TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (15-10, 2-4) vs. ALABAMA (9-16, 1-5)
2012 SCHEDULE
March 30-April 1 | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION
2012 Record: 15-10, 2-4 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (304-149-1)
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Alabama
CRIMSON TIDE STARTING ROTATION
2012 Record: 9-16 Head Coach: Mitch Gaspard 4th year at Alabama (86-69)
RHP Zack Godley (4-1, 2.92) LHP T.J. Thornton (0-0, 5.25) RHP Nick Williams (2-2, 1.71)
RHP Charley Sullivan (2-2, 3.57) LHP Justin Kamplain (1-1, 2.54) LHP Jon Keller (0-0, 3.18)
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
BROADCAST INFO >>> Live Video/Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Radio: WNML “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1/99.3 John Wilkerson (PxP) and Roger Hoover (Analyst)
Tennessee vs. Alabama
TV (Sat.): CSS with Bernie Guenther (PxP) and former Vol Rusty Ensor (Analyst) Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball
Weather Forecast
Friday night’s contest will mark the 100th showSaturday Sunday down between Tennessee and Alabama. The Crim- Friday son Tide hold a 69-30 all-time advantage. The Vols took two-of-three from the Tide in Tuscaloosa last season, sweeping a Sunday doubleheader after being rained out on Saturday. Partly Cloudy Steven Gruver threw a seven-inning complete Scattered T-Storms Scattered T-Storms 78° | 55° | 40% 80° | 62° | 10% game in the first contest, while Nick Blount, Drew 78° | 62° | 40% Steckenrider and Nick Williams combined on the five-hit, seven-inning shutout in the nightcap.
Series Breakdown
Overall: Alabama leads 69-30 In Knoxville: Alabama leads 24-17 Last, the Tennessee pitching staff held No. 2 Kentucky to a .211 batting average and just five extra-base hits. The Wild- In Tuscaloosa: Alabama leads 29-11 cats entered the weekend leading the SEC in batting average, At Neutral Sites: Alabama leads 5-1 on-base percentage hits, doubles, and RBIs and was second in Last 10 Meetings: Alabama leads 7-3 slugging percentage and home runs. Junior Zack Godley was tabbed the SEC Pitcher of the LAST 10 MEETINGS Week, CB360 Primetime Performer and College Baseball Insider 4/13/2008 Knoxville W, 6-4 Southeast Region Pitcher of the Week after firing eight strong 4/3/2009 Tuscaloosa L, 2-9 innings last Friday to lead Tennessee to a 4-1 victory over #2 UK, 4/4/2009 Tuscaloosa L, 1-6 snapping the Wildcats’ 22-game winning streak and handing 4/5/2009 Tuscaloosa L, 4-8 them their first loss of the season. L, 3-11 Since moving to the starting rotation last week at Georgia, 5/20/2010 Knoxville sophomore Nick Williams has now thrown 10.2 shutout in- 5/21/2010 Knoxville (11) L, 2-4 nings, striking out eight and yielding just three hits as opposing 5/22/2010 Knoxville L, 7-9 batters are hitting just .091 off of him. On Sunday, he faced off 4/14/2011 Tuscaloosa L, 2-8 against his brother, Kentucky catcher Michael Williams, for the 4/16/2011 Tuscaloosa (7) W, 2-1 second time in his career. After striking him out in their only matchup last season, he was touched for a single in the first at- 4/16/2011 Tuscaloosa (7) W, 1-0 bat against his sibling on Sunday before getting him to foul out behind the plate in the second.
Tennessee Tidbits...
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team will send reigning @SECSportsUpdate Pitcher of the Week Zack Godley to the mound on Friday night. UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 has at least one hit in 20 of the #Vols 25 games this season The @Vol_Baseball team’s contest on Saturday will be televised by @CSSSports, marking UT’s fifth of 12 TV appearances this year. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
(15-10, 2-4 SEC)
Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result FEBRUARY 17 Fri. Northern Illinois W, 7-1 18 Sat. Northern Illinois W, 10-5 19 Sun. Northern Illinois W, 7-2 21 Tue. Western Kentucky W, 8-7 (13) 24 Fri. Seton Hall W, 9-2 25 Sat. Seton Hall W, 3-2 (11) 26 Sun. Seton Hall W, 10-2 28 Tue. MTSU L, 5-4 (10) MARCH 2 Fri. vs. Houston & (ESPN3) L, 7-4 3 Sat. vs. #16 Texas & (LHN) W, 5-4 4 Sun. vs. #4 Rice & (ESPN3) L, 11-1 7 Wed. Ball State W, 9-7 9 Fri. Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-0 10 Sat. Louisiana-Monroe L, 8-6 (10) 11 Sun. Louisiana-Monroe L, 7-4 13 Tue. Tennessee Tech (FS South) L, 5-1 16 Fri. at #19 Georgia * L, 4-0 17 Sat. at #19 Georgia * L, 10-5 18 Sun. at #19 Georgia * W, 3-0 21 Wed. Florida International W, 4-3 (11) 23 Fri. #2 Kentucky * W, 4-1 24 Sat. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-2 25 Sun. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-0 (7) 27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State W, 5-2 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State W, 8-4 30 Fri. Alabama * 6 p.m. 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) 1 p.m. APRIL 1 Sun. Alabama * 2 p.m. 4 Wed. Memphis 7 p.m. 6 Fri. at South Carolina * 7 p.m. 7 Sat. at South Carolina * (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 8 Sun. at South Carolina * 1:30 p.m. 11 Wed. at ETSU 7 p.m. 13 Fri. Florida * 6 p.m. 14 Sat. Florida * (SPSO) 3 p.m. 15 Sun. Florida * 2 p.m. 17 Tue. ETSU 7 p.m. 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * 6:30 p.m. CT 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * 1 p.m. CT 24 Wed. Austin Peay 7 p.m. 27 Fri. at Auburn * 6 p.m. CT 28 Sat. at Auburn * 3 p.m. CT 29 Sun. at Auburn * 1 p.m. CT MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * 6 p.m. 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) 1 p.m. 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. 9 Wed. at Memphis (FOX SS) 6:30 p.m. CT 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * 6:30 p.m. CT 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. CT 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * 1:30 p.m. CT 15 Tue. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT 17 Thu. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 18 Fri. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 19 Sat. Arkansas * 4 p.m. Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game & - Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park)
PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes C
21
Ethan Bennett
So. .180
1
7
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .328
1
10 Hitting .392 (20-for-51, 9 RBIs) over his last 16 games
Second on team with eight career home runs
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .289
0
5
3B
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .286
1
11 Has already more than doubled his 2011 RBI total (4)
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .272
0
7
LF
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .269
3
12 2nd in the SEC and 30th in the NCAA with 21 walks
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .253
1
20 Leads the Vols with seven two-out RBIs this year
RF
13
Jared Allen
Fr. .220
1
10 Hit first career home run in 6th inning vs. ULM (3/11)
DH
44
Wes Walker
Sr. .313
0
8
Hitting .323 (20-for-62, 5 RBIs) during the month of March Has hit safely in 20 of UT’s 25 games this year
Hitting .389 (7x18) with runners in scoring position Page 1