Baseball Aces Drop Super Regional Opener To #1 Tennessee, 11-6

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –  The highest-ranked Tennessee Volunteers used 4 house runs on Friday afternoon to carry off the visiting College of Evansville baseball staff, 11-6, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee within the first of the best-of-three Tremendous Regional sequence within the NCAA Match.

Tennessee first baseman Blake Burke opened the scoring on Friday afternoon with a solo house run within the backside of the primary inning to provide the Volunteers an early 1-0 lead.  Evansville would reply proper again although, as graduate first baseman Chase Hug opened the highest of the second inning with a double, earlier than junior second baseman Cal McGinnis adopted two batters later with a two-run house run to right-center subject to provide UE a 2-1 lead.

UE would stay within the lead till the third inning, when Tennessee second baseman Christian Moore and third baseman Billy Amick launched a pair of house runs to provide the Vols a 4-2 lead.  Tennessee would add a run within the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly on an in depth play at house plate to take a 5-2 lead, earlier than Evansville would reply again.

Within the fifth inning, UE scored three runs to tie the sport at 5-5 on a two-run double off the highest of the wall in left-center subject by senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse and an RBI single by Hug.  The Volunteers would scrape throughout three runs within the backside of the fifth inning to retake a three-run lead although.  An RBI double by Burke simply past the attain of a leaping Ty Rumsey in middle subject opened the scoring to provide UT a 6-5 lead.  Then, an infield single and throwing error on a slowly hit floor ball third-base facet added one other run.  Outfielder Hunter Ensley then beat an infield shift with an RBI single by way of the correct facet with two strikes and two outs to provide Tennessee an 8-5 lead.

The sport would stay 8-5 till the seventh inning, when Tennessee used extra two-out, two-strike magic to seize three insurance coverage runs.  After a two-out double by Amick, Tennessee outfielder Dylan Dreiling obtained the good thing about the doubt on a border-line pitch to work a full-count stroll to increase the body.  Ensley then belted a three-run house run to left subject on a 2-2 pitch to provide Tennessee an 11-5 lead.

UE would stage one final rally within the ninth inning, as freshman Brodie Peart, senior shortstop Simon Scherry and graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger delivered three-straight singles to attain a run and trim the UT result in 11-6.  Evansville would finally load the bases with nobody out, however Tennessee nearer Aaron Combs was capable of report three-straight strikeouts to finish the competition and provides the Volunteers the 11-6 victory.

McGinnis, Hug and Scherry all had two hits to steer UE, with Fougerousse and McGinnis driving in a pair of runs.  Fougerousse and Shallenberger each tied the UE single-season report for hits with their 91st hit on the season.  Ensley and Amick each had three hits, with Ensley driving in 4 runs to tempo the Tennessee assault.  The 2 groups every had 9 hits, with Evansville knocking three doubles to take over the nationwide lead for doubles with 157.

With the victory, Tennessee improves to 54-11 general and takes a 1-0 sequence edge within the best-of-three Tremendous Regional sequence.  Evansville (38-25 general) will attempt to occasion the sequence on Saturday behind graduate LHP Donovan Schultz (6-2, 5.84 ERA).  He might be opposed by Tennessee RHP Drew Beam (8-2, 4.16 ERA).  Saturday’s recreation begins at 10 a.m. central time and will be heard stay within the Tri-State space on 107.1 FM-WJPS and seen stay nationally on ESPN2.