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Friday, March 29
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Baseball Central: No. 23 Tennessee at No. 4 Vanderbilt
March 28, 2019 | Baseball
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No. 23 Tennessee travels west this weekend for an important series against in-state and Southeastern Conference rival No. 4 Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field in Nashville.  Â
The Volunteers will look to earn their first series win over the Commodores in Nashville since sweeping them back in 2009. UT and Vandy have split the past 10 meetings with each other. The Dores took two out of three in Knoxville last season.
Broadcast Info
Kevin Ingram (PxP) and Andrew Harris (Color) will call Friday night's series opener on SEC Network+ (Online Stream) while Mike Morgan (PxP) and David Dellucci (Color) will call the action on Saturday and Sunday for the SEC Network. All three games will also be available to stream online through the WatchESPN app.
Fans can also listen to Tennessee play-by-play man John Wilkerson call all three games for the Vol Network on FM 99.1 / AM 990 as well as online at UTSports.com and on the UT Gameday App.
Projected Starting Pitchers
Friday: RHP Garrett Stallings (5-1, 1.79 ERA) vs. RHP Drake Fellows (5-0, 3.68 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Zach Linginfelter (4-2, 2.29 ERA) vs. RHP Patrick Raby (4-0, 0.57 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Will Neely (2-1, 5.02 ERA) vs. RHP Kumar Rocker (2-2, 4.43 ERA)
Series History vs. Vanderbilt
Overall: Tennessee leads, 175-156-2
In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 62-33
In Nashville: Vanderbilt leads, 55-46
Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 5-3
Site Unknown: Vanderbilt leads, 65-62-2
Last Meeting: May 13, 2018 in Knoxville (W, 8-7)
Tennessee has played and beaten Vanderbilt more than any opponent in program history with 175 wins in 333 meetings against the Commodores. The first meeting between the two schools on the diamond occurred way back on 1897, a 10-4 Vanderbilt win.
Need to Know
No. 4 Vanderbilt Commodores (20-5, 4-2 SEC)
Tennessee will begin a nine-game homestand on Tuesday night against Belmont at 7 p.m. The game will also end a five-game stretch against in-state opponents for the Vols. Fans can watch Tuesday's contest on the SEC Network.
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Game Times & Broadcast Info Â
- Opponent: No. 4 Vanderbilt Commodores
- Location: Nashville, Tenn.
- Venue: Hawkins Field (3,700)
- Watch: SEC Network+ (Fri.) | SEC Network (Sat. & Sun.)Â
- Listen: Vol Network (FM 99.1 / AM 990) | UTSports.com
- Live Stats: UTSports.com
- Game 1: Friday, March 29 – 7:30 p.m. ET (SECN+)
- Game 2: Saturday, March 30 – 1:30 p.m. ET (SECN)
- Game 3: Sunday, March 31 – 3 p.m. ET (SECN)
No. 23 Tennessee (20-6, 2-4 SEC)
Roster Schedule Stats Game NotesNo. 4 Vanderbilt (20-5, 4-2 SEC)
Roster Schedule StatsThe Volunteers will look to earn their first series win over the Commodores in Nashville since sweeping them back in 2009. UT and Vandy have split the past 10 meetings with each other. The Dores took two out of three in Knoxville last season.
Broadcast Info
Kevin Ingram (PxP) and Andrew Harris (Color) will call Friday night's series opener on SEC Network+ (Online Stream) while Mike Morgan (PxP) and David Dellucci (Color) will call the action on Saturday and Sunday for the SEC Network. All three games will also be available to stream online through the WatchESPN app.
Fans can also listen to Tennessee play-by-play man John Wilkerson call all three games for the Vol Network on FM 99.1 / AM 990 as well as online at UTSports.com and on the UT Gameday App.
Projected Starting Pitchers
Friday: RHP Garrett Stallings (5-1, 1.79 ERA) vs. RHP Drake Fellows (5-0, 3.68 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Zach Linginfelter (4-2, 2.29 ERA) vs. RHP Patrick Raby (4-0, 0.57 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Will Neely (2-1, 5.02 ERA) vs. RHP Kumar Rocker (2-2, 4.43 ERA)
Series History vs. Vanderbilt
Overall: Tennessee leads, 175-156-2
In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 62-33
In Nashville: Vanderbilt leads, 55-46
Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 5-3
Site Unknown: Vanderbilt leads, 65-62-2
Last Meeting: May 13, 2018 in Knoxville (W, 8-7)
Tennessee has played and beaten Vanderbilt more than any opponent in program history with 175 wins in 333 meetings against the Commodores. The first meeting between the two schools on the diamond occurred way back on 1897, a 10-4 Vanderbilt win.
Need to Know
- No. 23 Tennessee will look to capture its second-straight SEC series win this weekend after taking two of three against South Carolina last weekend in Knoxville.
- This weekend's series between the Vols and Commodores will be the first time the two teams have met as ranked foes since 2014 when No. 25 Tennessee took two of three games from No. 4 Vanderbilt in Knoxville.
- The Vols' series win over the Gamecocks was their first SEC series win of the year. It was also the first time UT won a series against South Carolina since 2015. Friday's 15-5 win snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Gamecocks.
- UT's 15 runs on Friday night was the most in an SEC game for the Vols since an 18-2 win over Georgia back on May 21, 2005. The Big Orange also posted a season-high 17 hits in the game.
- Relief pitcher Andrew Schultz continued his dominant season with 2.1 shutout innings on Saturday night. The junior allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. On the year, Schultz has yet to allow a single run and has given up just two hits while racking up 21 strikeouts in nine innings of work.
- A four-run eighth inning lifted UT to a comeback win in Sunday's series finale against USC. All four runs in the inning were driven in by freshmen (Jake Rucker -2, Connor Pavolony -1, Max Ferguson -1). Pavolony tied the game with an RBI groundout while Rucker had the big hit with a two-run single to give the Vols a 5-3 lead.
- Tennessee's pitching staff enters this weekend ranked second nationally and first in the SEC with a 2.53 team. The Vols also lead the country in WHIP (1.01) and shutouts (six) while ranking fifth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.65). Â
- All three of UT's weekend starters have experienced success in their careers against the Commodores. Friday-night starter Garrett Stallings is 2-0 against Vanderbilt with wins against them in each of the last two seasons. Saturday starter Zach Linginfelter recorded a save against Commodores in 2017 and Will Neely earned his first-collegiate win against Vandy as a freshman in 2016.
No. 4 Vanderbilt Commodores (20-5, 4-2 SEC)
- 2018 Record: 35-27 (16-14 SEC)
- 2018 Postseason: NCAA Nashville Super Regional (1-2)
- Vanderbilt was picked to win the Eastern Division of the SEC in the preseason coaches' poll after finishing fourth in the division last season.
- The Commodores are coached by Tim Corbin, who is in his 17th season at the helm of the program. Corbin has led the Dores to 13 straight NCAA Tournament appearances (longest active streak in the SEC) as well as a National Championship in 2014.
- Vanderbilt features an explosive offense that ranks among the top five in the SEC in nearly every category. The Commodores lead the conference in on-base percentage (.428) and triples (11) while ranking second in batting average (.324), runs (218), hits (282), slugging percentage (.502) and total bases (431).
- Ethan Paul and JJ Bleday anchor a deep lineup that features seven players with 14 or more runs batted in. Paul ranks second in the SEC with 37 RBI while Bleday is tied for the conference lead with nine home runs.
- The Dores also feature a solid 1-2 punch on the mound in Friday and Saturday starters Drake Fellows (5-0, 3.68 ERA) and Patrick Raby (4-0, 0.57 ERA). Fellows is tied for second in the SEC in wins while Raby's ERA ranks second in the conference.
- Vandy has won five straight games entering this weekend's series, including a dominating series sweep against Florida last weekend.
Tennessee will begin a nine-game homestand on Tuesday night against Belmont at 7 p.m. The game will also end a five-game stretch against in-state opponents for the Vols. Fans can watch Tuesday's contest on the SEC Network.
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