TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (22-18) vs. AUSTIN PEAY (24-15)
2012 SCHEDULE
April 24 |Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 22-18, 7-11 SEC TUESDAY - 7 p.m. Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (311-157-1)
Austin Peay
LHP Josh Allman (0-0, 1.93)
GOVERNORS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 24-15 TUESDAY - 7 p.m. Head Coach: Gary McClure 22nd year at APSU (737-629-4)
RHP Mark Allen Bounds (0-0, 9.00)
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TENNESSEE VS. AUSTIN PEAY
Tennessee leads the all-time series against Austin Peay, 17-3, including a 15-3 mark in Knoxville. The Vols traveled to Clarksville for the first time last season, winning 5-3, behind a 3-for-4, two RBI performance by Khayyan Norfork. Ethan Bennett also drove in two runs in the contest.
Weather Forecast Tuesday
TENNESSEE TIDBITS
Partly Cloudy 64° | 49° | 20% Tennessee ranked 51st in the most recent NCAA RPI with wins over No. 5 Kentucky, No. 8 South Carolina and No. 1 Florida. The Tennessee bullpen has an ERA of 1.54 over its last 17 games (14 ER in 81.2 IP), including 11.1 shutout innings in its Overall: Tennessee leads 17-3 sweep over Alabama. During the run, eight pitchers have com- In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 15-3 bined to strike out 66 and hold opposing hitters to a .213 average. In Clarksville: Tennessee leads 1-0 In 16 appearances out of the bullpen, junior RHP Nick At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 1-0 Blount has a 0.82 ERA (2 ER) over 22.0 innings of work. During Last 10 Meetings: UT leads 8-2 (W1) that time, he has struck out 15 and walked just four. He is 10-for10 in save opportunities, including a remarkable seven in seven LAST 10 MEETINGS straight games from March 27-April 6. As a starter, he had an 4/8/1987 Knoxville L, 4-7 ERA of 6.45 over 22.1 innings. 3/1/1988 Knoxville W, 15-8 Helping Blount anchor the back-end of the bullpen has 4/6/1989 Knoxville (10) W, 6-5 been fellow junior RHP Drew Steckenrider. In a team-high 17 4/24/1991 Knoxville W, 14-3 relief appearances, he has a 1.19 ERA (5 ER) over 37.2 innings. 5/1/1996 Knoxville W, 7-6 He is averaging 12.42 strikeouts per nine innings (52 total) and 3/11/1998 Knoxville W, 14-6 is holding opposing hitters to a miniscule .146 batting average 6/3/2005 Knoxville (NCAA) W, 7-5 (18 hits). In three starts, he was 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA. Knoxville W, 16-13 With a double in the third inning against Alabama on 4/8/2008 L, 3-5 March 30, UT senior Zach Osborne became just the 15th player 2/24/2009 Knoxville W, 5-3 in school history to record 200+ hits. He currently has 213 which 3/16/2011 Clarksville places him eight out of the top 10 (221 - Jeff Christensen). With 531 career defensive assists, Osborne has already broken the school record previously set by fellow Louisville native and bearer of the number two UT jersey Chris Burke (524).
Series Breakdown
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team holds a 17-3 lead in the all-time series against @APSUBaseball, including a 15-3 mark in Knoxville. UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 is just the 15th player in #Vols history with over 200 hits, having accumulated 213. In addition, @ZOzzie2 has the highest fielding percentage among all regular @SECSportsUpdate shortstops this season at .985 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
(22-18, 7-11 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 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. .155
2
9
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .287
1
14 Hit .390 (23x59, 11 RBIs) during month of March
Second on team with nine career home runs
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .299
1
15 Has a team-leading 12 multi-hit games this year
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .248
0
4
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .281
0
13 Just 15th player in UT history with 200+ hits (213)
RF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .275
1
15 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .258
2
23 Has 14 career OF assists, most by any Vol since 2000
LF
23
Richard Carter
Fr. .281
0
7
DH
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .221
5
17 First player to hit HR off of SC’s Michael Roth this year
Has hits in 13 of his last 17 games (17-for-62)
Had first 4-hit game by a Vol this year vs. ETSU (4/17)
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