Troy Drops Pair Of Game At Shamokin Tournament

By: Chris Manning | NTL Sports | April 20, 2025

Troy lost a pair of games at the Shamokin Tournament in non-league baseball action Saturday. They fell to Hughesville 11-9, then lost to Shamokin 8-7.

The Spartans led throughout, then held off a late Troy rally in the seventh to get the win.

The Spartans led 3-0 after one, and 7-2 after two. Troy cut it to 7-4 in the middle of the fifth, but in the bottom half of the fifth and sixth innings Hughesville added a combined four runs for an 11-4 lead.

Troy furiously tried to catch back up with a 5-run fifth, but it was just too much to come back from.

Brendan Gilliland (2-for-4) had 3-RBI, with a run scored for Troy as Mason Smith (2-for-4) scored three times.

Joseph Frye (1-for-3) scored, and drove in a run, with Reed Palmer (1-for-3), and Evan Woodward (1-for-4) both scoring.

Lincoln Chimics (1-for-4), Trey Teribury, and Logunn Heasley (1-for-2) all drove in a run, as Camden Allen (1-for-3) had a hit.

Allen took the loss, going three innings to strikeout four with five walks, eight hits, and seven runs.

Frank Harper tossed the final three innings with two strikeouts, two walks, three hits, and four runs.

A 6-run inning from the Indians was the difference in this non-league contest.

Troy led 2-0 in the second, with Shamokin cutting it to 2-1 in the fourth. A 4-run top fifth put Troy in command with a 5-1 lead.

That's when the Indians rallied with a 6-run bottom half to go up 7-5. Shamokin added another run in the sixth, with Troy rallying in the seventh for a run, and the 8-7 final.

Palmer (2-for-4) had a double with a run scored, and an RBI, as Teribury (2-for-3) drove in a run.

Smith (1-for-2), and Allen each had an RBI, while Woodward (1-for-3) scored twice, and Burbage crossed home three times.

Gilliland (1-for-4) also scored, with Frye driving in two runs.

Palmer went the distance in the loss, striking out four with seven hits, seven walks, and eight runs.