#25 Vols Fall To FIU In Opener, 4-3

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The #25 Tennessee Volunteers held Florida International to just two hits through six innings in their 2015 season opener in Miami, Fla., but the Panthers fired back in a late-inning rally to take a 4-3 win at FIU Baseball Stadium.

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long season ahead...but losing games in late innings is how you miss out on ncaa tournament bids...lets get a few series in us to figure out what this team has got...we need a ncaa appearance badly
 
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TNVolunteerGrad said:
Apparently FIU is no scrub though. We should win, but its not like a bad loss..right?
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The WAY this loss happened is troubling because of what has transpired on Fridays for the last 3 seasons. The starter goes out and gives a winning performance and the bull pen can't close it out.

Not only that, other than Stew and Senzel 3/4 tonight, not a lot of run production and we only drew three walks while getting K'd 16 times.

I expressed concern about hitting but it was dismissed. It's just one game, and it's a loooooooong season.

GBO!

The Chad Holbrook postgame presser was good as an aside.
 
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vol66 said:
The WAY this loss happened is troubling because of what has transpired on Fridays for the last 3 seasons. The starter goes out and gives a winning performance and the bull pen can't close it out.

Not only that, other than Stew and Senzel 3/4 tonight, not a lot of run production and we only drew three walks while getting K'd 16 times.

I expressed concern about hitting but it was dismissed. It's just one game, and it's a loooooooong season.

GBO!

The Chad Holbrook postgame presser was good as an aside.
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Thanks for the reply :hi: Good points.
 
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vol66 said:
The WAY this loss happened is troubling because of what has transpired on Fridays for the last 3 seasons. The starter goes out and gives a winning performance and the bull pen can't close it out.

Not only that, other than Stew and Senzel 3/4 tonight, not a lot of run production and we only drew three walks while getting K'd 16 times.

I expressed concern about hitting but it was dismissed. It's just one game, and it's a loooooooong season.

GBO!

The Chad Holbrook postgame presser was good as an aside.
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It seems Serrano still has some work to do in order to turn this team around.
 
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knoxville's finest said:
Just checked the scoreboard around the sec conference. It appears that FIU is a lot better than what other teams played.
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You are correct, FIU is a very strong opponent.

With that said, I was expecting to win 2 out of 3 this weekend, which is still a very strong possibility.

Expanding on what Vol66 has touched on previuosly, run production may be a big issue this year, in which case it may provide for a very long season..........

I'll be tuning in at 6 tonight, GO VOLS!
 
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I didn't get to listen to it all. How many lead off walks did Tennessee pitchers give up? Also, last I heard Tennessee had 6 errors. Can't win ballgames against anyone doing that.

Edit: Just saw it was 5 total errors, but still. That's a lot.
 
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TNVolunteerGrad said:
Apparently FIU is no scrub though. We should win, but its not like a bad loss..right?
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Make no mistake. These Florida kids can play some ball. Heck, they do it year-round. IMHO, a loss is bad, but this isn't a bad loss. The Vols will get it going and win the series. :yes:

GO VOLS!
 
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It's baseball and it's one game. They will be fine.

A few observations:
--Marks pitched very well
--Relievers walked the lead off man in two innings which led to runs
--Vols struck out too many times, especially with men in scoring position.
--Stewart and Senzel lived up to their expectations.
--Surprised to see Simcox batting 9th
 
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Backwards K said:
--Surprised to see Simcox batting 9th
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Simcox is an enigma to me... highly touted prospect when he came here. He makes some tremendous plays in the field although he's had 19 & 14 errors his first two seasons with 1 last night.

The thing that stands out to me is that for his career, he has 106 hits and only 6 of those are for extra bases. Maybe that's why CDS has him in the 9-hole.
 
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Those year-round warm weather schools probably have a major advantage at the beginning of the season because their players can play year-round. They don't have to practice indoors. Also, great baseball talent in that Miami South Florida area. No need to commit suicide yet.
 
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