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2011 SCHEDULE (19-14, 2-10)
Home: 16-9 | Away: 3-5 | Neutral: 0-0 | Vs. Top 25: 0-6 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)
Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Sewell-Thomas Stadium • April 14-16
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 (19-14, 2-10) vs. #24 ALABAMA (22-13, 7-5) THURSDAY, APRIL 14 -- 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU) LHP Rob Catapano (2-2, 3.49) vs. RHP Nathan Kilcrease (4-2, 2.63)
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) 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
FRIDAY, APRIL 15 -- 7:30 p.m. ET LHP Steven Gruver (3-4, 2.93) vs. LHP Adam Morgan (4-2, 4.34) SATURDAY, APRIL 16 -- 6 p.m. ET TBA vs. RHP Trey Pilkington (1-2, 3.41)
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 TV (Thu.): ESPNU with Dave Neal, Kyle Peterson and Jenn Brown
Partly Cloudy Scattered T-Storms 83° | 57° | 10% 76° | 51° | 60%
Mostly Sunny 71° | 44° | 10%
NOTING THE VOLUNTEERS After hosting the inaugural ESPNU Thursday Night SEC Game of the Week against South Carolina on April 7 with a season-high 3,434 on hand at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Tennessee will take part in the event once again this Thursday in Tuscaloosa. The nationally-televised contest will open a three-game series between the Vols and 24th-ranked Alabama. Tennessee will be looking to get back into the win column for the first time this month as it has dropped eight straight, including a 6-5 setback to Appalachian State on Tuesday night. The loss was UT's first of the season when collecting more hits than its opponent and is now 14-1 in such contests after out-hitting the Mountaineers, 8-7. Despite three quality pitching performances last weekend, the Vols never could quite break through offensively as they dropped three hard-fought contests to No. 3 South Carolina. The Orange and White pitching staff held the Gamecocks to just eight runs and a .232 batting average, but managed just one run itself over the course of the three-game set. In the nationally-televised Thursday night contest, junior Zach Osborne was a career-best 4-for-4 at the plate for the Big Orange, while senior Tyler Horne added two hits as well in the 4-0 loss. On Friday, junior Steven Gruver allowed just two runs in eight strong innings on the mound, but the offense was unable to get going once again as the Vols dropped a 2-0 decision. The Orange and White finally got on the scoreboard in the first inning of Saturday afternoon’s contest, but South Carolina scored a pair of runs in the sixth to claim the series finale, 2-1. The series against SC pitted two of the top defensive teams in the SEC against each other, as UT ranks second with a .975 fielding percentage and the Gamecocks lead the league lead at .976 For the most up-to-date information on Volunteer baseball, visit www.UTSports.com/baseball and follow @ Vol_Baseball on Twitter. SCOUTING THE CRIMSON TIDE SEC Western Division leader Alabama is currently ranked No. 24 in the Baseball America poll with a record of 22-13, including a 7-5 mark in league play. The Crimson Tide, which closes out a two-game set against Mississippi Valley State on Wednesday, was swept at No. 1 Vanderbilt last weekend, but did manage nine runs off the Commodore pitching staff. Alabama will send senior right-hander Nathan Kilcrease (4-2, 2.63) to the mound on Thursday night, junior southpaw Adam Morgan (4-2, 4.34) on Friday and sophomore righty Trey Pilkington (1-2, 3.41) on Saturday. Junior centerfielder Taylor Dugas has paced the team's offensive effort, hitting .357 on the year with four of the team's 11 home runs.
PROBABLE UT STARTERS
Avg. HR RBI Notes
C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH
.237 .265 .389 .336 .360 .247 .299 .207 .257
28 33 8 13 2 7 1 12 10
Matt Ramsey Jr. Josh Liles Sr. Khayyan Norfork Sr. Matt Duffy Sr. Zach Osborne Jr. Chris Fritts Jr. Andrew Toles Fr. Charley Thurber Jr. Tyler Horne Sr.
0 0 3 5 1 2 1 2 1
4 20 30 30 15 11 19 9 14
Named to Johnny Bench Award Watch List Needs 19 hits to become 15th UT player with 200 Scored only UT run in series vs. South Carolina Is hitting .356 (16-for-45) with two outs Diving stop on 4/7 was #8 on ESPN's Top-10 Plays Gunned down runner at HP on 4/7 for 5th OF assist Has 2nd most SBs in the nation by a freshman (16) Leads the team with six outfield assists Is hitting .333 (5x15) over last 6 games w/ 2 2B, 3 R Page 1