TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (18-10) vs. MEMPHIS (12-16)
2012 SCHEDULE
April 4 | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 18-10, 5-4 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (307-149-1)
WEDNESDAY
Memphis
TIGERS STARTING PITCHER
RHP Robbie Kidd (2-0, 3.29)
2012 Record: 12-16, 2-4 CUSA WEDNESDAY Head Coach: Daron Schoenrock 8th year at Memphis (188-238)
LHP Michael Wills (1-0, 4.50)
BROADCAST INFO >>> Live Video/Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Radio: WNML “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1/99.3 John Wilkerson (PxP) and Roger Hoover (Analyst)
TV: FOX Sports South with Bob Kesling (PxP) and former Vol Rusty Ensor (Analyst) Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball
Tennessee vs. Memphis
Memphis leads the all-time series with Tennessee, 19-11. Wednesday’s meeting will be the first between the two teams since 1995 when Dave Serrano was an assistant coach at UT, a 17-5 Volunteer victory.
Weather Forecast Wednesday
Welcome Back to Rocky Top
Three former Vols will be making the trip back to Rocky Top this Wednesday as part of the Memphis traveling party in Tigers assistant coaches Fred Corral and Clay Greene, as well as junior pitcher Clayton Gant. As a freshman at UT, Gant made one appearance, allowing one run on one hit against Radford on March 3, 2009. After redshirting at Memphis in 2010, Gant went 4-3 with a 4.99 ERA in 14 starts for the Tigers in 2011 and is currently 0-2 with a 12.21 ERA in seven appearances this year. Corral spent five total seasons with the Vols in two stints as UT’s pitching coach from 1993-95 and again from 2007-09. A former Tennessee player, Greene helped the Vols to back-to-back NCAA Regionals in 1996 and 1997, finishing his career with a .318 average, eight home runs and 87 stolen bases, including a nation-leading 54 as a senior. He also spent three seasons as UT’s volunteer assistant coach from 2003-05.
Tennessee Tidbits...
Scattered T-Storms 76° | 63° | 60%
Series Breakdown Overall: Memphis leads 19-11 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 10-4 In Memphis: Memphis leads 13-0 At Unknown Sites: Memphis leads 2-1 Last 10 Meetings: Memphis leads 6-4 LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2/25/1990 Memphis 4/10/1991 Knoxville 3/24/1993 Memphis 3/24/1993 Memphis (7) 3/4/1995 Knoxville
L, 1-2 W, 7-6 L, 3-6 L, 0-3 W, 17-5
Tennessee was a perfect 5-0 against Mississippi Valley State and Alabama last week, as it improved to 18-10 overall and 5-4 in the SEC, marking the first time the Vols have been over .500 in league action since the beginning of the 2008 campaign. UT’s sweep over Alabama was just the second in school history, dating back to the start of the rivalry in 1897. The only other time the Vols accomplished that feat was in 1994 in Tuscaloosa. Including two wins last season, Tennessee has now defeated the Crimson Tide a school record five consecutive times. The Tennessee bullpen is working on a run of 16.2 consecutive scoreless innings, including 11.1 shutout innings in the sweep over Alabama. During the run, six pitchers have combined to allow 13 hits and strike out 15.
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team’s first game against @ UofMBaseball since 1995 will air on @FOXSportsSouth w/ Bob Kesling & Rusty Ensor on the call. UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 has at least one hit in 23 of the #Vols 28 games this season and was 6-for-9 in the sweep of Alabama. The #Vols will hold a moment of silence before today’s game in rememberance of former UT player and @KnoxNews sportswriter Nick Gates 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
(18-10, 5-4 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 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. .196
2
8
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .333
1
13 Hitting .390 (23-for-59, 11 RBIs) over his last 18 games
Second on team with nine career home runs
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .297
1
9
Hitting .343 (24-for-70, 1 HR, 9 RBIs) during March
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .247
0
1
Had 3 hits and scored 4 runs in UT’s sweep of Alabama
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .307
0
10 Has hit safely in 23 of UT’s 28 games this year
LF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .301
1
13 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .261
1
20 Leads the Vols with seven two-out RBIs this year
RF
13
Jared Allen
Fr. .210
1
10 Hit first career home run in 6th inning vs. ULM (3/11)
DH
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .247
4
14 3rd in the SEC and 37th in the NCAA with 22 walks Page 1