Tennessee-Florida Game Notes

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TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (20-13, 6-6) vs. #4 FLORIDA (26-7, 7-5) April 13-15 |Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER

2012 Record: 20-12, 6-6 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (308-149-1)

FRIDAY - 6 pm SATURDAY - 3 pm SUNDAY - 2 pm

#4 Florida

GATORS STARTING PITCHER

2012 Record: 26-7 FRIDAY - 6 pm Head Coach: Kevin O’Sullivan SATURDAY - 3 pm 5th year at UF (202-89) SUNDAY - 2 pm

RHP Zack Godley (4-1, 3.81) LHP T.J. Thornton (0-0, 4.26) RHP Nick Williams (2-3, 2.02)

RHP Jonathon Crawford (3-1, 4.37) RHP Karsten Whitson (1-0, 4.70) TBA

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TENNESSEE VS. FLORIDA

Television (Sat.): SportSouth with Dave Neal (playby-play) and Larry Conley (analyst)

Weather Forecast

 Florida holds a commanding 138-75 lead in Friday Saturday Sunday the all-time series against Tennessee, including a 9-1 mark in the last 10 games. The series is much closer in Knoxville, however, as the Vols trail that just 58-42. Sunny Sunny Sunny 73° | 50° | 0% 79° | 58° | 10% 84° | 64° | 10% TENNESSEE TIDBITS  Tennessee currently ranks 51st in the NCAA RPI with wins over No. 5 Kentucky and No. 13 South Carolina. The Vols host No. 1 Florida this weekend in Knoxville. Overall: Florida leads 138-75  The Vols reached 20 wins in just 30 games this season, their In Knoxville: Florida leads 58-42 fastest path to that mark since going 20-8 to open the 2005 In Gainesville: Florida leads 77-34 campaign, which resulted in a trip to the College World Series. At Neutral Sites: Florida leads 4-0  Including a 5-4 win over No. 10 South Carolina last Friday, Last 10 Meetings: Florida leads 9-1 the Big Orange now has four wins over ranked teams this season (No. 16 Texas, No. 2 Kentucky, No. 19 Georgia). LAST 10 MEETINGS  The Tennessee bullpen has an ERA of 1.86 over its last 38.2 4/6/2008 Knoxville (7) L, 2-7 innings of work (8 ER), including 11.1 shutout innings in its 3/20/2009 Gainesville L, 2-3 sweep over Alabama. During the run, six pitchers have com3/21/2009 Gainesville L, 2-10 bined to allow 27 hits and strike out 43. L, 5-7  In 13 appearances out of the bullpen, junior RHP Nick 3/22/2009 Gainesville 4/9/2010 Knoxville L, 2-4 Blount has a 1.15 ERA (2 ER) over 15.2 innings of work. During W, 12-4 that time, he has struck out 13 and walked just one. He is 8-for- 4/10/2010 Knoxville L, 1-9 8 in save opportunities, including a remarkable seven in seven 4/11/2010 Knoxville 4/1/2011 Gainesville L, 0-3 straight games from March 27-April 6. Gainesville L, 2-11  With a double in the third inning against Alabama on 4/2/2011 Gainesville L, 1-9 March 30, UT senior Zach Osborne became just the 15th play- 4/3/2011 er in school history to record 200+ hits. He currently has 208 which places him 13 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 defeat its fifth different ranked opponent with No. 4 @GatorZoneBB coming to Knoxville.  UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 is just the 15th player in #Vols history with over 200 hits, having accumulated 208.  In addition, @ZOzzie2 has the highest fielding percentage among all regular @SECSportsUpdate shortstops this season at .983 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

2012 SCHEDULE

(20-13, 6-6 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. 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. .185

2

8

1B

30

Davis Morgan

Sr. .287

1

13 Hit .390 (23x59, 11 RBIs) during month of March

Second on team with nine career home runs

2B

1

Will Maddox

Fr. .320

1

11 Posted team-leading 5th 3-hit performance at ETSU (4/11)

3B

11

Zach Luther

Jr. .258

0

4

SS

12

Zach Osborne

Sr. .291

0

11 Just 15th player in UT history with 200+ hits (208)

LF

5

Chris Pierce

Sr. .296

1

14 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010

CF

7

Chris Fritts

Jr. .260

2

22 Leads the Vols with seven two-out RBIs this year

RF

13

Jared Allen

Fr. .194

1

10 Hit first career home run in 6th inning vs. ULM (3/11)

DH

20

Drew Steckenrider Jr. .229

5

17 Only player to hit HR off of SC’s Michael Roth this year

Had 3 hits and scored 4 runs in UT’s sweep of Alabama

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