How it Happened: Tennessee shows up late, holds off Southern Indiana 2-1
Tennessee was a no-show offensively through the first five innings of the ballgame but rallied late to take care of Southern Indiana 2-1 on Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
With the win, the Vols (13-1) up their win-streak to 12-straight. The Screaming Eagles (4-7) broke a scoreless ballgame in the top of the sixth on a solo home run from Tucker Ebest. Christian Moore tied things up with a solo home run in the bottom half of the frame before a sacrifice fly from Dalton Bargo handed Tennessee the lead.
Zander Sechrist (1-0) was fantastic in the start for Tennessee, tossing career-high with 5.2 innings pitched and 10 strikeouts, but it was Derek Schaefer (1-0) who earned the win after picking up the final out of the sixth inning, relieving Sechrist. Gavin Morris (0-1) is the losing pitcher on the night after allowing two runs off four hits in 1.2 innings of work for the Screaming Eagles.
Kirby Connell (S, 1) picked up the three-inning save.
Tennessee returns to Lindsey Nelson Stadium this weekend for its final nonconference series of the season as Illinois comes to town for a three-game set. But first, here how it all went down for the Vols on a Wednesday night against Southern Indiana.
Postgame Video
The Final Stats
Scoring Summary
Top 6th: Tucker Ebest blasted a solo home run to centerfield. Screaming Eagles 1-0
Bot 6th: Christian Moore go the Vols on the scoreboard with a solo home run to right field. Tied 1-1
There we go! CMo gives us a spark and we're tied at one.
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Bot 6th: Dalton Bargo registered a sac fly to left to plate Blake Burke from third. Vols 2-1
Tennessee Baseball Weekly Schedule
Tuesday: Tennessee 15, Kansas State 5 | Final Stats | How it Happened | Four Takes | Tony Vitello Transcript
Wednesday: Tennessee 2, Southern Indiana 1 | Final Stats
Friday: Tennessee vs. Illinois | 6 pm ET
Saturday: Tennessee vs. Illinois | 1 pm ET
Sunday: Tennessee vs. Illinois | 1 pm ET
Tennessee in the National Polls this week
NCBWA – No. 7
Baseball America – No. 7
Perfect Game – No. 7
D1 Baseball – No. 8
USA Today – No. 8
