Troy had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Berkley Bears 5-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Troy also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2021.
For Berkley's part, Thomas Dauphin was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. Dauphin has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Berkley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Beard, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Troy's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-8. As for Berkley, their loss dropped their record down to 14-14.
Troy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Berkley: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
