A day after head coach Kermit Smith hit 500 career wins with a 5-2 win on Friday, the Mountaineers lost to Troy 6-2 on Saturday. App State falls to 1-10 in the Sun Belt Conference and 8-20 overall.
Junior infielder Joel McDaniel led the Mountaineers with two hits and one RBI. Redshirt sophomore outfielder Beau Myers had the only other RBI in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Mountaineers had four hits in the game.
McDaniels said that he just had good pitches and he was able to hit them and that against Troy on Sunday they are going to have to hit the ball more.