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Here’s four quick takeaways from Tennessee’s win over Oklahoma to complete the weekend in Houston:
Rounding 1st — Drew Beam pitches a gem
Tennessee freshman RHP Drew Beam improved to 2-0 on Sunday as he led Tennessee to its second win of the weekend. Beam pitched five scoreless innings and only allowed two hits in his third career start. He struck out six and gave up just one walk.
Rounding 2nd — Freshmen shine
Following Beam’s act on the mound, fellow freshman Christian Moore and Blake Burke had themself a game as well.
Moore finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a two-run inside the park home run. He also had a double to lead off an inning and an RBI single. As the designated hitter on the day, Moore finished with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Burke pinch-hit in the top of the eighth inning and hit an opposite field solo home run. It was Burke’s second homer of the season.
Rounding 3rd — Bullpen shuts the door
Tennessee’s bullpen pitched four scoreless innings following Beam’s five scoreless frames to complete the shutout of the Sooners. Will Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin each pitched one inning before Ben Joyce came in to get two outs in the eighth. Redmond Walsh got the final out of the eighth and then pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
Mabrey, McLaughlin, Joyce and Walsh combined to strikeout seven, give up three hits and walk one.
Headed for Home — Offense bounces back
Tennessee managed just two runs over nine innings against Texas on Friday. The Vols countered with 18 runs on 23 hits over the next two days to pick up wins over Baylor and Oklahoma.
Against the Sooners, the Vols hit .313 with runners on base and .375 with runners in scoring position. They hit .438 with two outs.
Key Plays:
T-1st: Tennessee 1 (+1), Oklahoma 0
Vols right fielder Jordan Beck hit a towering solo home run off the foul pole in left field to give the Vols an early 1-0 lead.
T-2nd: Tennessee 2 (+1), Oklahoma 0
Christian Moore doubled with two outs to put a man on, and after Christian Scott and Cortland Lawson both drew walks, Jared Dickey drew a walk himself to bring in a run.
T-3rd: Tennessee 5 (+3), Oklahoma 0
After Luc Lipcius hit an RBI single to score Trey Lipscomb, freshman Christian Moore hit a two-run inside the park home run to deep centerfield to extend the Tennessee lead to 5-0.
T-5th: Tennessee 6 (+1), Oklahoma 0
Christian Moore tallied his third of the day to extend the Tennessee lead to 6-0 on an RBI single. Moore drove in Evan Russell after Russell walked and stole second.
T-8th: Tennessee 8 (+2), Oklahoma 0
Tennessee added two runs in the eighth on an RBI double from Seth Stephenson and a solo home run from Blake Burke.
Final Box Score
Post Game Interview
This Week's Schedule
Tuesday, February 22
Midweek game – ETSU (1) vs. No. 17 Tennessee (4)
Friday, March 4 — Shriners Childrens
Game 1 – No. 17 Tennessee (2) vs. No. 1 Texas (7)
Saturday, March 5 — Shriners Childrens
Game 2 – Baylor (5) vs. No. 17 Tennessee (10)
Sunday, March 6 — Shriners Childrens
Game 3 – No. 17 Tennessee (8) vs. Oklahoma (0)
