TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (21-15) vs. ETSU (16-18)
2012 SCHEDULE
April 17 |Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 21-14, 7-8 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (310-154-1)
TUESDAY - 7 pm
ETSU
BUCCANEERS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 16-18 Head Coach: Tony Skole 13th year at ETSU (323-376)
TUESDAY - 7 pm
RHP Nick Williams (2-4, 3.16)
RHP Kerry Doane (3-1, 2.70)
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TENNESSEE VS. ETSU
Weather Forecast
Tennessee holds a commanding 55-14 lead in the all-time Tuesday series against East Tennessee State, but the Buccaneers have won each of the last five matchups, sweeping the season series in both 2008 and 2009 and winning last week in Johnson City. The Vols will get their second crack at ETSU pitcher Kerry Doane who held them to just two runs on seven hits and struck Cloudy out seven in a career-high 5.2 innings on April 11. It was his first 70° | 54° | 30% career start and Tuesday’s contest will be his second. Freshman Will Maddox paced UT offensively in that game, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Junior Zach Luther also Overall: Tennessee leads 55-14 added a pair of singles and an RBI. In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 31-6 In Johnson City: Tennessee leads 24-8 TENNESSEE TIDBITS At Neutral Sites: No meetings Tennessee currently ranks 51st in the NCAA RPI with wins Last 10 Meetings: ETSU leads 7-3 (W5) over No. 5 Kentucky, No. 13 South Carolina and No. 1 Florida. The Tennessee bullpen has an ERA of 1.31 over its last 13 LAST 10 MEETINGS games (9 ER in 62.0 IP), including 11.1 shutout innings in its sweep 3/23/2005 Johnson City W, 15-12 over Alabama. During the run, eight pitchers have combined to 3/29/2006 Knoxville L, 8-9 strike out 52 and hold opposing hitters to a .225 average. 4/5/2006 Johnson City (11) L, 7-8 In 14 appearances out of the bullpen, junior RHP Nick Knoxville W, 13-6 Blount has a 1.08 ERA (2 ER) over 16.2 innings of work. During 4/4/2007 4/24/2007 Johnson City W, 14-8 that time, he has struck out 13 and walked just two. He is 9-forJohnson City L, 9-10 9 in save opportunities, including a remarkable seven in seven 4/9/2008 L, 9-11 straight games from March 27-April 6. As a starter, he had an 4/23/2008 Knoxville 3/31/2009 Johnson City L, 3-9 ERA of 6.45 over 22.1 innings. L, 8-9 With a double in the third inning against Alabama on 4/21/2009 Knoxville L, 3-4 March 30, UT senior Zach Osborne became just the 15th play- 4/11/2012 Johnson City er in school history to record 200+ hits. He currently has 209 which places him 12 out of the top 10 (221 - Jeff Christensen).
Series Breakdown
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team is looking to snap a fivegame skid against @ETSUAthletics, dating back to the 2008 campaign. UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 is just the 15th player in #Vols history with over 200 hits, having accumulated 209. In addition, @ZOzzie2 has the highest fielding percentage among all regular @SECSportsUpdate shortstops this season at .984 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
(21-15, 7-8 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 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. .181
2
9
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .283
1
14 Hit .390 (23x59, 11 RBIs) during month of March
Second on team with nine career home runs
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .309
1
13 Has a team-leading 10 multi-hit games this year
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .248
0
4
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .278
0
11 Just 15th player in UT history with 200+ hits (209)
RF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .291
1
14 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .281
2
23 Diving catch vs UF earned top billing on SC Top-10 Plays
LF
23
Richard Carter
Fr. .278
0
5
DH
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .233
5
17 First player to hit HR off of SC’s Michael Roth this year
Has hits in seven of his last nine games (10-for-35)
Was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs in win over #4 Florida (4/14)
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