Tennessee Baseball Game Notes vs. Ole Miss - 3/25-27

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TENNESSEE (17-4, 1-2) vs. OLE MISS (16-6, 1-2)

2011 SCHEDULE (17-4, 1-2)

Home: 14-2 | Away: 3-2 | Neutral: 0-0 | Vs. Top 25: 0-0 Date FEBRUARY 18 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Sun. 25 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Sun. MARCH 4 Fri. 5 Sat. 6 Sun. 8 Tue. 9 Wed. 11 Fri. 12 Sat. 13 Sun. 15 Tue. 16 Wed. 18 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Sun. 23 Wed. 25 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Sun. 30 Wed. APRIL 1 Fri. 2 Sat. 3 Sun. 5 Tue. 7 Thu. 8 Fri. 9 Sat. 12 Tue. 14 Thu. 15 Fri. 16 Sat. 20 Wed. 22 Fri. 23 Sat. 24 Sun. 26 Tue. 27 Wed. 29 Fri. 30 Sat. MAY 1 Sun. 6 Fri. 7 Sat. 8 Sun. 11 Wed. 13 Fri. 14 Sat. 15 Sun. 17 Tue. 19 Thu. 20 Fri. 21 Sat.

Opponent (TV)

Time/Result

Milwaukee= Milwaukee Milwaukee Canisius Canisius Canisius Bradley Indiana Morehead State New Orleans New Orleans Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Alabama A&M at Austin Peay *at Kentucky *at Kentucky *at Kentucky at Lipscomb *Ole Miss *Ole Miss (SS) *Ole Miss (SS) UNC Asheville

Knoxville, Tenn. • Robert M. Lindsay Field at Lindsey Nelson Stadium • March 25-27 FRIDAY, MARCH 25 -- 6 p.m. LHP Steven Gruver (3-1, 2.08) vs. LHP Matt Crouse (5-0, 1.34)

W, 4-0 W, 7-6 L, 6-9 W, 4-0 W, 6-2 W, 9-4 W, 7-3 L, 6-3 W, 10-8 W, 14-0 (7 Inn.) W, 18-4 W, 4-2 W, 11-5 W, 3-2 (7 inn.) W, 15-1 W, 9-1 W, 5-3 L, 3-5 W, 12-8 L, 3-7 W, 7-3 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

*at Florida (CSS) 7 p.m. *at Florida (CSS) 1 p.m. *at Florida 1 p.m. Presbyterian College 6 p.m. *South Carolina (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. *South Carolina 6 p.m. *South Carolina (SS) Noon Appalachian State 7 p.m. *at Alabama (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT *at Alabama 6:30 p.m. CT *at Alabama 5 p.m. CT Western Carolina 7 p.m. *Georgia 6 p.m. *Georgia 4 p.m. *Georgia 2 p.m. MTSU 7 p.m. at Tennessee Tech 6 p.m. CT *at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. CT *at Vanderbilt (CSS) Noon CT *at Vanderbilt *Mississippi State *Mississippi State *Mississippi State (SS) at MTSU *at LSU (CST) *at LSU (CSS) *at LSU Belmont *Auburn *Auburn *Auburn

1 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. CT 7 p.m. CT 3 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m.

Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game 2011 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 -- 3 p.m. (SportSouth) LHP Rob Catapano (2-0, 3.27) vs. RHP David Goforth (0-3, 2.87) SUNDAY, MARCH 27 -- 2 p.m. (SportSouth) RHP Levi Dean (4-0, 1.35) vs. LHP Austin Wright (2-2, 3.95)

WEATHER FORECAST

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Friday Saturday Sunday Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Radio: FM 99.1/99.3 "The Sports Animal" with John Wilkerson and Kyle Hixson TV (Sat./Sun.): SportSouth with Bob Kesling Partly Cloudy Rain Showers and Rusty Ensor (Comcast Ch. 58) 63° | 50° | 10% 59° | 55° | 70% 62° | 48° | 30% LAST TIME OUT FOR THE VOLS uAfter dropping two of three on the road at Kentucky last weekend, The Big Orange got back on track on Wednesday evening as it closed out its season-long, five-game road trip with a 7-3 triumph over Lipscomb in Nashville. All nine Tennessee starters had at least one hit, while nine UT pitchers combined to allow just five, as the Volunteers improved to 17-4 on the season. UT waited out a rain delay of one hour, 31 minutes prior to the start of the contest before its offense erupted for seven runs on 16 hits to give Todd Raleigh his 100th victory at the helm of the Tennessee program. It was just another day at the plate for senior Khayyan Norfork who added three more hits to his SEC-leading total of 40. Those 40 hits have come in just 80 at-bats through the first 21 games as his batting average remained at an even .500. The Ripley, Tenn., native also stole a base and knocked in a run. Fellow classmate Josh Liles collected a pair of base-hits as well, as both players improved their hitting streaks to career-high strings of 12 games. Freshman Carter Watson picked up his fourth win of the year. As a team, nine Volunteer pitches combined to strike out 13, while walking just two over the course of the nine full frames. SCOUTING OLE MISS Ole Miss posted a 2-2 record last week before downing Samford, 3-0, on Tuesday to pick up its eighth shutout in the last eight games and move to 15-6 overall. Last week, the Rebels shutout Jackson State before blanking Alabama in the series opener on Friday night. Ole Miss then dropped the last two games of the series to the Crimson Tide by two runs each. Following the shutout of the Crimson Tide on Friday night, the Rebels had allowed only one run in 45.0 innings of baseball, the best stretch of pitching since the 1960 squad allowed only four runs in 54.0 innings of baseball. The streak reached 48.2 innings before Alabama scored its first run of the weekend in the fourth inning of Saturday’s game. Junior LHP Matt Crouse has continued his stellar performance on the mound with the win on Friday night against Alabama. Crouse worked 6.2 innings in the combined shutout, marking back-to-back Friday night shutouts for the Rebels. Crouse has now pitched 16.2 consecutive scoreless innings since allowing a run in the fourth inning against Tulane on March 4 in a 5-1 Rebel win. Crouse has allowed only one run in the last 20.2 innings of work and the southpaw is now 5-0 on the year with 29 strikeouts, two walks and a 1.34 ERA. Tanner Mathis continued to be solid at the plate, hitting .429 for the week with a .500 on base percentage and slugging percentage. Matt Smith also was hot at the plate, hitting .400 for the week with a .700 slugging percentage. Jake Morgan picked up his fifth save of the season against Alabama on Friday night, moving his record to 2-0 and five saves in eight appearances this season. THIS WEEKEND'S PROMOTIONS Friday: $1 Hot Dogs / Knox County Schools Night: Donate two school supplies and receive free admission Saturday: Bingo Night – Play for your chance to win Chick-fil-a for a year Trading Card Set #1: First 500 fans will receive the first set of seven trading cards Sunday: Kids 17 & under get in free and will receive a coupon for free food and drink. They can also run the bases and get autographs from the team on the field post-game

PROBABLE UT STARTERS

Avg. HR RBI Notes

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

.258 .329 .500 .403 .338 .283 .326 .250 .348

28 33 8 13 2 7 1 12 21

Matt Ramsey Jr. Josh Liles Sr. Khayyan Norfork Sr. Matt Duffy Sr. Zach Osborne Jr. Chris Fritts Jr. Andrew Toles Fr. Charley Thurber Jr. Ethan Bennett Fr.

0 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 4

3 14 22 26 11 10 17 8 19

Also has two saves as the team's closer Has raised batting avg. 162 pts during 12-game hit streak Leads the nation with a .608 on-base percentage Leads all SEC players in RBIs, fourth in OBP Has started 130 of 131 games at SS since arriving at UT Hitting .368 (7-for-19) with two outs Ranks 3rd in SEC with 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts Has four of team's seven outfield assists Had six straight multiple RBI games (3/9-3/16) Page 1


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