TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (22-22, 7-14) vs.VANDERBILT (21-23, 9-12) May 4-6 |Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
2012 SCHEDULE
(22-22, 7-14 SEC)
Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result FEBRUARY Tennessee VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION 17 Fri. Northern Illinois W, 7-1 18 Sat. Northern Illinois W, 10-5 RHP Nick Williams (2-4, 3.93) 2012 Record: 22-22, 7-14 SEC FRIDAY - 6 pm 19 Sun. Northern Illinois W, 7-2 SATURDAY - 1 pm RHP Robbie Kidd (2-2, 5.01) Head Coach: Dave Serrano 21 Tue. Western Kentucky W, 8-7 (13) 24 Fri. Seton Hall W, 9-2 SUNDAY - 2 pm TBA First year at UT (311-161-1) 25 Sat. Seton Hall W, 3-2 (11) 26 Sun. Seton Hall W, 10-2 L, 5-4 (10) Vanderbilt COMMODORES STARTING ROTATION 28 Tue. MTSU MARCH 2012 Record: 21-23 FRIDAY - 6 pm RHP T.J. Pecoraro (0-2, 5.30) 2 Fri. vs. Houston & (ESPN3) L, 7-4 Head Coach: Tim Corbin SATURDAY - 1 pm RHP Tyler Beede (1-4, 4.18) 3 Sat. vs. #16 Texas & (LHN) W, 5-4 10th year at VU (397-212) 4 Sun. vs. #4 Rice & (ESPN3) L, 11-1 SUNDAY - 2 pm LHP Kevin Ziomek (3-6, 4.89) 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 Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Free Live Video: www.UTSports.com/AllAccess 16 Fri. at #19 Georgia * L, 4-0 Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Radio: WNML “The Sports Animal” AM 990/FM 99.1 17 Sat. at #19 Georgia * L, 10-5 or 99.3 with John Wilkerson and Roger Hoover 18 Sun. at #19 Georgia * W, 3-0 Facebook: www.FaceBook.com/VolBaseball 21 Wed. Florida International W, 4-3 (11) 23 Fri. #2 Kentucky * W, 4-1 TENNESSEE VS. VANDERBILT 24 Sat. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-2 Tennessee leads the all-time series with Vander25 Sun. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-0 (7) Friday Saturday Sunday bilt, 167-143-2, dating back to the first meeting be27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State W, 5-2 tween the two teams 115 years ago in 1897. 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State W, 8-4 30 Fri. Alabama * W, 10-8 The Vols have split the last 10 meetings with 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) W, 4-2 the Commodores, but VU swept last year’s series in APRIL Nashville by a combined score of 39-5. Sun. Alabama * W, 5-3 (7) Partly Cloudy Scattered T-Storms Scattered T-Storms 1 Ethan Bennett hit .455 (5-for-11) in the series 4 Wed. Memphis (FSSO) W, 6-3 86° | 68° | 30% 85° | 67° | 50% 84° | 67° | 50% 6 Fri. at #10 South Carolina * W, 5-4 against Vanderbilt last season, lauching his first ca7 Sat. at #10 South Carolina * (ESPNU) L, 2-1 reeer SEC home run. 8 Sun. at #10 South Carolina * L, 6-1 11 Wed. at ETSU L, 4-3 TENNESSEE TIDBITS Overall: Tennessee leads 167-143-2 13 Fri. #4 Florida * L, 3-1 Tennessee will without the services of usual Friday night In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 56-27 14 Sat. #4 Florida * (SPSO) W, 5-4 starter junior RHP Zack Godley (4-2, 3.52) for the second straight In Nashville: Vanderbilt leads 49-43 15 Sun. #4 Florida * L, 8-1 17 Tue. ETSU W, 5-4 week as he is doubtul with an oblique strain. Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads 5-2 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) L, 2-1 (11) Junior RHP Drew Steckenrider has found a home in the Last 10 Meetings: Tied 5-5 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * L, 7-1 Tennessee bullpen this season. In a team-high 20 relief appear21 Sat. at Mississippi State * L, 3-2 (14) 24 Tue. Austin Peay L, 8-4 ances, he has a 1.97 ERA (7 ER) over 45.2 innings. He is averag- LAST 10 MEETINGS 27 Fri. at Auburn * L, 12-5 5/4/2008 Knoxville L, 8-10 ing 11.43 strikeouts per nine innings (58 total) and is holding 28 Sat. at Auburn * L, 12-3 Nashville W, 8-6 opposing hitters to a miniscule .176 batting average (26 hits). In 5/14/2009 29 Sun. at Auburn * L, 11-4 5/15/2009 Nashville W, 7-6 three starts, he was 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA. MAY 5/16/2009 Nashville W, 9-7 Among all NCAA Division I players, Steckenrider currently 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * 6 p.m. 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) 1 p.m. ranks 10th in hits allowed per nine innings (5.46) and 15th in 4/23/2010 Knoxville L, 1-10 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. strikeouts per nine innings (11.09). He also ranks second in the 4/25/2010 Knoxville (11) W, 4-2 9 Wed. at Memphis (FOX SS) 6:30 p.m. CT SEC with a .184 opposing batting average and fourth with 69 4/25/2010 Knoxville (7) W, 4-3 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * 6:30 p.m. CT strikeouts, including a league-high 29 punchouts looking. 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. CT 4/29/2011 Nashville L, 1-10 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * 1:30 p.m. CT Senior Zach Osborne has been named to the 50-person 4/30/2011 Nashville L, 1-10 15 Tue. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT 2012 Brooks Robinson Shortstop of the Year Award Watch List 5/1/2011 Nashville L, 3-19 17 Thu. Arkansas * 6 p.m. by the College Baseball Hall of Fame. 18 Fri. Arkansas * 6 p.m. With 536 career defensive assists, Osborne has already broken 19 Sat. Arkansas * 4 p.m. the school record previously set by fellow Louisville native and bearer of the number two UT jersey Chris Burke (524). Home Games in Bold Osborne is currently second among all regular SEC shortstops with a .982 fielding percentage and four *-SEC Game & - Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park) errors, behind only Florida’s Nolan Fontana (.986, three errors).
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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 @VandyBaseball, 167-143-2, dating back 115 years to 1897. UT senior @ZOzzie2 has been named to the 2012 Brooks Robinson Shortstop of the Year Award Watch List by @CollegeDiamonds. Freshman @Willmaddox1 tops @Vol_Baseball with a .302 batting average, 51 hits and 13 multi-hit games this season. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes C
21
Ethan Bennett
So. .187
2
10 Hit .455 (5-for-11) with his first SEC HR vs. VU last year
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .275
1
15 Hit .390 (23x59, 11 RBIs) during month of March
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .302
1
18 Has a team-leading 13 multi-hit games this year
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .240
0
4
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .268
0
14 Just 15th player in UT history with 200+ hits (215)
Has at least one hit in 14 of his last 19 games (18-for-67)
LF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .271
2
19 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .257
2
24 Has 14 career OF assists, most by any Vol since 2000
RF
23
Jared Allen
Fr. .203
1
10 Tied with Fritts and Pierce for team lead w/ 11 HBP
DH
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .220
5
17 First player to hit HR off of SC’s Michael Roth this year Page 1