Tennessee Baseball Game Notes - Auburn Series (5/19-21)

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2011 SCHEDULE (23-28, 5-22)

Home: 18-15 | Away: 5-13 | Neutral: 0-0 | Vs. Top 25: 2-10 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. 16 Sat.. 20 Wed. 22 Fri. 23 Sat. 24 Sun. 27 Wed. 29 Fri. 30 Sat. MAY 1 Sun. 6 Fri. 7 Sat. 8 Sun. 10 Tue. 11 Wed. 13 Fri. 14 Sat. 15 Sun. 17 Tue. 19 Thu. 20 Fri. 21 Sat.

Opponent (TV)

Knoxville, Tenn. • Lindsey Nelson Stadium • May 19-21

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

TENNESSEE (23-28, 5-22) vs. AUBURN (28-25, 13-14) THURSDAY, MAY 19 -- 6 p.m. ET LHP Steven Gruver (4-7, 4.08) vs. RHP Jon Luke Jacobs (1-3, 3.44)

W, 4-0 W, 7-6 L, 9-6 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, 5-3 W, 12-8 L, 7-3 W, 7-3 L, 6-1 W, 6-4 L, 8-0 W, 14-6

*at #3 Florida (CSS) L, 3-0 *at #3 Florida (CSS) L, 11-2 *at #3 Florida L, 9-1 Presbyterian College L, 10-6 *#3 South Carolina (ESPNU) L, 4-0 *#3 South Carolina L, 2-0 *#3 South Carolina (SS) L, 2-1 Appalachian State L, 6-5 *at Alabama (ESPNU) L, 2-8 *at Alabama W, 2-1 (7 inn.) *at Alabama W, 1-0 (7 inn.) Western Carolina Postponed *Georgia W, 5-4 (10 inn.) *Georgia L. 8-6 *Georgia L, 5-3 at Tennessee Tech Postponed *at Vanderbilt L, 10-1 *at Vanderbilt (CSS) L, 10-1 *at Vanderbilt *Mississippi State *Mississippi State *Mississippi State (SS) MTSU at MTSU *at LSU (CST) *at LSU (CSS) *at LSU Belmont *Auburn *Auburn *Auburn

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

L, 19-3 L, 16-5 L, 5-3 L, 5-2 W, 5-4 L, 12-3 L, 9-0 L, 8-1 L, 15-5 L, 6-3 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 20 -- 6 p.m. ET RHP Nick Blount (1-4, 5.52) vs. RHP Derek Varnadore (5-2, 3.60) SATURDAY, MAY 21 -- 2 p.m. ET TBA vs. TBA

WEATHER FORECAST Thursday Friday Saturday

BROADCAST INFORMATION 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

Partly Cloudy 78° | 58° | 20%

Live Video: www.UTSports.com

Partly Cloudy 83° | 63° | 20%

Partly Cloudy 89° | 66° | 10%

NOTING THE VOLUNTEERS The Tennessee baseball team will close out the 2011 campaign this weekend with a three-game series against Auburn at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Thursday through Saturday. The first two games are set to start at 6 p.m. and first pitch for the series finale will be at 2 p.m. Prior to Saturday’s contest, the Big Orange will honor its five seniors – Rob Catapano, Matt Duffy, Tyler Horne, Josh Liles and Khayyan Norfork. Liles enters the weekend right on the verge of moving into the record book in a wide variety of career records for the Big Orange. Already 10th in games played, one more contest will move him into a tie with Chris Burke at 186 for the ninth-most in school history. One more at-bat, meanwhile, will place him in a tie with J.P. Arencibia for 10th all-time with 690. Five more ABs would move him past Jeff Pickler (691) and Justin Parker (693) and give him sole possession of eighth on that chart. One more sacrifice fly would also tie him for 10th and finally, Liles could become just the 15th player in Tennessee history to record 200 career hits if he can record five this weekend. The Vols will go with junior southpaw Steven Gruver (4-7, 4.08) on Thursday night and sophomore righthander Nick Blount (1-4, 5.52) on Friday. Saturday's starter is still yet to be determined. For the most up-to-date information on Volunteer baseball, visit www.UTSports.com/baseball and follow @ Vol_Baseball on Twitter. SCOUTING THE TIGERS Auburn enters the final weekend of the SEC season in a four-way tie for first in the SEC West and will face Tennessee in the final weekend. Auburn holds the tie-breaker on four of the five other SEC West teams with the lone exception being Mississippi State. In order to clinch a spot in next week's SEC Tournament, Auburn needs to win just once in Knoxville. Two wins over the weekend will also insure Auburn of an above .500 record post-SEC Tournament, which is the requirement for an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament. Auburn is trying to capture a second straight SEC West title, a feat it hasn't accomplished since 1964-65 when it won back-to-back SEC East crowns. Auburn is also trying to clinch a second straight SEC Tournament berth, something it hasn't done since it went seven consecutive years from 1997-2003 . Freshman RHP Dillon Ortman picked up a win and a save in the doubleheader sweep of Alabama, getting the win in the first game and the save in the second. In 3.0 innings, he allowed a run on four hits while striking out three without walking a batter. Senior outfielder Justin Fradejas is on a tear of late, collecting a multi-hit game in 10 of the last 15 games he has played in, upping his average from .295 to .327. Auburn is 78-34 all-time against Tennessee and 33-15 in Knoxville, winning its last five series there. Auburn (28-25, 13-14 SEC) will employ the same rotation it has used over the last few weekends, starting Jr. RHP Jon Luke Jacobs (1-3, 3.44) on Thursday and Jr. RHP Derek Varnadore (5-2, 3.60) on Friday while waiting to determine its Saturday starter.

PROBABLE UT STARTERS

Avg. HR RBI Notes

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

.263 .255 .339 .309 .337 .257 .263 .205 .238

21 43 8 13 12 33 1 20 12

Ethan Bennett Fr. Davis Morgan Jr. Khayyan Norfork Sr. Matt Duffy Sr. Zach Osborne Jr. Josh Liles Sr. Andrew Toles Fr. Drew Steckenrider So. Charley Thurber Jr.

6 1 4 6 1 0 1 0 2

24 11 37 37 19 22 24 1 12

Hit first SEC home run at Vanderbilt (4/30) Has started last eight games at 1B for the Vols Has hit .301 w/ 7 HR, 62 RBIs, 42 SB in two years at UT Has hit .306 w/ 10 HR, 78 RBIs in two years at UT Second all-time at UT with 21 career sac bunts Needs 5 hits to become 15th UT player with 200 20 SBs are the third-most ever by a UT freshman Saw first action at the plate at Vanderbilt (4/29-5/1) Hit .500 (5-for-10) at LSU after missing 14 games Page 1


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