SCORE: Vol. 11, Bears 5 | FINAL
Ninth-ranked Tennessee Baseball (1-1) will face Baylor (0-2) in the third of three games in Arlington, Texas, in the Shriners Children's College Showdown to open the 2024 season. The first pitch time is set for 8:15 p.m. ET (7:15 p.m. local time).
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The Vols and Bears are two of six teams participating in the Shriners Children's College Showdown Friday through Sunday at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Oregon, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas Tech are the other four teams. The Vols beat Texas Tech 6-2 on Friday and lost to Oklahoma 5-1 in extra innings on Saturday.
Baylor lost both games this weekend, losing 4-1 to Nebraska on Friday before losing 7-4 to Oregon on Saturday.
For an advance read of Tennessee's first two games this weekend, click here.
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Lineups, pitching matchup and additional pregame notes can be found below.
Starting lineups
TENNESSEE START NINE:
CF Hunter Ensley (R)
LF Dylan Dreiling (L)
SS Christian Moore (R)
DH Dalton Bargo (left)
3B Billy Amick (R)
C Cannon Peebles (S)
1B Blake Burke (L)
2B Bradke Lohry (R)
RF Kavares tears (L)
Installation instructions:
- Tears returns to the starting lineup and starts in right field.
- Burke moves down the order to the seven hole.
- Dreiling moves up in order to the two hole.
- Bargo is making his first career start as a Vol and will participate in the mop-up effort as a DH.
BAYLOR START NINE:
RF Enzo Apodaca
DH Hunter Simmons
3B Hunter Teplanszky
LF Wesley Jordan
2B Mason Greer
CF Ty Johnson
1B Brayden Buchanan
SS Tyriq Kemp
C Harrison Caley
Pitching matchup
Vols Sr. LHP Zander Sechrist (2023 stats: 0-1, 2.05 ERA, 23 App., 12 Starts, 30.2 IP, 27 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 32 K, .237 opp. Batting Average, 1.04 WHIP)
vs.
Bears Sr. RHP Jared Matheson (2023 stats: 1-1, 3.89 ERA, 15 App., 8 Starts, 39.1 IP, 40 H, 20 R, 17 ER, 24 BB, 41 K, .267 opp. Batting Average, 1.63 WHIP)
Uniforms
Tennessee: Tops orange, bottoms gray
Baylor: Green tops, white bottoms
*NOTE* Baylor is the HOME team
GAME THREAD
1st innings:
T1
-Hunter Ensley flies to RF.
-Dylan Dreiling flies to CF.
-Christian Moore goes for a walk.
Christian Moore steals second. Bad throw by the catcher.
-Dalton Bargo swings, first from C to 1B.
END OF TOP HALF
B1
-Enzo Apodaca hits a single to center field.
-Hunter Simmons takes a smoke RBI double to the left center.
-Hunter Teplanszky is run. Runners on first and second with no outs.
-Wesley Jordan flies to left center. GREAT diving catch by Hunter Ensley. Simmons moves to third place.
-Mason Greer picks up a Fielder's choice, RBI as Simmons scores. Teplanszky was eliminated in second place 6:4.
-Ty Johnson lands on p due to interference on Sechrist's throw to first.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volumes 0, Bears 2
2nd innings:
T2
-Billy Amick flies into deep midfield. Great catch by Ty Johnson.
-Cannon Peebles draws a four-pitch walk.
-Blake Burke stares at bat three to strike.
-Bradke Lohry is run. Runners in first and second place for Kavares Tears.
-Kavares Tears cranks a three-run home run to left field to give Tennessee the lead.
-Hunter Ensley shows up on 2B.
END OF TOP HALF
B2
-Brayden Buchanan strikes with verve.
-Tyriq Kemp hits a single through the left side.
-Kemp is caught stealing on the second score at 1-3-6. Nice play by Moore, who secured the day at second.
-Harrison Caley knocks Solo home run over the left field wall.
-Enzo Apodaca flies to LF.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volume 3, Bears 3
3rd innings:
T3
*Pitching Change: LHP Kobe Andrade will pitch for Matheson*
-Dylan Dreiling hits three throws.
-Christian Moore is walked on four pitches.
-Dalton Bargo hits a single through the right side. Moore moves into second place. Runners advance on a throwing error by Baylor right fielder Enzo Apodaca.
-Billy Amick captivates you Two-run triple from the left field wall to score Moore and Bargo.
-Cannon Peebles delivers a sac fly into midfield to score for Amick.
-Blake Burke lands unassisted at 1B.
END OF TOP HALF
B3
*Pitching change: RHP Nate Snead replaces Sechrist*
ZANDER SIXTH FINAL LINE: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 25 strikes on 42 total pitches against 10 batters.
-Hunter Simmons lands unassisted against 1B.
-Hunter Teplanszky is running in full swing.
-Wesley Jordan is walked. Frank Anderson calls a mound meeting because Snead walked two batters in a row.
-Mason Greer goes to LF.
-Ty Johnson smokes one Two-run triple to the left in the middle.
-Brayden Buchanan takes a walk.
Buchanan steals second.
-Tyriq Kemp strikes with verve.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volumes 6, Bears 5
4th innings:
T4
-Bradke Lohry hits and looks.
-Kavares rips a single into shallow left field.
-Hunter Ensley comes back on a fielding error by the SS. Tears advances to the second. Should have been a hit for Ensley, FWIW.
-Dylan Dreiling flies to CF. Tears advances to third.
*Pitching change: RHP Will Glatch takes over for Andrade*
-Christian Moore knocks Two-run double to left field to score Tears and Ensley. Good job by Ensley on making the tag.
-Dalton Bargo strikes with verve.
END OF TOP HALF
B4
-Harrison Caley flies to CF.
-Enzo Apodaca flies to LF.
-Hunter Simmons flies to right center.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volumes 8, Bears 5
5th innings:
T5
-Billy Amick starts a Leadoff solo home run to left field on the first pitch of the at-bat.
-Cannon Peebles hits a single to right field.
-Blake Burke bloops a single into shallow left field. Miscommunication between the Baylor shortstop and the left fielder. Peebles moves into second place.
-Bradke Lohry is run. The bases are full, there are no outs for Kavares Tears.
*Pitching change: LHP Mason Green will pitch for Glatch*
– Kavares Tears pops up to SS in shallow left field.
-Hunter Ensley strikes with verve.
-Dylan Dreiling flies to CF.
END OF TOP HALF
B5
-Hunter Teplanszky strikes out.
-Wesley Jordan hits a single up the middle.
-Mason Greer flies to midfield. Ensley runs underneath and fires the ball to Blake Burke, who stretches to make a great catch, giving Jordan an 8-3 double play.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volumes 9, Bears 5
6th inning:
T6
-Christian Moore continues his nice day with a leadoff double to left field.
Moore advances to third on a wild pitch.
-Dalton Bargo is walked. Ball four is a wild delivery and Moore should have run home but he chose not to. Moore tapped his chest when he knew he had to go there. Runners on the corners with no outs for slugger Billy Amick.
-Amick ends up in a 5-4-3 double play, but Moore scores. Amick gets no credit for the RBI.
-Cannon Peebles lands at 3B.
END OF TOP HALF.
B6
-Ty Johnson flies to LF. Good job from Dreiling running underneath.
-Brayden Buchanan Singles to 2B. Lohry should have left it to Christian Moore as CMo likely makes the play. Lohry's throw was too far away for Burke to extend.
-Tyriq Kemp resorts to a fielder's choice with Buchanan out at second. Lohry's throw took Burke out of the bag again, preventing the 4-3 double play.
-Harrison Caley swings.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volumes 10, Bears 5
7th innings:
T7
*Pitching change: LHP Ethan Calder will pitch for Green*
-Blake Burke sings RF.
*Robin Villenueve scores for Bradke Lohry*
-Villenueve singles to left field. Burke moves into second place.
– Kavares Tears flies to the warning track in the deep middle. Burke moves up to third place.
-Hunter Ensley strikes with verve.
-Dylan Dreiling drills RBI single into midfield to meet Burke. Villenueve moves up to third place.
*Pitching Change: RHP Gabe Craig will pitch for Calder*
-Christian Moore swings, first from C to 1B.
END OF TOP HALF
B7
*Alex Perry to 2B for Villenueve*
-Enzo Apodaca hits a single through the right side on the first pitch of the at-bat.
-Hunter Simmons is walked. Apodaca moves up to second place.
LHP Chris Stamos warms up in the bullpen.
-Hunter Teplanszky lands in a 4-6-3 double play. Apodaca moves up to third place.
-Wesley Jordan is walked. Runners on the corners with two outs. Snead is up to 81 pitches long.
-Mason Greer hits swinging.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volume 11, Bears 5
8th inning:
T8
-Dalton Bargo strikes with verve.
-Billy Amick draws a full count walk.
*Pitching change: LHP RJ Ruais will pitch for Craig*
-Cannon Peebles hits swinging on three pitches.
-Blake Burke shows up at 3B.
END OF TOP HALF
B8
*Pitching Change: LHP Chris Stamos will pitch for Snead*
*Cal Stark as catcher for Cannon Peebles*
-Ty Johnson strikes with verve.
-Brayden Buchanan strikes with verve.
*Will Pendergrass score a trick for Tyriq Kemp*
-Pendergrass strikes out against 3B.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
Result: Volume 11, Bears 5
9th innings:
T9
-Alex Perry lands at 3B.
-Kavares Tears is run on four pitches.
-Hunter Ensley ends up in a 5-4-3 double play, which is still under review. Maybe he'll be safe for now.
The call is reversed. Ensley is initially safe. Two outs for Dylan Dreiling.
-Dreiling is run in full length.
*Pitching change: RHP Drew Leach subs for Ruais*
-Christian Moore fouls against 2B.
END OF TOP HALF
B9
-Cole Posey hits swinging.
*Kade Fletcher pinches for Apodaca*
-Fletcher runs at full count.
-Hunter Simmons swings. One out.
-Hunter Teplanszky flies to RF.
END OF THE LOWER HALF
THE END OF THE GAME
FINAL: Tennessee Vols 11, Baylor Bears 5