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Tennessee hurler Drew Beam named SEC Pitcher of the Week

On3 imageby:Eric Cain•05/01/23•

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Drew Beam
Credit: UT Athletic Communications

For the second time in as many weeks, Tennessee has a pitcher tabbed as the SEC Pitcher of the Week. This time it is right-handed sophomore Drew Beam who went the distance in a run-rule shortened victory on Saturday over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

This is the fourth weekly honor the starting pitcher has rolled in throughout his Tennessee career and the first of this season. The 2022 SEC Freshman of the Year tossed seven innings of two run (one earned) baseball in game three’s 13-2 run-rule victory over Mississippi State, while allowing three hits with seven strikeouts to only one walk.

Chase Burns was recognized as the conference’s Co-Pitcher of the Week last Monday for his efforts out of the bullen against Vanderbilt.

Colton Ledbetter’s solo home run in the sixth was the lone run charged to the sophomore on Saturday as the Dakota Jordan triple in the first inning plated Hunter Hines who had previously reached on a two-out error in the field. Beam retired as many as seven-straight in the start with only five Bulldogs reaching base all game.

Beam, Tennessee’s No. 3 hurler, is now two games removed from the worst outing of his career two weekends ago at Arkansas where he allowed six runs on four hits with four walks in only 1.2 innings or work. Since, Beam has allowed a pair of earned runs across 13.2 innings and nine hits with a combined 10 strikeouts to three walks in two starts.

On the season, the Middle Tennessee native leads the Volunteer starting staff with a 6-2 record and a 3.13 ERA. Beam has started all 11 weekends this season for 54.1 innings while opponents are hitting .243 against the righty.

Tennessee reached and surpassed the .500 mark in league play last weekend with another sweep. The squad has won seven-straight games with back-to-back sweeps of Vanderbilt and Mississippi State at home, going from 5-10 in conference play to 11-10 with nine games remaining on the SEC schedule.

The Vols have an excellent RPI opportunity on Tuesday with a midweek matchup against Wofford before hitting the road for three games at Georgia, whose RPI sits in 23rd. Tennessee will then return home for three games against Kentucky (No. 4 RPI) before wrapping up the regular season on the road at South Carolina (No. 2 RPI).

Through 44 games and 21 SEC contests, the Vols sport the 22nd-highest RPI in the country.

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