Tennessee Baseball at USA Baseball-Irish Classic Game Notes

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2013 USA BASEBALL-IRISH CLASSIC march 1-3 » national training complex » cary, n.c. Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION

Irish Classic

OPPONENT STARTING PITCHERS

FRIDAY 2013 Record: 3-5 Head Coach: Dave Serrano SATURDAY Second year at UT (316-175-1) SUNDAY

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NOTRE DAME RHP Sean Fitzgerald (Jr., 1-0, 4.76) UMASS LHP Conor LeBlanc (So., 0-0, 0.00) VIRGINIA TECH RHP Devin Burke (Jr., 2-0, 0.66)

#22 Notre Dame: 5-1 UMass: 0-0 #25 Virginia Tech: 8-1

AT FIRST GLANCE

RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF ROOKIES

¢ With 18 freshmen on this year’s roster, Tennessee set the school record for the highest percentage of true freshmen on an Opening Day roster when it hit the field last Friday in Las Vegas. True freshmen make up 56.25 percent of this year’s roster, with 18 of 32 players. That breaks the previous record of 53.66 percent previously set in 1989. ¢ Most True Freshmen (Pct.), UT History Year Fr. Total Pct. of Freshmen 2013 18 32 56.25% 1989 22 41 53.66% 2006 13 29 44.83% ¢ The 18 true freshmen on the Opening Day roster also ranks second in school history behind only the 1989 season when the Vols had an incredible 22. ¢ Most True Freshmen (Total), UT History 1989 22 2013 18 2012 13 2006 13 ¢ The 18 true freshmen tie for the most of any team in NCAA D-I this season, matching Florida A&M.

AND THEY PLAY TOO...

¢ During its first two weekends of action, Tennessee played a total of 14 true freshmen, the most of any school in the nation. The next closest teams have used 11 true freshmen. ¢ 2013 NCAA Most True Freshmen Played 14 Tennessee 11 Purdue 11 Florida 11 Radford 11 Florida A&M 11 St. John’s 11 Florida 11 Virginia 11 Northern Illinois ¢ The Vols set the school record for most true freshmen in an Opening Day starting lineup as well. With five in the lineup against UNLV on Feb. 15, the Vols topped the previous mark of four set during the 1989 campaign when true freshmen Mike Basse, Jason Imperial, Shawn McDonnell and Lar Gilligan earned starting nods in the first game. ¢ Freshman Andrew Lee also accomplished a rare feat on Opening Day, becoming the first true freshman

PROBABLE UT STARTERS C 22 David Houser 1B 5 Scott Price 2B 2 Taylor Smart 3B 1 Will Maddox SS 10 A.J. Simcox LF 8 Vance Vizcaino CF 35 Pierce Bily RF 20 Christin Stewart DH 24 Andrew Lee

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RHP Zack Godley (Sr., 0-1, 6.75) LHP Andy Cox (Fr., 1-1, 6.48) RHP Aaron Quillen (Fr., 0-0, 3.38)

Weather Forecast Friday

Saturday

Mostly Sunny 52° | 30° | 0%

Sunday

Mostly Cloudy Mostly Sunny 48° | 29° | 10% 47° | 26° | 10%

BROADCAST INFORMATION Live Audio: “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1/AM 990 with John Wilkerson Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball

INSIDE THE SERIES UT vs. ND: UT, 4-1 4/9/66 Knoxville (7) W, 4-0 W, 8-5 UT vs. UMass: First Meeting 3/17/94 Seattle Series History vs. VT (Last 5): UT vs. VT: Va Tech, 9-7 4/30/96 Kingsport L, 2-3 Series History vs. ND: 4/29/97 Kingsport W, 2-1 4/14/24 Knoxville W, 7-2 4/28/98 Kingsport W, 11-3 4/22/27 Knoxville L, 1-13 2/19/00 Charleston L, 3-5 4/9/66 Knoxville (7) W, 4-2 4/24/01 Kingsport W, 7-4

since 1990 to hit in the cleanup slot for the Vols on the first day of a new season. The last UT player to do so was Doug Hecker against ETSU on Feb. 21, 1990.

TEAM 104

¢ The strength of this year’s team looks to be the chemistry and closeness the players have developed. One of their primary battle cries has been “Team 104,” representing the fact that they are the 104th team in UT baseball history. ¢ As part of developing that family dynamic, the Vols all wear “Team 104” dog tags with the words, “Character, Discipline and Effort” engraved on them. ¢ This year’s Volunteer squad, the second under hed coach Dave Serrano, consists of 11 returning players and 21 newcomers, including 18 true freshmen.

Avg. HR RBI Notes .231 .344 .211 .389 .182 .292 .333 .296 .125

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3 3 1 5 3 4 4 5 0

Holds Perfect Game pop-time record at 1.75 seconds Perfect 5-for-5 in UT debut w/ 4 singles, double Was 2-for-3 with 2 runs, RBI in UT’s win at UNLV Just third freshman since 1980 to lead UT in batting avg. Son of former UT asst. Larry Simcox, UT batboy during 90s Drafted in 31st round by NY Mets in 2012 Had three hits, RBI in 14-inning game at UNLV (2/17) Tied Georgia state HS career HR record with 69 1st freshman since 1990 to hit cleanup on Opening Day

THE RECORD

2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall Record:

3-5

SEC 0-0 Non-conference 3-5 Home 2-2 Away 1-3 NEUTRAL 0-0

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 ^ 6:30 p.m. March 2 vs. UMass ^ 3 p.m. March 3 vs. #25 Virginia Tech ^ Noon March 5 Belmont 6 p.m. March 8 Alcorn State 6 p.m. March 9 Alcorn State Noon March 10 Alcorn State Noon March 12 Western Kentucky 6 p.m. March 13 Western Kentucky 6 p.m. March 15 at Alabama * 7:35 p.m. March 16 at Alabama * 7:05 p.m. March 17 at Alabama * 2:05 p.m. March 20 Western Carolina 6 p.m. March 22 Missouri * 4 p.m. March 23 Missouri * 2 p.m. March 24 Missouri * 6 p.m. March 26 Tennessee Tech 7:30 p.m. March 29 at Vanderbilt * 7 p.m. March 30 at Vanderbilt * (CSS) 7 p.m. March 31 at Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. April 2 Longwood 3 p.m. April 5 South Carolina * 6 p.m. April 6 South Carolina (SPSO) * 12:30 p.m. April 7 South Carolina * 2 p.m. April 9 at ETSU 7:05 p.m. April 12 at Kentucky * 6:30 p.m. April 13 at Kentucky * 2 p.m. April 14 at Kentucky * 1 p.m. April 16 vs. Virginia Tech & 6 p.m. April 19 Ole Miss * 6 p.m. April 20 Ole Miss * 4 p.m. April 21 Ole Miss (ESPNU) * 2 p.m. April 23 at MTSU 7 p.m. April 26 at Florida * 7 p.m. April 27 at Florida * 7 p.m. April 28 at Florida * 1 p.m. April 30 MTSU 6 p.m. 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.) & Hokey-Smokey Classic (Greeneville, Tenn.) All times Eastern


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