Tennessee-South Carolina Game Notes

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TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (19-10, 5-4) vs. #10 S. CAROLINA (21-8, 3-6) April 6-8 |Carolina Stadium | Columbia, S.C.

Tennessee 2012 Record: 19-10, 5-4 SEC Head Coach: Dave Serrano First year at UT (308-149-1)

VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION FRIDAY - 7 pm RHP Zack Godley (4-1, 3.89) SATURDAY - 8 pm LHP T.J. Thornton (0-0, 5.40) SUNDAY - 1:30 pm RHP Nick Williams (2-2, 2.40)

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS STARTING ROTATION 2012 Record: 21-8, 3-6 SEC Head Coach: Ray Tanner 16th year at SC (710-304)

FRIDAY - 7 pm LHP Michael Roth (3-0, 1.68) SATURDAY - 8 pm LHP Jordan Montgomery (2-0, 3.27) SUNDAY - 1:30 pm RHP Colby Holmes (3-0, 2.84)

BROADCAST INFO >>> Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Radio: WNML “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1/99.3 John Wilkerson (PxP) and Roger Hoover (Analyst)

Tennessee vs. South Carolina

TV (Sat.): ESPNU with Carter Blackburn (PxP) and Ben McDonald (Analyst) Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball

Weather Forecast

 South Carolina leads the overall series against Saturday Sunday Tennessee, 46-33, including a 27-13 mark in Co- Friday lumbia and a 9-1 record in the last 10 games.  UT’s last win in Columbia was a 13-2 triumph on March 15, 2008.  Tennessee senior shortstop Zach Osborne is a AM Showers Sunny Mostly Sunny career .394 hitter against South Carolina, going 1370° | 43° | 60% 72° | 49° | 0% 80° | 53° | 0% for-33 with two home runs and four runs scored in nine games. In last year’s series in Knoxville, he was 6-for-11 (.5454) Overall: South Carolina leads 46-33 Tennessee Tidbits In Knoxville: Tennessee leads 18-16  The Vols have won their last six straight games to improve In Columbia: South Carolina leads 27-13 to 19-10 overall and 5-4 in the SEC, marking the first time the Big Orange has been over .500 in league action since the begin- At Neutral Sites: South Carolina leads 3-2 Last 10 Meetings: S. Carolina leads 9-1 ning of the 2008 campaign.  Junior Nick Blount has recorded a save in each of UT’s last six contests, the longest such streak in school history. During LAST 10 MEETINGS the run, he has yet to allow a run and has struck out six in 7.1 IP. 5/17/2008 Columbia L, 8-10  Tennessee is 1-3 all-time on ESPNU, but it’s only win on the 5/8/2009 Knoxville W, 9-5 channel came at South Carolina, 5-4, on May 12, 2006. 5/9/2009 Knoxville L, 12-15  UT’s sweep over Alabama last weekend was just the second 5/10/2009 Knoxville L, 6-15 in school history, dating back to the start of the rivalry in 1897. 3/19/2010 Columbia L, 2-4 The only other time the Vols accomplished that feat was in 1994 L, 7-10 in Tuscaloosa. Including two wins last season, Tennessee has 3/20/2010 Columbia 3/21/2010 Columbia L, 0-4 now defeated the Crimson Tide a school record five consecu4/7/2011 Knoxville L, 0-4 tive times. Knoxville L, 0-2  The Tennessee bullpen has allowed just two runs in its last 4/8/2011 22.2 innings of work, including 11.1 shutout innings in the sweep 4/9/2011 Knoxville L, 1-2 over Alabama last weekend. During the run, six pitchers have combined to allow 18 hits and strike out 23.

Series Breakdown

weet This... Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less.  RHP @nblount41 has recorded a save in each of @ Vol_Baseball’s last 6 games, a school record. He has 6 Ks in 7.1 scoreless IP in that stretch  The @Vol_Baseball team is 1-3 on @ESPNU but it’s only win came at South Carolina on May 12, 2006.  UT senior shortstop @ZOzzie2 has at least one hit in 23 of the #Vols 29 games this season and was 6-for-9 in the sweep of Alabama. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

2012 SCHEDULE

(19-10, 5-4 SEC)

Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result FEBRUARY 17 Fri. Northern Illinois W, 7-1 18 Sat. Northern Illinois W, 10-5 19 Sun. Northern Illinois W, 7-2 21 Tue. Western Kentucky W, 8-7 (13) 24 Fri. Seton Hall W, 9-2 25 Sat. Seton Hall W, 3-2 (11) 26 Sun. Seton Hall W, 10-2 28 Tue. MTSU L, 5-4 (10) MARCH 2 Fri. vs. Houston & (ESPN3) L, 7-4 3 Sat. vs. #16 Texas & (LHN) W, 5-4 4 Sun. vs. #4 Rice & (ESPN3) L, 11-1 7 Wed. Ball State W, 9-7 9 Fri. Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-0 10 Sat. Louisiana-Monroe L, 8-6 (10) 11 Sun. Louisiana-Monroe L, 7-4 13 Tue. Tennessee Tech (FS South) L, 5-1 16 Fri. at #19 Georgia * L, 4-0 17 Sat. at #19 Georgia * L, 10-5 18 Sun. at #19 Georgia * W, 3-0 21 Wed. Florida International W, 4-3 (11) 23 Fri. #2 Kentucky * W, 4-1 24 Sat. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-2 25 Sun. #2 Kentucky * L, 6-0 (7) 27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State W, 5-2 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State W, 8-4 30 Fri. Alabama * W, 10-8 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) W, 4-2 APRIL 1 Sun. Alabama * W, 5-3 (7) 4 Wed. Memphis (FSSO) W, 6-3 6 Fri. at South Carolina * 7 p.m. 7 Sat. at South Carolina * (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 8 Sun. at South Carolina * 1:30 p.m. 11 Wed. at ETSU 7 p.m. 13 Fri. Florida * 6 p.m. 14 Sat. Florida * (SPSO) 3 p.m. 15 Sun. Florida * 2 p.m. 17 Tue. ETSU 7 p.m. 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * 6:30 p.m. CT 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * 1 p.m. CT 24 Wed. Austin Peay 7 p.m. 27 Fri. at Auburn * 6 p.m. CT 28 Sat. at Auburn * 3 p.m. CT 29 Sun. at Auburn * 1 p.m. CT MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * 6 p.m. 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) 1 p.m. 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. 9 Wed. at Memphis (FOX SS) 6:30 p.m. CT 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * 6:30 p.m. CT 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. CT 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * 1:30 p.m. CT 15 Tue. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT 17 Thu. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 18 Fri. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 19 Sat. Arkansas * 4 p.m. Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game & - Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park)

PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes C

21

Ethan Bennett

So. .196

2

8

1B

30

Davis Morgan

Sr. .325

1

13 Hit .390 (23x59, 11 RBIs) during month of March

Second on team with nine career home runs

2B

1

Will Maddox

Fr. .314

1

10 Hitting .344 (22x64, 13 R, 2 SB, 8 RBIs) in last 16 games

3B

11

Zach Luther

Jr. .247

0

2

SS

12

Zach Osborne

Sr. .298

0

10 Hit .379 (11x29) w/ 4 2B, 6 RBIs in 10-game homestand

LF

5

Chris Pierce

Sr. .299

1

14 Stole home vs. Alabama (3/30), first Vol to do so since 2010

CF

7

Chris Fritts

Jr. .275

1

20 Leads the Vols with seven two-out RBIs this year

RF

13

Jared Allen

Fr. .203

1

10 Hit first career home run in 6th inning vs. ULM (3/11)

DH

20

Drew Steckenrider Jr. .234

4

14 3rd in the SEC and 37th in the NCAA with 22 walks

Had 3 hits and scored 4 runs in UT’s sweep of Alabama

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