Category: Tennessee Vols Baseball

UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Another dominant pitching performance led No. 18 Tennessee to its fifth straight win as the Volunteers shut out Gardner-Webb 5-0 on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The shutout was the ninth of the season for UT, which is two more than any other team in the country this season.…

LEXINGTON, Ky. – No. 22 Tennessee pounded Kentucky 16-1 on Friday night to secure its first SEC road-series win under head coach Tony Vitello. The Volunteers exploded for 16 runs on 13 hits on a cold and rainy night at Kentucky Proud Park to earn their second straight series victory.  The Big Orange got production up and…

UT Sports Information LEXINGTON, Ky. – No. 22 Tennessee used the long ball to rally for a 4-2 win over SEC East rival Kentucky in Thursday night’s series opener at Kentucky Proud Park. The Big Orange scored three runs in the top of the eighth to erase a one-run deficit. Alerick Soularie put the Volunteers ahead 3-2 with…

UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Garrett Stallings turned in an incredible performance on the mound to lead Tennessee to a 3-0 win over No. 2 Georgia on Friday night to secure its first series win over a top-five opponent since taking two of three versus No. 4 Vanderbilt in April of 2016. Stallings threw his first-career…

UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over No. 2 Georgia in a classic pitcher’s duel on Thursday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Garrett Crochet made his first start of the season for the Vols and threw five shutout innings while working out of a number of jams to keep the Bulldogs…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee started its nine-game homestand off on the right foot with a 6-2 victory over in-state foe Belmont on a chilly Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers used seven pitchers on the night with Will Heflin earning his third win of the season after allowing just a single run on two hits in…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 21 Tennessee remained undefeated in midweek contests after grabbing an 8-4 win over UNC Asheville Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols (16-1) were powered by back-to-back home runs from junior Andre Lipcius and sophomore Alerick Soularie in the fifth the push past the Bulldogs (5-10). After entering the game in the top of the…

UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —  No. 21 Tennessee improved to 14-0 on the year with an 8-3 win over Fresno State in Friday’s series opener on a cold and rainy night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols scored all eight of their runs in the first two innings, plating four in each frame. Neither team…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A grand slam by Andre Lipcius in the bottom of the fifth lifted Tennessee to a 7-1 midweek win over Liberty on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. It was the second-career grand slam for Lipcius and came at the perfect time with the Vols struggling to get much going offensively early in the game. Sophomore pitcher Sean Hunley recovered…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Facing its first deficit of the season, Tennessee battled back to erase a three-run Indiana lead and sweep the Hoosiers with a 5-3 victory on a sunny afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Sophomore Garrett Crochet was lights out in relief, giving up one run on just two hits in 5.1 innings of work to earn his…