Vols Put on Offensive Display, Clinch Series with 14-9 Win Over #3/4 Longhorns
The Volunteers (34-17, 13-13 SEC) completed with 16 whole hits and tied their season excessive with six residence runs whereas tallying a minimum of one run in each inning that they got here to the plate.
Trent Grindlinger added one other excellent efficiency to his lengthy listing of them, racking up a career-best 4 hits whereas ending a triple wanting the cycle. The true freshman designated hitter scored two runs, had a pair of RBIs and blasted his seventh homer of the 12 months on the backside of the primary inning to assist UT pull again inside a run after falling behind 3-0 on the prime of the body.
Senior left-hander Evan Blanco gave the Big Orange a gritty effort after a rocky begin to the sport and completed with eight strikeouts over seven innings whereas permitting 5 runs on seven hits to earn the win and enhance to 6-3.
After giving up a three-spot to start out the sport, Blanco set down 10 of the subsequent 12 batters he confronted earlier than giving up two extra runs within the prime of the fifth. Once once more, the Virginia switch rebounded properly by retiring the ultimate six Longhorns he noticed earlier than handing the ball off to Cam Appenzeller for the ultimate two frames.
Garrett Wright Jumpstarted Tennessee’s first-inning rally by hammering a 1-2 pitch over the wall in left heart for a leadoff residence run.
Manny Marin, Blake Grimmer, Reese Chapman and Stone Lawless have been the opposite 4 Vols to go away the yard in Saturday’s win. Grimmer, Grindlinger, Chapman, Lawless and Marin all completed with a number of RBIs, as nicely.
The Longhorns (36-12, 15-10 SEC) have been led by third baseman Temo Becerra, who completed 4-for-5 with 5 RBIs. Senior lefty starter Luke Harrison fell to 5-3 on the 12 months after permitting six runs (4 earned) on six hits in 3.2 innings.
UP NEXT: The Vols will go for the sequence sweep in Sunday’s sequence finale, which will likely be televised on ESPN2 at midday ET.
