Tennessee-Vanderbilt SEC Tournament Game Notes

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Tennessee 2014 Record: 31-22, 12-18 Head Coach: Dave Serrano 3rd year at UT (77-83)

Tuesday

Vanderbilt

COMMODORES PROBABLE STARTER

RHP Hunter Martin (Fr., 4-3, 3.12 ERA)

Tuesday

2014 Record: 40-16, 17-13 Head Coach: Tim Corbin 12th year at VU (611-383)

RHP Walker Buehler (So., 9-2, 2.31 ERA)

AT FIRST GLANCE

BROADCAST INFORMATION

HOOVER BOUND

¢ Thanks to a 7-5 victory over No. 13 Florida on the final day of the regular season, the Tennessee baseball team will make its first appearance in the postseason since 2007. The Volunteers are the 11-seed in the SEC Tournament and will face sixthseeded Vanderbilt in the event’s first game at 9:30 a.m. CT/10:30 a.m. ET. ¢ Tuesday’s matchup against the Commodores will be the fourth this season as the Vols won two of three games in Knoxville earlier this year. It is the 10th all-time showdown between the two squads in the SEC Tournament with UT holding a 6-3 record in the previous nine contests. ¢ Tennessee’s last postseason win was against Vanderbilt when the Big Orange opened the 2007 SEC Tournament with a 6-3 victory. James Adkins fired 8.1 innings of one-run ball on the mound while current Major Leaguers Yan Gomes and J.P. Arencibia each had a hit and an RBI for the Vols. ¢ During Friday’s quarterfinal matchups in Hoover, former Vol letterman and Tennessee Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Garner will be recognized as one of this year’s SEC Baseball Legends.

VOLS LOOK FOR THIRD WIN VS. VANDY

¢ Tennessee will be looking for its third win of the season against the Commodores having taken the series from them in Knoxville, April 4-6. ¢ Vanderbilt ace Tyler Beede settled in after a shaky first inning in the Friday opener, allowing just five hits and four runs while striking out six over eight innings. VU closer Carson Fulmer picked up his ninth save of the season with a perfect ninth. ¢ Tennessee got to Fulmer late in a marathon game Saturday. UT was down to its last strike with

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INSIDE THE SERIES Overall: UT leads 59-30 In Hoover: UT, 6-3 Last 10: VU, 7-3

This Season: 4/4/14 Knoxville L, 4-6 4/5/14 Knoxville W, 10-9 4/6/14 Knoxville W, 7-0

TENNESSEE IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT Appearances: 12 Last Appearance: 2007 Record: 25-21 (.543) Vs. Vanderbilt: UT, 6-3

5/19/94 Lexington W, 20-12 5/19/94 Lexington L, 1-4 5/19/94 Lexington W, 6-3 5/18/95 Knoxville L, 4-9 5/20/95 Knoxville W, 4-3 Series History: 5/23/07 Knoxville W, 6-4 5/20/93 Columbia W, 7-4 5/25/07 Knoxville L, 2-15 5/22/93 Columbia W, 11-5

the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, when freshman Nathaniel Maggio delivered a walk-off single to left field to lift the Vols to a 10-9 win to even the series. Sophomore Derek Lance was 2-for4 with four RBIs in the win. ¢ UT carried that momentum into Sunday’s rubber match, posting four runs through the first three innings en route to a 7-0 shutout. UT pitchers Kyle Serrano, Andy Cox and Andrew Lee combined for a two-hit shutout to lead the Vols to their first series win over Vandy since 2010. Christin Stewart and A.J. Simcox each had multi-hit games, with Stewart driving in three of the Vols’ seven runs.

PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes C 22 David Houser 1B 5 Scott Price 2B 1 Will Maddox 3B 2 Taylor Smart SS 10 A.J. Simcox LF 20 Christin Stewart CF 40 Vincent Jackson RF 17 Derek Lance DH 13 Nick Senzel

So. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. So. So. So. Fr.

.229 .292 .298 .298 .274 .336 .233 .286 .305

0 3 3 4 0 5 2 2 1

14 29 21 29 13 39 26 16 39

Thrown out 48% (12-of-25) of attempted base stealers Was 5-for-8 w/ walk-off 1B vs. Morehead St. (5/13) Second in the SEC with 24 stolen bases Hit two game-tying HRs in series vs. Florida Had two RBI singles in SEC Tournament clinching win Hitting .375 (42x112) w/ 25 R, 12 2B, 21 RBIs since 4/4 25 of his 26 RBIs have come with less than two outs Is 3-for-7 with 3 R, 1 HR, 5 RBIs vs. Vandy this year 2nd among SEC frosh in RBIs (37), 1st in OBP (.413)

2014 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

TENNESSEE (31-22) vs. VANDERBILT (40-16)

OVERALL RECORD:

31-22

SEC 12-18 NON-CONFERENCE 19-4 HOME 22-10 AWAY 9-12 NEUTRAL 0-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 28 March 1 March 2 March 4 March 5 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 11 March 14 March 15 March 15 March 18 March 21 March 22 March 23 March 28 March 29 March 30 April 1 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 8 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 15 April 16 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 22 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 29 May 1 May 2 May 3 May 6 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 13 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 20

OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Purdue W, 3-0 Purdue W, 20-2 Purdue W, 8-2 Appalachian State W, 5-3 #29 UNLV W, 8-7 #29 UNLV W, 5-4 #29 UNLV W, 4-2 Quinnipiac W, 13-2 Quinnipiac W, 4-3 (10) Quinnipiac W, 9-4 La Salle W, 14-0 La Salle W, 10-2 at #24 Arizona State L, 1-3 at #24 Arizona State W, 6-5 at #24 Arizona State W, 6-4 at Middle Tennessee W, 2-0 at Missouri * L, 2-5 at Missouri * W, 5-1 at Missouri * W, 4-1 Austin Peay W, 8-7 (12) #29 Auburn * L, 2-3 #29 Auburn (CSS) * L, 2-4 #29 Auburn * W, 8-6 at #2 South Carolina * L, 2-3 (14) at #2 South Carolina * L, 6-9 at #2 South Carolina * L, 0-8 ETSU L, 1-2 #4 Vanderbilt * L, 4-6 #4 Vanderbilt (CSS) * W, 10-9 #4 Vanderbilt * W, 7-0 at Tennessee Tech W, 10-1 at Georgia (ESPNU) * W, 5-3 at Georgia * L, 1-4 at Georgia * L, 4-7 vs. Virginia Tech & Cancelled Western Carolina W, 6-2 #8 Alabama * L, 5-8 #8 Alabama * L, 6-7 #8 Alabama * W, 10-9 at ETSU L, 7-9 at #6 LSU * L, 7-8 at #6 LSU (CST) * W, 6-3 at #6 LSU * L, 4-9 Middle Tennessee Cancelled Kentucky (ESPNU) * L, 1-15 Kentucky * W, 8-2 Kentucky (FSN) * W, 5-1 UNC Asheville L, 5-7 at Mississippi St * W, 4-2 at Mississippi St (CSS) * L, 0-1 (10) at Mississippi St (CBSSN) * L, 3-4 (12) Morehead State W, 14-13 (12) Florida * L, 5-6 (11) Florida * L, 2-4 Florida (CSS) * W, 7-5 vs. Vanderbilt $ (FSN) 10:30 a.m.

* Southeastern Conference game & Hokie-Smokey Classic (Salem, Va.) $ SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) All times Eastern


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