Jordan Peck opened the season making a statement on Saturday, as the Troy Trojans hosted Oakwood in a doubleheader on Opening Day at the Market Street Field.

The senior was sharp on the mound, and used a single run in the second inning to make it stand up for an impressive 1-0 victory over the Lumberjacks in the first game of two for the Trojans.

In the second game, the Trojans fought back from an early four-run deficit to tie the game late, and scored three times to escape with an 11-8 victory over Oakwood.

Peck was on top of his game from the start for the Trojans in the opener, retiring the first three batters to face him to shake any thoughts of opening day nerves. In the second, he allowed an infield single to Brock Gorman, but he quickly recovered to send down the next three batters.

For the Trojans offense, they used a pair of singles from Alex Riedel and Austin Barney to threaten in the second inning. An ensuing walk to Troy Moore loaded the bases with one out when Tyler Lambert grounded out to second base, allowing Riedel to score to give the Trojans a 1-0 lead.

After another walk to Drake McDonagh to reload the bases, Hayden Kotwica could not get them in as he ended the inning with the Trojans led by that single run,

Oakwood came back in the third and threatened when they put two runners on, but Peck didn’t break, forcing Alex Neff to ground out to end the inning, and leaving the tying run at second base.

Troy left two runners on base in the third, as Brandon Emery and Riedel both walked, but a strikeout against Barney kept the margin at 1-0.

Moore began the fourth with a solid hit, but he was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double. In the fifth, they put another runner into scoring position and Kotwica reached on an infield single and stole second. He was left stranded as the next two batters were retired.

As the teams headed to the seventh, the Lumberjacks would get the first batter on when Gorman reached on a single, but Peck would respond with a big strikeout of Conrad and Lucas Lehman flew out to center. With Gorman standing on second, he took off for third trying to make something happen, and he was thrown out by Kotwica, ending the game and giving the season opening win to the Trojans.

Troy (2-0) now returns to action on Saturday at Shawnee after returning from a tournament in Georgia this week.