University of Tennessee Athletics
Tuesday, April 17
Johnson City
6:30 P.M. ET
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Baseball Central: Tennessee at ETSU
April 16, 2018 | Baseball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will look to end its four-game road trip on a high note when it travels to Johnson City on Tuesday at take on ETSU for the third and final time this season.
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The Volunteers will look to snap a three-game skid after being swept at No. 19 LSU over the weekend. UT has been very successful in midweek games this season with a 9-2 record.
Broadcast Info
John Wilkerson will call the action on Sports Radio WNML (FM 99.1 / AM 990) and UTSports.com.
Series History vs. ETSU
Overall: UT leads, 64-19
In Knoxville: UT leads, 36-9
Last Meeting: L, 6-9 (3/20/18)
The Vols and Bucs have already twice this season with ETSU coming away victorious in both occasions.
Need to Know
ETSU Buccaneers
Tennessee returns home to host the 14th ranked Texas A&M Aggies this weekend at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. All three games will be streamed live online via SEC Network+ (WatchESPN) and will also feature a radio broadcast on Sports Radio WNML.
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Game Times & Broadcast Info
- Opponent: ETSU Buccaneers
- Location: Johnson City, Tenn.
- Venue: Thomas Stadium (1,000)
- Date/Time: Tuesday, April 17 – 6:30 p.m. ET
- Stream: SoCon Digital Network
- Radio: WNML / UTSports.com
- Live Stats: UTSports.com
Tennessee (21-17, 5-10 SEC)
Roster Schedule StatsETSUÂ (18-14, 5-7 SoCon)
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The Volunteers will look to snap a three-game skid after being swept at No. 19 LSU over the weekend. UT has been very successful in midweek games this season with a 9-2 record.
Broadcast Info
John Wilkerson will call the action on Sports Radio WNML (FM 99.1 / AM 990) and UTSports.com.
Series History vs. ETSU
Overall: UT leads, 64-19
In Knoxville: UT leads, 36-9
Last Meeting: L, 6-9 (3/20/18)
The Vols and Bucs have already twice this season with ETSU coming away victorious in both occasions.
Need to Know
- Tennessee will look to improve to 10-2 in midweek games this season after winning both of its midweek contests last week with two victories over UT Martin.
- Tennessee starting pitcher Sean Hunley continued to baffle opposing hitters in a 9-0 win over UT Martin on Tuesday night, setting a new career high with 11 strikeouts while allowing just four hits in seven shutout innings to improve to 6-0 this season.
- Hunley is the first freshman pitcher in Tennessee baseball history to start his career 6-0.
- Last Wednesday, sophomore lefty Will Heflin was fantastic in his first-career start, allowing just two hits and no runs in 5.1 innings of work to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Volunteers' bullpen was also lights out, allowing just one run and one hit in 3.2 innings.
- Senior Benito Santiago had seven RBI in UT's two midweek wins last week.
- The Vols have scored five or more runs in 10 of their 11 midweek games this season and have scored eight or more runs in seven of them. UT had nine players finish last Wednesday's game with a hit while 11 different players scored a run.
- Sophomore outfielder Justin Ammons has reached base in 14 straight games and leads the team with 43 total hits and a .346 batting average in SEC play. The Memphis native had at least one hit in all three games at No. 19 LSU last weekend.
- Redshirt sophomore Nico Mascia has emerged as one of the Vols top hitters, leading the team with a .318 batting average.
- Mascia hit a pair of home runs against LSU last weekend and finished the series with five hits, four runs scored and five RBI.
ETSU Buccaneers
- Record: 18-14 (5-7 SoCon)
- 2017 Postseason: N/A
- Picked to finish fourth in the SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll and seventh in the media poll.
- Boast three All-SoCon preseason picks in SS Chris Cook (First Team), RHP Ryan Simpler (Second Team) and OF Aaron Maher (Second Team).
- Returned five starting position players and two starting pitchers from last season.
- Dropped two of three games to UNC Greensboro over the weekend to fall to 5-7 in Southern Conference play.
- Senior shortstop Chris Cook leads the team with a .328 batting average, 42 hits and 26 runs. Cook has gone 6-for-11 with three RBI in the two previous meetings against UT this season.
- Sophomore catcher and Knoxville native Jackson Greer has had two solid games against the Vols this season with a single, double, home run and four RBI in the two previous meetings.
Tennessee returns home to host the 14th ranked Texas A&M Aggies this weekend at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. All three games will be streamed live online via SEC Network+ (WatchESPN) and will also feature a radio broadcast on Sports Radio WNML.
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