Hokie-Smokey Classic Game Notes (4/16/13)

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APRIL 16 » PIONEER PARK » GREENEVILLE, TENN. Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER

Virginia Tech

HOKIES STARTING PITCHER

TUESDAY 2013 Record: 16-18, 5-10 Head Coach: Dave Serrano Second year at UT (329-188-1)

RHP Blake Thomas (Jr., 1-0, 1.93)

2013 Record: 22-15, 7-11 ACC TUESDAY Head Coach: Pete Hughes Seventh year at VT (204-167)

Weather Forecast

AT FIRST GLANCE

Tuesday

GODLEY EARNS SEC HONORS

¢ For the second time in his career, Tennessee right-hander Zack Godley has been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after a stellar performance against Kentucky. ¢ A year ago, he snapped then-No. 2 UK’s 22game winning streak to open the 2012 campaign. This season, Godley punctuated Tennessee’s series victory over the 13th-ranked Wildcats with an exclamation mark by firing a six-hit shutout in a 5-0 triumph. ¢ The whitewashing marked the first time in 129 games that the Wildcats had been held scoreless, dating back to a 4-0 loss at Alabama on March 25, 2011. ¢ Godley joins former first-round picks R.A. Dickey, Luke Hochevar and James Adkins as the only pitchers in Tennessee history to earn league pitcher of the week honors twice in their careers. He is one of 14 UT hurlers who have claimed the weekly accolades a total of 18 times. ¢ Godley is now the only pitcher in the SEC with two complete-game shutouts to his name, having also blanked Missouri on March 22.

QUICK HITS

¢ Tennessee is second in the SEC with a .302 batting average with two outs this season and third with 85 two-out RBIs. LSU leads the SEC in both categories with a .319 average and 103 RBIs. ¢ The Vols are second in the SEC with 57 stolen bases in 81 attempts. ¢ UT has grounded into just 10 double plays this year, three fewer than any other SEC team. ¢ Freshman Jeff Moberg ranks seventh in the nation and third in the SEC with 12 sacrifice bunts. ¢ Moberg also recorded his first save - in his collegiate debut on the mound - at Kentucky (4/13). ¢ Senior Zack Godley is averaging just over

PROBABLE UT STARTERS C 21 Ethan Bennett 1B 11 Zach Luther 2B 7 Jeff Moberg SS 10 A.J. Simcox 3B 2 Taylor Smart LF 40 Vincent Jackson CF 4 Parker Wormsley RF 35 Pierce Bily DH 20 Christin Stewart

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LHP Colin O’Keefe (Jr., 0-1, 20.25)

Isolated T-Storms 80° | 56° | 30%

BROADCAST INFORMATION Radio: WNML FM 99.1/99.3 with John Wilkerson Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball

INSIDE THE HOKIE-SMOKEY CLASSIC Overall: Virginia Tech leads 10-7 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5/5/87 Knoxville L, 4-5 4/5/88 Blacksburg L, 3-7 3/28/90 Knoxville L, 8-12 4/25/95 Kingsport L, 6-21 4/30/96 Kingsport L, 2-3 4/29/97 Kingsport W, 2-1 4/28/98 Kingsport W, 11-3 2/19/00 Charleston, S.C. L, 3-5 4/24/01 Kingsport W, 7-4 3/3/13 Cary, N.C. L, 3-7 seven innings in nine starts this year, is tied for the league lead with 66.1 total innings under his belt and is tied for third with 60 strikeouts. ¢ Sophomore Will Maddox ranks eighth in the SEC in hits (51) and ninth in batting average (.357). ¢ Junior Scott Price, meanwhile, ranks 10th in the SEC in average (.343) and 12th in hits (46). ¢ Maddox is also just three behind Vanderbilt’s Tony Kemp for the league lead in stolen bases with 14, but has done it in nine fewer attempts (17-26).

Avg. HR RBI Notes .265 .136 .236 .279 .278 .283 .311 .343 .299

2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1

6 2 7 16 13 18 8 22 14

Has 13 career HRs, no other Vol has more than two Has started 46 games in his UT career Ranks seventh in the NCAA with 12 sacrifice bunts UT’s leading hitter with .380 avg. (19x50) in SEC play Has hit safely in 19 of last 25 games w/ 28 hits, 21 runs Fourth on team with .327 avg. (17x52) in SEC play Has started last two games in centerfield Leads all UT players with 12 RBIs in SEC games Hit .545 (6x11) w/ 5 runs, 4 RBIs, 4 BB last week

2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

HOKIE-SMOKEY CLASSIC - UT (16-18) vs. VT (22-15)

Overall Record:

16-18

SEC 5-10 Non-conference 11-8 Home 10-7 Away 5-9 NEUTRAL 1-2

THE SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Feb. 15 at UNLV L, 9-10 Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-1) W, 8-3 (7) Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-2) L, 4-5 Feb. 17 at UNLV L, 2-3 (14) Feb. 22 #20 Arizona State L, 0-4 Feb. 23 #20 Arizona State W, 11-2 Feb. 24 #20 Arizona State L, 1-5 Feb. 26 ETSU W, 9-7 March 1 vs. #22 Notre Dame ^ L, 2-3 (12) March 2 vs. UMass ^ W, 6-4 March 3 vs. #25 Virginia Tech ^ L, 3-7 March 5 Belmont Postponed March 8 Alcorn State W, 16-0 March 9 Alcorn State W, 13-6 March 10 Alcorn State W, 12-4 March 12 Western Kentucky W, 4-0 March 13 Western Kentucky W, 5-4 (10) March 15 at Alabama * L, 1-12 March 16 at Alabama * W, 7-6 March 17 at Alabama * L, 1-15 March 20 Western Carolina W, 10-5 March 22 Missouri * W, 4-0 March 23 Missouri * (DH-1) W, 7-6 March 23 Missouri * (DH-2) L, 14-6 March 26 Tennessee Tech Postponed March 29 at #3 Vanderbilt * L, 3-4 (12) March 30 at #3 Vanderbilt * (CSS) L, 3-8 March 31 at #3 Vanderbilt * L, 8-12 April 2 Longwood L, 5-7 April 5 South Carolina * L, 4-5 April 6 South Carolina (SPSO) * L, 8-12 April 7 South Carolina * L, 2-19 April 9 at ETSU W, 4-3 April 12 at #13 Kentucky * L, 4-5 April 13 at #13 Kentucky * W, 10-9 April 14 at #13 Kentucky * W, 5-0 April 16 vs. Virginia Tech & 6 p.m. April 19 Ole Miss * 6 p.m. April 20 Ole Miss * 4 p.m. April 21 Ole Miss (ESPNU) * 2 p.m. April 23 at MTSU 7 p.m. April 26 at Florida * 7 p.m. April 27 at Florida * 7 p.m. April 28 at Florida * 1 p.m. April 30 MTSU 6 p.m. May 3 Georgia * 6 p.m. May 4 Georgia (CSS) * 7 p.m. May 5 Georgia (ESPNU) * 1 p.m. May 8 Arkansas State 6 p.m. May 10 at Arkansas * 7:35 p.m. May 11 at Arkansas * 7:05 p.m. May 12 at Arkansas (CSS) * 2:05 p.m. May 14 Morehead State 6 p.m. May 16 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. May 17 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. May 18 Texas A&M (SPSO) * 1 p.m. * Southeastern Conference game ^ USA Baseball-Irish Classic (Cary, N.C.) & Hokey-Smokey Classic (Greeneville, Tenn.) All times Eastern


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