Game Thread: Tennessee vs Middle Tennessee, 2.27 4:30 p.m.

[Freak]

Projected starter for Tennessee: Camden Sewell

Series History vs. Middle Tennessee
Overall: UT leads, 37-24
In Knoxville: UT leads, 17-13
In Murfreesboro: UT leads, 18-8
Neutral Sites: MT leads, 3-2
Last Meeting: March 4, 2018 in Knoxville (L, 7-5 in 12 Inn.)

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-3)

• 2018 Record: 27-27-1 (12-17-1 C-USA)
• 2018 Postseason: N/A
• After finishing ninth in the league last year, Middle Tennessee was picked to finish 12th in the 2019 Conference USA Preseason Poll.
• The Blue Raiders are led by Jim Toman, who is in his first year as head coach with the program after spending nine years as head coach at Liberty from 2008-2016.
• Middle Tennessee is off to a 3-3 start after posting two wins over Bowling Green and a win over Bradley.
• Wednesday's matchup will feature the top two teams in the country in earned run average. UT ranks first with an ERA of 0.57 while MT is second with an ERA of 0.80.
• The Blue Raiders are led by Preseason All-Conference USA selection Blake Benefield. The senior outfielder has been limited to just three hits and two RBI so far this season.
• Sophomore Nick Carnevale currently leads MT with a .400 batting average and eight hits.

Promotions

• Weekday Work Perk: All general admission tickets are only $2.
• WINGSday for Students: First 100 students get free wings!

Vitello post game after Liberty Win

 

[NorCalVol67]

Watch: Middle Tennessee State vs. Tennessee (Baseball)

Listen: vs. Middle Tennessee

Live Stats: SIDEARMLiveStats

Go Vols!

 

[NorCalVol67]

 

[TheBigOne10]

Awesome! Camden Sewell’s Aunt is an HR rep at my plant. She’s very excited to watch him start his first game as a Vol. Cleveland, TN boy. Go Vols!!

 

[txbo]

Let's play ball.

 

[RollerVol]

DH...Soularie, whoa, whoa, whoa, hit a bunchay, whoa, whoa, whoa,...

GBO!

 

[RollerVol]

nice recovery for Camden...

 

[RollerVol]

runners on the corners...1 down...ER up...

 

[RollerVol]

ER with RBI...1-0...us...2 down....then 3 down...T2...

 

[Freak]

We're on the board first.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Gah can't stand this guys voice.. S's and T's.. Nails down a chalkboard.. Drove me crazy last week too

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

And you can't hear any crowd or stadium sounds.. Really hate it

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Im in bad mood. Let's drink, who's down?

 

[NorCalVol67]

Im in bad mood. Let's drink, who's down?

If you haven’t started, I am ahead of you.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

If you haven’t started, I am ahead of you.

Just started.. What you drinking?

 

[NorCalVol67]

Just started.. What you drinking?

Just beer. Stopped at a brewery on the way home and watching the game on my phone.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Just beer. Stopped at a brewery on the way home and watching the game on my phone.

What kind of beer? I stopped and got 6 Fat Tires, pint of Blantons single barrel bourbon

 

[NorCalVol67]

On one of the South FL Fox affiliates they are interviewing a few former Devil Rays players including Mike DiFelice.

 

[RollerVol]

Im in bad mood. Let's drink, who's down?

battling the flu...almost got the upper hand...or I would for sure...

GBO!

 

[NorCalVol67]

What kind of beer? I stopped and got 6 Fat Tires, pint of Blantons single barrel bourbon

IPA. I used to drink an awful lot of Fat Tire.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

IPA. I used to drink an awful lot of Fat Tire.

I love it, my favorite of all time. I do like most anything from New Belgium brewery, IPA very solid. I wish they still made 2Below and Snow Day.

 

[zjcvols]

I don’t know a lot about college baseball but love watching this team pitch. We looking good to make the tourney this year or is it way too early?

 

[NorCalVol67]

I don’t know a lot about college baseball but love watching this team pitch. We looking good to make the tourney this year or is it way too early?

SEC or NCAA? SEC I think so. NCAA too early.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

I don’t know a lot about college baseball but love watching this team pitch. We looking good to make the tourney this year or is it way too early?

I think we will make NCAA at large

 

[RollerVol]

I don’t know a lot about college baseball but love watching this team pitch. We looking good to make the tourney this year or is it way too early?

welcome!...well, heck, you should fit in quite nicely, then...see, I already said we'll make the SEC tourney...we'll see

GBO!