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march 26 » LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM » KNOXVILLE, TENN. Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING PITCHER
Tennessee Tech
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TUESDAY 2013 Record: 13-10 Head Coach: Dave Serrano Second year at UT (326-180-1)
TUESDAY 2013 Record: 18-6 Head Coach: Matt Bragga 10th year at TTU (233-276-2)
¢ Tennessee won three of its four games last week, including taking the first two games against Missouri to win its first SEC series of the year and improve to 13-10 overall, 3-3 in league play. ¢ Senior RHP Zack Godley fired UT’s first complete-game shutout since 2006, blanking Missouri in the series opener on Friday, 4-0. The Bamberg, S.C., native finished with eight strikeouts and scattered five hits. The last UT pitcher to throw a nineinning shutout was Craig Cobb in a 19-0 win over LSU on April 8, 2006. ¢ Junior Pierce Bily handed UT its first SEC series victory of the season with a walk-off single in the first game of a doubleheader against Missouri on Saturday. The Anaheim, Calif., product led the Vols with a .533 batting average (8-for-15) for the wee, scoring three runs, driving in five others and stealing a base.
VOLS VS. CANCER
¢ The Tennessee baseball team will join forces with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to help fight childhood cancer by holding a head-shaving event on April 4 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. ¢ To help support the Vols and their fight against cancer, fans are encouraged to make donations online at Tennesssee.vs-cancer.org. Half of the money raised will be donated to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, while the other half will go to support cancer research nationwide. ¢ The Vs. Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving kids’ lives by empowering athletes and communities to fund lifesaving childhood cancer efforts. For more information, visit vs-cancer.org.
TWO-OUT PRODUCTION
Tennessee has thrived in pressure situations at the plate this season, hitting .332 (95-for-286) with two outs on the scoreboard, compared to a .251 average (127-of-506) with less than two outs. Of the team’s 120 RBIs, 70 of them (58.3 percent) have come with two outs. 21 Ethan Bennett 5 Scott Price 2 Taylor Smart 1 Will Maddox 10 A.J. Simcox 4 Parker Wormsley 35 Pierce Bily
RF 20 Christin Stewart DH 24 Andrew Lee
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QUICK STARTERS
Tennessee has scored in the first inning of 17 of its 23 games this season, totaling 21 runs so far in the opening frame. Since March 8, the Vols have scored in the first inning in eight of their 12 games, including a streak of six consecutive contests from March 8-15.
Avg. HR RBI Notes
Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr.
.250 .370 .296 .344 .219 .333 .338
1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fr. Fr.
.279 1 .214 0
5 14 7 15 11 8 14 9 8
Overall Record:
13-10
SEC 3-3 Non-conference 10-7 Home 10-3 Away 2-5 NEUTRAL 1-2
THE SCHEDULE
Tuesday
LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF
TBA
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AT FIRST GLANCE
PROBABLE UT STARTERS
RHP Aaron Quillen (Fr., 1-1, 5.76)
2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
TENNESSEE (13-10) vs. TENNESSEE TECH (18-6)
Hit 12th career home run against Missouri (3/23) Hitting .500 (16x32) w/ 8 RBIs in 8-game hit streak Has hit safely in 12 of last 14 games (17x52 - .327) Hitting .464 (13x28) with 10 RBIs with two outs Had 2-out, 2-RBI double in 7-6 win at Alabama (3/16) Has four multi-hit games in seven starts this year Hit .533 (8x15) last week; Had walk-off 1B vs. MU (3/23) Had walk-off HBP in 10th inning vs. WKU (3/13) Broke out w/ 4x5, 5-RBI game vs. Alcorn State (3/9)
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 6 p.m. March 29 at Vanderbilt * 7:30 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