TROY, Ala. - App State baseball clinched the No. 6 seed in the Sun Belt tournament with a 12-8 victory over Troy in the team's regular season finale on Sunday.
With the win, the Mountaineers (27-23, 16-13 SBC) bypass the single-elimination round of the tournament and will play on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET against 3-seeded Troy (38-18, 18-12 SBC). App State tied for its best Sun Belt placement since 2021 when the squad finished sixth with an 11-10 record.
The visiting Mountaineers earned the victory thanks to consistent hitting across the lineup and a stand-out relief performance by Jackson Steensma, who had the best game of his young career while pitching more than two innings for the first time.