TROY, Ala. – Troy scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning to break up a scoreless contest to down Jacksonville State, 2-0, on Tuesday night at Riddle-Pace Field.

Th two in-state clubs split the home-and-home set with JSU claiming a 6-1 win on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium last week, while the Trojans bounced back to post the two-run win. The Gamecocks (19-21) will now turn their attention to its three-game Ohio Valley Conference series on the road at UT Martin. The series with the Skyhawks will get started with a single game on Friday, April 30 at 5 p.m.

Troy's Logan Cerny slapped two-out, two-run double in the eighth for the difference in the contest. A one-out walk and a single started the run-scoring opportunity before Cerny delivered the key hit.
Both squads used a combined 10 pitchers in the pitchers duel as freshman Jake Peppers was tagged with the tough loss, while Marquez Oates picked up the wins after tossing the final two innings. Both teams also had scoring chances early in the contest as JSU left 11 on the base paths and the Trojans had a runner tagged out at the plate and at second base by putouts from the Gamecocks' outfield. JSU left the bases loaded twice in the game and had runners on the corners a couple of times but could not push a run across the plate.

Senior Alex Webb and sophomore Carson Crowe combined for four of JSU's six hits on the night. Webb and Crowe each had a pair of singles. Junior Nash Adams and junior Alex Strachan had the other two hits.

Freshman Camden Lovrich got the start and pitched 3.1 innings, scattering five hits and posting a pair of strikeouts. Junior Jackson Tavel and Trey Fortner combined for 2.2 innings of clean work and fanned two Trojans. Junior Dylan Hathcock pitched an inning ahead of Peppers.

The three games with the Skyhawks will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network.