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How it Happened: Tennessee demolishes Indiana 12-6 behind slugfest at the plate

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Tennessee Baseball Tony Vitello, Andrew Behnke And Dean Curley Detail Regional Win Over Indiana

Tennessee slugged four home runs, while powering behind a Billy Amick grand slam, to run away from Indiana Saturday night in Knoxville Regional play 12-6.

With the victory, the No. 1 seed Vols (52-11) earn a spot in the regional championship contest Sunday evening at 6 o’clock eastern time. With one more win, the Vols will advance on to Super Regionals. Tennessee will await the winner of Sunday’s elimination contest between No. 2 seed Southern Miss and No. 3 seed Indiana (33-25-1), which is set to be played at 12 pm eastern time. The winner of that game would have to beat Tennessee twice to win the regional, with a game on Monday if necessary.    

Tennessee combined to plate nine runs in innings two and three and got some good bullpen work throughout the contest. Indiana tagged the Vols for three us in the third, but that was the highlight of the contest as the Hoosiers fell behind initially 9-0.

Andrew Behnke (3-1) earned the win on the mound after tossing 3.1 innings of relief, coming in for starter Drew Beam with two gone in the fourth. Indiana starting pitcher Connor Foley (4-2) took home the loss after allowing eight runs off four hits in 2.1 innings of work.

The Vols will have a chance to move on to super regional play at Lindsey Nelson Stadium with a win to wrap up the Knoxville Regional on Sunday, but before then, here’s how it all went down on a Saturday night over Indiana.  

Postgame Video

Scoring Summary

Top 2: Dean Curley sent a two-run homer to left-center. Vols 2-0

Top 2: Christian Moore hammered a two-run home run to right-center field. Vols 4-0

Top 3: Christian Moore walked with the bases loaded. Vols 5-0
Top 3: Billy Amick drilled a grand slam to left field. Vols 9-0

Bot 3: Devin Taylor unloaded a three-run home run to left field. Vols 9-3
Top 4: Cal Stark hit a solo shot to left field. Vols 10-3
Bot 4: Carter Mathison drilled a gapper to right-center, allowing a run to score from first. Vols 10-4
Top 5: Two runs scored on a single off the bat of Kavares Tears. Vols 12-4
Bot 8: Hoosiers tally an RBI groundout. Vols 12-5
Bot 8: Josh Pyne singled in a run through the right side. Vols 12-6

The Final Stats

NCAA Knoxville Regional Schedule

Friday, May 31
Game 1 – [3] Indiana 10, [2] Southern Miss 4 | Final Stats
Game 2 – [1] Tennessee 9, [4] Northern Kentucky 3 | Final Stats

Saturday, June 1
Game 3 – [2] Southern Miss 6, [4] Northern Kentucky 0 | Final Stats
Game 4 – [1] Tennessee 12, [3] Indiana 6 | Final Stats

Sunday, June 2
Game 5 – [2] Southern Miss vs. [3] Indiana, Noon ET (TBD)
Game 6 – Winner of Game 5 vs. [1] Tennessee, 6 p.m. ET (TBD)

Monday, June 3
Game 7 (if necessary) – Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, TBD (TBD)

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