Tennessee-Vanderbilt 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 (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


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