a perfect 3-for-3 with six stolen bases, four runs, and one RBI. Troy is 8-1 when Holden posts two or more runs, but 4-6 otherwise.

In other batting news, Javan Barton was excellent, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Archer Barton was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Troy's victory bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Kendrick, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-3.

Kendrick came out on top in a nail-biter against Troy when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 5-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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