TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (24-28, 8-19) vs. #18 ARKANSAS (36-17, 13-14) May 17-19 |Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION LHP Dalton Saberhagen (So., 5-2, 3.12) RHP Nick Williams (So., 3-4, 3.61) RHP Zack Godley (Jr., 4-2, 3.50)
2012 Record: 24-27, 8-19 SEC THURSDAY FRIDAY Head Coach: Dave Serrano SATURDAY First year at UT (313-166-1)
#18 Arkansas
RAZORBACKS STARTING ROTATION
2012 Record: 36-17, 13-14 SEC THURSDAY Head Coach: Dave Van Horn FRIDAY 10th year at ARK (980-458) SATURDAY
RHP D.J. Baxendale (Jr., 6-3, 3.48) RHP Ryne Stanek (So., 6-3, 2.99) TBA
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TENNESSEE VS. ARKANSAS
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Weather Forecast
This weekend’s series marks the first matchup between Tennessee and Arkansas since 2009. The Vols trail Thursday Friday Saturday the all-time series 24-25 since first meeting the Razorbacks in 1992. Senior SS Zach Osborne is the only Vol to have ever played Arkansas, going 4-for-14 (.286) with a home run and a double against the Razorbacks in that 2009 series Isolated T-Storms Isolated T-Storms Partly Cloudy in Knoxville. For the second time in as many weeks, the Vols will 83° | 61° | 30% 84° | 62° | 30% 83° | 60° | 10% square off against a pitcher set to join UT head coach Dave Serrano on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer as the Razorbacks send Ryne Stanek to the mound on Overall: Arkansas leads 25-24 Saturday. Ole Miss’ Bobby Wahl struck out six in 7.0 IP last Friday. In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 13-9 TENNESSEE TIDBITS In Fayetteville: Arkansas leads 14-10 Tennessee has welcomed 57,434 fans into Lindsey Nelson At Neutral Sites: Arkansas leads 2-1 Stadium this season, the second-highest attendance total in school history. The Vols could break the record with an average Last 10 Meetings: Arkansas leads 8-2 of 2,225 this weekend. LAST 10 MEETINGS The Vols will honor seniors Hunter Daniel, Davis Morgan, 4/2/06 Fayetteville L, 11-13 Zach Osborne, Chris Pierce and Wes Walker on Saturday. Knoxville L, 2-6 In a team-high 23 relief appearances, junior Drew Stecken- 3/30/07 rider has a 2.98 ERA (18 ER) over 54.1 innings and is averaging 3/31/07 Knoxville L, 3-4 10.77 strikeouts per nine innings (65 total) while holding op- 4/1/07 Knoxville L, 7-11 posing hitters to a miniscule .183 batting average (33 hits). In 4/18/08 Fayetteville L, 4-5 three starts, he was 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA. Fayetteville L, 4-5 Among all NCAA Division I players, Steckenrider ranks 11th 4/19/08 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.70) and 23rd in strikeouts per 4/20/08 Fayetteville W, 7-6 nine innings (10.57). He also leads the SEC with a .189 opposing 4/24/09 Knoxville L, 3-9 batting average and ranks sixth with 76 strikeouts, including a 4/25/09 Knoxville W, 5-4 league-high 31 punchouts looking. Knoxville L, 8-15 With 553 career defensive assists, Osborne has already shat- 4/26/09 tered the school record previously set by fellow Louisville native and bearer of the number two UT jersey Chris Burke (524). He is currently third in school history with 213 games played. Osborne is currently second among all regular SEC shortstops with a .980 fielding percentage and five errors, behind only Florida’s Nolan Fontana (.986, three errors).
Series Breakdown
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team will honor seniors @Hzdaniel8, @Dmorgan250, @ZOzzie2, @C_Pierce5 and @UTbaseball44 before Sunday’s contest UT’s @ZOzzie2 and Drew Steckenrider have been named to the Brooks Robinson & John Olerud Award Watch Lists respectively, by @CollegeDiamonds Senior@Dmorgan250 has hit safely in 11 consecutive games, the longest stretch of his career and longest by a Vol this year. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
2012 SCHEDULE
(24-28, 8-19 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 * W, 10-8 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) W, 4-2 APRIL 1 Sun. Alabama * W, 5-3 (7) 4 Wed. Memphis (FSSO) W, 6-3 6 Fri. at #10 South Carolina * W, 5-4 7 Sat. at #10 South Carolina * (ESPNU) L, 2-1 8 Sun. at #10 South Carolina * L, 6-1 11 Wed. at ETSU L, 4-3 13 Fri. #4 Florida * L, 3-1 14 Sat. #4 Florida * (SPSO) W, 5-4 15 Sun. #4 Florida * L, 8-1 17 Tue. ETSU W, 5-4 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) L, 2-1 (11) 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * L, 7-1 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * L, 3-2 (14) 24 Tue. Austin Peay L, 8-4 27 Fri. at Auburn * L, 12-5 28 Sat. at Auburn * L, 12-3 29 Sun. at Auburn * L, 11-4 MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * W, 8-2 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) L, 7-4 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * L, 12-6 9 Wed. at Memphis (SPSO) W, 8-7 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * L, 4-2 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * (SPSO) L, 7-4 (11) 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * L, 4-2 15 Tue. at MTSU L, 11-4 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. .193
4
13 Hit two HRs last week, leads team with 11 in his career
1B
4
Parker Wormsley
Fr. .274
0
6
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .299
2
19 Leads UT in hits (60), runs (32) and stolen bases (14)
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .247
0
6
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .265
0
16 Ranks 9th in UT history w/ 223 hits, 3rd w/ 213 games
LF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .270
2
24 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .248
2
27 Has 14 career OF assists, most by any Vol since 2000
RF
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .237
6
26 Hit .571 (8x14) w/ 5 2B, 7 RBIs vs. Vandy in last home series
DH
30
Davis Morgan
2
20 Has 11-game hitting streak (.326, 6 R, 4 2B, HR, 6 RBIs)
Sr. .290
Has recorded at least one hit in nine of his 14 starts Has at least one hit in 16 of his last 24 games (23-for-84)
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