Tennessee Baseball Game Notes vs. Georgia (5/3-5/13)

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MAY 3-5 » LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM (4,283) » KNOXVILLE, TENN. Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION

Georgia

BULLDOGS STARTING ROTATION

FRIDAY 2013 Record: 18-25, 6-15 Head Coach: Dave Serrano SATURDAY Second year at UT (331-194-1) SUNDAY

2013 Record: 16-28, 4-16 FRIDAY Head Coach: David Perno SATURDAY 12th year at UGA (385-331-1) SUNDAY

AT FIRST GLANCE

Friday

¢ Tennessee currently leads the SEC having played 16 one-run games this season. The Vols are 6-10 in those contests. ¢ That total also ranks third in UT history, behind only the 2005 and 2007 campaigns in which it played 18 one-run games.  Tennessee All-Time One-Run Games

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Sunday

Partly Cloudy Rain Scattered T-Storms 73° | 56° | 0% 61° | 55° | 70% 59° | 54° | 60%

BROADCAST INFORMATION

INSIDE THE SERIES

¢ The Vols are second in the SEC with 72 stolen bases in 100 attempts. ¢ UT has grounded into just 13 double plays this year, four fewer than any other SEC team. ¢ Senior Zack Godley leads the SEC with four complete games - including an active streak of three straight - and is the only league pitcher with two shutouts this season. ¢ Godley is averaging 7.48 innings per start and has a team-best 2.8-to-1 K:BB ratio in his 11 starts this year, leads the league with 84.1 total innings under his belt and is fourth with 73 strikeouts. ¢ Sophomore Will Maddox ranks seventh in the SEC in hits (62) and ninth in batting average (.354). ¢ Maddox is also just five behind Vanderbilt’s Tony Kemp for the league lead in stolen bases with 18, but has done it in 12 fewer attempts (21-33). ¢ During his recent seven-game hitting streak, Ethan Bennett hit .455 (10-for-22) with three RBIs and

PROBABLE UT STARTERS

Saturday

Radio: WNML with John Wilkerson, Vince Ferrara TV (Sat.): CSS with Mike Morgan, Rusty Ensor TV (Sun.): ESPNU with Mike Morgan, Chris Burke Video (Fri.): www.UTSports.com/allaccess Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball

Pct. Overall .667 34-25 .667 46-21 .375 18-25 .563 27-29 .688 28-28 .375 28-31 .563 26-16

QUICK HITS

C 21 Ethan Bennett 1B 5 Scott Price 2B 2 Taylor Smart SS 10 A.J. Simcox 3B 1 Will Maddox LF 40 Vincent Jackson CF 17 Derek Lance RF 35 Pierce Bily DH 20 Christin Stewart

RHP Bryan Benzor (Sr., 3-2, 4.38) RHP Sean McLaughlin (Fr., 4-5, 3.14) LHP Blake Dieterich (Sr., 2-2, 2.67)

Weather Forecast

ENOUGH CLOSE CALLS, ALREADY

Year Total Record 2007 18 12-6 2005 18 12-6 2013 16 6-10 2008 16 9-7 1999 16 11-5 1990 16 6-10 1983 16 9-7

RHP Zack Godley (Sr., 4-5, 2.88) RHP Nick Williams (Jr., 2-3, 4.94) RHP Aaron Quillen (Fr., 1-3, 6.33)

Overall: Tennessee leads 115-105 In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 65-40 Last 10 Meetings: Tied, 5-5 LAST FIVE MEETINGS 4/23/11 Knoxville L, 6-8 4/24/11 Knoxville L, 3-5 3/16/12 Athens L, 0-4 3/17/12 Athens L, 5-10 3/18/12 Athens W, 3-0 six runs scored. He also has four doubles, two triples and a home run. ¢ Of Bennett’s 71 career hits, 36 have gone for extra bases (20 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR) ¢ Freshman A.J. Simcox leads the Vols with a .351 (26-for-74) batting average in SEC play. That also stands second among the league’s true freshmen behind only LSU’s Alex Bregman (.379). ¢ Freshman Jeff Moberg ranks 22nd in the nation and fourth in the SEC with 12 sacrifice bunts.

Avg. HR RBI Notes .309 .340 .267 .284 .354 .296 .111 .286 .277

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Of his 71 career hits, 36 have gone for extra bases Had 3 hits in 2 starts at Florida after missing 5 games Has hit in seven different spots in the lineup this year UT’s leading hitter with .351 avg. (26x74) in SEC play Soph’s 96 career starts are the most on the UT roster Third on team with .325 avg. (25x77) in SEC play Had RBI double in 4-2 win over Florida (4/28) Leads all UT players with 12 RBIs in SEC games Hitting .400 (22x55) with runners on base

2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

TENNESSEE (18-25, 6-15) vs. GEORGIA (16-28, 4-16)

Overall Record:

18-25

SEC 6-15 Non-conference 12-10 Home 10-11 Away 6-12 NEUTRAL 2-2

THE SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Feb. 15 at UNLV L, 9-10 Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-1) W, 8-3 (7) Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-2) L, 4-5 Feb. 17 at UNLV L, 2-3 (14) Feb. 22 #20 Arizona State L, 0-4 Feb. 23 #20 Arizona State W, 11-2 Feb. 24 #20 Arizona State L, 1-5 Feb. 26 ETSU W, 9-7 March 1 vs. #22 Notre Dame ^ L, 2-3 (12) March 2 vs. UMass ^ W, 6-4 March 3 vs. #25 Virginia Tech ^ L, 3-7 March 5 Belmont Postponed March 8 Alcorn State W, 16-0 March 9 Alcorn State W, 13-6 March 10 Alcorn State W, 12-4 March 12 Western Kentucky W, 4-0 March 13 Western Kentucky W, 5-4 (10) March 15 at Alabama * L, 1-12 March 16 at Alabama * W, 7-6 March 17 at Alabama * L, 1-15 March 20 Western Carolina W, 10-5 March 22 Missouri * W, 4-0 March 23 Missouri * (DH-1) W, 7-6 March 23 Missouri * (DH-2) L, 14-6 March 26 Tennessee Tech Postponed March 29 at #3 Vanderbilt * L, 3-4 (12) March 30 at #3 Vanderbilt * (CSS) L, 3-8 March 31 at #3 Vanderbilt * L, 8-12 April 2 Longwood L, 5-7 April 5 #11 South Carolina * L, 4-5 April 6 #11 South Carolina (SPSO) * L, 8-12 April 7 #11 South Carolina * L, 2-19 April 9 at ETSU W, 4-3 April 12 at #13 Kentucky * L, 4-5 April 13 at #13 Kentucky * W, 10-9 April 14 at #13 Kentucky * W, 5-0 April 16 vs. Virginia Tech & W, 5-4 April 19 #17 Ole Miss * L, 0-5 April 20 #17 Ole Miss * L, 4-6 April 21 #17 Ole Miss (ESPNU) * L, 3-4 April 23 at MTSU L, 5-11 April 26 at Florida * L, 2-7 April 27 at Florida * L, 2-3 (10) April 28 at Florida * W, 4-2 April 30 MTSU L, 6-7 May 3 Georgia * 6 p.m. May 4 Georgia (CSS) * 7 p.m. May 5 Georgia (ESPNU) * 1 p.m. May 8 Arkansas State 6 p.m. May 10 at Arkansas * 7:35 p.m. May 11 at Arkansas * 7:05 p.m. May 12 at Arkansas (CSS) * 2:05 p.m. May 14 Morehead State 6 p.m. May 16 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. May 17 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. May 18 Texas A&M (SPSO) * 1 p.m. * Southeastern Conference game ^ USA Baseball-Irish Classic (Cary, N.C.) & Hokie-Smokey Classic (Greeneville, Tenn.) All times Eastern


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