MONTGOMERY, Ala. – With its back against the wall facing elimination for the first time in the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Sunday morning at DABOS Park, No. 8 Southern Miss got off to the fast offensive start it needed and defeated Troy 6-2.
The Golden Eagles improved to 43-15 on the year and will now advance to the Sun Belt Championship Game against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, which is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. CT. USM has been in the Sun Belt for four seasons, and in each season, it has reached the conference championship game. The Eagles are going for their third championship in four years.
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Sophomore LHP Grayden Harris will get the nod against the Cajuns. He hasn’t pitched since Wednesday’s SBC tourney opener against Georgia State.
Eags Get Good Balance in Win Over Troy
We wrote in our semifinals game preview that the Eagles desperately needed to get off to a fast start on offense in Sunday morning’s game, rather than playing from behind as they did the previous two times they faced Troy. A Seth Smith RBI double and a Joey Urban three-run bomb to center field in the bottom of the third inning made sure that happened, as the Eagles jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and never looked back…