Skip to main content
tennessee logo

How it Happened: Vols, powered by Kavares Tears, stay alive with 7-4 win over Aggies

On3 imageby:Eric Cain•05/23/24•

_Cainer

Tennessee outfielder Kavares Tears. Credit: UT Athletics (Kate Luffman)
Tennessee outfielder Kavares Tears. Credit: UT Athletics (Kate Luffman)

HOOVER, Ala. – It wasn’t the prettiest game of the season, but it was good enough for Tennessee as the Vols ran away from Texas A&M for the final score of 7-4 in Thursday’s elimination game at the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.

Tennessee (47-11) stays alive and moves on to play the loser of Thursday’s nightcap between eighth-seeded Vanderbilt and fifth-seeded Mississippi State, the contest that followed the Vols and Aggies (44-13). UT will play in the second and final game on Friday with first pitch coming at approximately 7:30 pm eastern time.   

Kavares Tears recorded a 3-for-5 day with a home run and four runs driven in – pacing the Vols offensively. AJ Causey (11-3) earned the victory on the mound after tossing four innings of relief. Brock Peery (2-1) is the losing pitcher on the day while allowing one run off three walks in 1.1 innings of work.

UT will be back at the Hoover Met on Friday for the nightcap, but first, here’s how his one all went down throughout a win over Texas A&M.

Postgame Video

Scoring Summary

Top 3: Gavin Grahovac sent a solo home run just over the right field wall. Aggies 1-0
Bot 3: Dylan Dreiling’s bases loaded, sacrifice fly to right field tied the ballgame. Tied 1-1
Bot 4: Christian Moore grounded in a run with the bases loaded. Vols 2-1
Bot 5: Kavares Tears doubled to the corner in right field to drive in a run from second. Vols 3-1
Top 6: Jackson Appel solo home run to right field. Vols 3-2
Bot 7: Kavares Tears drilled a three-run home run to left field. Vols 6-2

Top 8: Ted Burton RBI double to the wall in left drove in a runner. Vols 6-3
Bot 8: Cal Stark hammered a solo home run to left field. Vols 7-3

Top 9: Gavin Grahovac solo home run to left field. Vols 7-4

The Final Stats

2024 SEC Tournament Bracket

b5817c4b-4d47-4a12-961a-a758a098384fDownload

SEC Tournament Schedule (all times Central)

Tuesday, May 21          

Game 1: #11 LSU 9, #6 Georgia 1 | Final Stats
Game 2: #10 South Carolina 10, #7 Alabama 5 | Final Stats
Game 3 (4:30 p.m.) – #8 Vanderbilt 6, #9 Florida 3 | Final Stats
Game 4 (TBD) – #5 Mississippi State 2, #12 Ole Miss 1 | Final Stats

Wednesday, May 22   

Game 5 (9:30 a.m.) – #11 LSU 11, #3 Kentucky 0 (8 inn) | Final Stats
Game 6 (TBD) – #10 South Carolina 6, #2 Arkansas 5 | Final Stats
Game 7 (4:30 p.m.) – #8 Vanderbilt 13, #1 Tennessee 4 | Final Stats
Game 8 (TBD) – #5 Mississippi State 5, #4 Texas A&M 3 | Final Stats

Thursday, May 23        
Game 9 (9:30 a.m.) – #3 Kentucky 9, #2 Arkansas 6 | Final Stats
Game 10 (TBD) – #1 Tennessee 7, #4 Texas A&M 4 | Final Stats
Game 11 (4:30 p.m.) – #11 LSU vs. #10 South Carolina
Game 12 (TBD) – #8 Mississippi State vs. #8 Vanderbilt

Friday, May 24              
Game 13 (3:00 p.m.) – Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11 [SEC Network]
Game 14 (TBD) – Winner Game 10 vs. Loser 12 [SEC Network]

Saturday, May 25        
Game 15 (Noon) – Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 11 [SEC Network]
Game 16 (TBD) – Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 12  [SEC Network]

Sunday, May 26           
Game 17 (2 p.m.) – Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16  [ESPN2]

Vols in the national polls this week

NCBWA – No. 1
USA Today – No. 1
Baseball America – No. 1
Perfect Game – No. 1
D1 Baseball – No. 1

You may also like