Tennessee vs. No. 2 Kentucky 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 (12-8, 1-2) vs. #2 KENTUCKY (22-0, 3-0) March 23-25 | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION

2012 Record: 12-8, 1-2 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (301-147-1)

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

#2 Kentucky

WILDCATS STARTING ROTATION

RHP Zack Godley (3-1, 3.41) LHP T.J. Thornton (0-0, 6.75) RHP Nick Williams (2-2, 2.05)

2012 Record: 22-0, 3-0 SEC FRIDAY Head Coach: Gary Henderson SATURDAY 4th year at UK (106-81) SUNDAY

LHP Taylor Rogers (4-0, 4.03) LHP Jerad Grundy (3-0, 2.73) LHP Corey Littrell (2-0, 2.45)

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Tennessee vs. Kentucky

Radio: WNML “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1/99.3 John Wilkerson (PxP) and Roger Hoover (Analyst)

Weather Forecast

 Tennessee leads the all-time series against KenSaturday Sunday tucky 150-128, including a 52-33 mark in Knoxville. Friday  The Wildcats enter the weekend ranked No. 2 as the only undefeated team in the nation at 22-0. They swept two-time defending national champion South Carolina in Lexington last weekend Scattered T-Storms PM T-Storms Few Showers and picked up a midweek victory at Cincinnati on 78° | 60° | 60% 74° | 53° | 60% 69° | 54° | 30% Wednesday.  This weekend will pit brothers Nick and Michael Williams against each other for the second time in two years. A sophomore right-handed pitcher for the Vols, Nick struck out Mi- Overall: Tennessee leads 150-128 chael, a senior catcher for the Wildcats, in a faceoff in Lexington In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 52-33 last year. Both attended Farragut HS in Knoxville. In Lexington: Tennessee leads 52-37 At Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 3-2 Tennessee Tidbits... Last 10 Meetings: Kentucky leads 6-4  Tennessee currently ranks 10th in the nation with 38 batters having reached on a hit by pitch. Freshman Jared Allen LAST 10 MEETINGS leads the way, having taken eight doses, which ranks 31st in 5/11/2008 Knoxville L, 5-20 the nation individually. 5/1/2009 Lexington L, 4-6  Senior Davis Morgan paced the Vols offensively last week, 5/2/2009 Lexington W, 8-2 going 6-for-11 (.545) during Tennessee’s SEC-opening series 5/3/2009 Lexington L, 11-17 at No. 19 Georgia. After recording just one hit in February, the L, 8-12 Overland Park, Kansas, native has taken off in March, hitting 4/30/2010 Knoxville 5/1/2010 Knoxville W, 8-6 .452 with seven RBIs through his first 11 games of the month Knoxville W, 3-1 to up his batting average to a team-leading .341 on the season. 5/2/2010  Sophomore Nick Williams made the first start of his col- 3/18/2011 Lexington L, 3-5 legiate career at No. 19 Georgia on Sunday and passed the test 3/19/2011 Lexington W, 12-8 with flying colors, firing six shutout innings while allowing just 3/20/2011 Lexington L, 3-7 two hits and four baserunners total, none of which advanced past first base, to lead the Vols to a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs.

Series Breakdown

weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less.  The @Vol_Baseball team leads the all-time series against @UKBaseball, 150-128, including 52-33 in Knoxville.  #Vols head coach @DaveSerranoUT picked up his 300th career victory at Georgia on March 18. His lifetime record stands at 300-147-1 (.670).  Both of @DMorgan250’s two home runs as a Vol have come off of Georgia starting pitcher Michael Palazzone. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

2012 SCHEDULE

(12-8, 1-2 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. Kentucky * 6 p.m. 24 Sat. Kentucky * 4 p.m. 25 Sun. Kentucky * 2 p.m. 27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. 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. .220

1

7

Second on team with eight career home runs

1B

30

Davis Morgan

Sr. .341

1

8

Hitting .452 (14-for-31) over his last 11 games

2B

1

Will Maddox

Fr. .310

0

2

Hitting .372 (16-for-43) during the month of March

3B

5

Chris Pierce

Sr. .292

1

10 Has already more than doubled his 2011 RBI total (4)

SS

12

Zach Osborne

Sr. .263

0

4

Has hit safely in 17 of UT’s 20 games this year

LF

20

Drew Steckenrider Jr. .262

3

9

2nd in the SEC and 24th in the NCAA with 19 walks

CF

7

Chris Fritts

Jr. .257

1

18 Leads the Vols with six two-out RBIs this year

RF

13

Jared Allen

Fr. .240

1

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

DH

44

Wes Walker

Sr. .371

0

8

Hitting .700 (7x10) with runners in scoring position Page 1


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