TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (23-24) at MEMPHIS (23-24)
2012 SCHEDULE
May 9 |FedEx Park | Memphis, Tenn.
Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION LHP Brandon Zajac (0-1, 12.27)
2012 Record: 23-24, 8-16 SEC WEDNESDAY Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (312-163-1)
Memphis
TIGERS STARTING PITCHER
2012 Record: 23-24 WEDNESDAY Head Coach: Daron Schoenrock Eighth year at UM (225-300)
LHP Michael Wills (3-1, 4.07)
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TENNESSEE VS. MEMPHIS
Tennessee claimed a 6-3 victory against Memphis earlier this season, in the first meeting between the two teams in 27 years. The Vols trail the all-time series with the Tigers, 19-12, including an 0-13 mark in the city of Memphis.
Weather Forecast Wednesday
TENNESSEE TIDBITS
Sunny Tennessee hosted the Knoxville Challenger League at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Monday evening. 79° | 53° | 10% Senior Zach Osborne and junior Drew Steckenrider have been named to the watch lists for the Brooks Robinson Shortstop of the Year and John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Overall: Memphis leads 19-12 awards, respectively, by the College Baseball Hall of Fame. In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 11-4 Tennessee has welcomed 57,434 fans into Lindsey Nelson In Memphis: Memphis leads 13-0 Stadium this season, the second-highest attendance total in At Unknown Sites: Memphis leads 2-1 school history. Steckenrider has found a home in the Tennessee bullpen Last 10 Meetings: Tied 5-5 this season. In a team-high 21 relief appearances, he has a 2.39 LAST 10 MEETINGS ERA (13 ER) over 49.0 innings. He is averaging 11.39 strikeouts 3/25/1987 Memphis L, 5-7 per nine innings (62 total) and is holding opposing hitters to a 2/27/1988 Knoxville W, 6-3 miniscule .185 batting average (30 hits). In three starts, he was 2/28/1988 Knoxville W, 5-4 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA. 2/24/1990 Memphis L, 1-24 Among all NCAA Division I players, Steckenrider currently 2/25/1990 Memphis L, 1-2 ranks 11th in hits allowed per nine innings (5.77) and 12th in W, 7-6 strikeouts per nine innings (11.08). He also ranks second in the 4/10/1991 Knoxville 3/24/1993 Memphis L, 3-6 SEC with a .191 opposing batting average and fifth with 73 3/24/1993 Memphis (7) L, 0-3 strikeouts, including a league-high 31 punchouts looking. Knoxville W, 17-5 With 541 career defensive assists, Osborne has already broken 3/4/1995 the school record previously set by fellow Louisville native and 4/4/2012 Knoxville W, 6-3 bearer of the number two UT jersey Chris Burke (524). He currently ranks fifth in school history with 208 games played. Osborne is currently second among all regular SEC shortstops with a .982 fielding percentage and four errors, behind only Florida’s Nolan Fontana (.986, three errors).
Series Breakdown
weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less. The @Vol_Baseball team trails in the all-time series against @UofMBaseball, 12-19, including an 0-13 mark in the city of Memphis. UT’s @ZOzzie2 and Drew Steckenrider have been named to the Brooks Robinson & John Olerud Award Watch Lists respectively, by @CollegeDiamonds Freshman @Willmaddox1 has hit safely in seven straight games, while junior @Dmorgan250 has a sixgame hitting streak. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
(23-24, 8-16 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. #4 Florida * L, 3-1 14 Sat. #4 Florida * (SPSO) W, 5-4 15 Sun. #4 Florida * L, 8-1 17 Tue. ETSU W, 5-4 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) L, 2-1 (11) 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * L, 7-1 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * L, 3-2 (14) 24 Tue. Austin Peay L, 8-4 27 Fri. at Auburn * L, 12-5 28 Sat. at Auburn * L, 12-3 29 Sun. at Auburn * L, 11-4 MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * W, 8-2 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) L, 7-4 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * L, 12-6 9 Wed. at Memphis (SPSO) 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. .194
3
12 Hit third HR of the year, 10th of his career last Friday
1B
30
Davis Morgan
Sr. .280
1
15 Has six-game hitting streak (.304, 4 R, 3 2B, 4 BB)
2B
1
Will Maddox
Fr. .300
2
19 Hitting .308 (8x26) w/ 5 R, 3 2B, HR, 3 SB in 7-game streak
3B
11
Zach Luther
Jr. .250
0
6
SS
12
Zach Osborne
Sr. .259
0
15 Just 15th player in UT history with 200+ hits (217)
LF
5
Chris Pierce
Sr. .271
2
21 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010
CF
7
Chris Fritts
Jr. .252
2
26 Has 14 career OF assists, most by any Vol since 2000
RF
23
Jared Allen
Fr. .190
1
10 Third on the team with 11 HBP in just 84 AB
DH
20
Drew Steckenrider Jr. .252
5
24 Hit .571 (8x14) w/ 5 2B, 7 RBIs vs. Vanderbilt last week
Has at least one hit in 15 of his last 20 games (20-for-70)
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