Live Updates: Tennessee goes for series sweep over Vanderbilt in Sunday matinee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee baseball is back in action Sunday afternoon at Hawkins Field against Vanderbilt, eyeing a series sweep for the sixth time this season and third time in Southeastern Conference play.
Tony Vitello’s bunch enters Sunday tied with Kentucky for the lead in the SEC Baseball standings.
The No. 1 Vols (42-9, 19-7 SEC) have won nine-straight over the Commodores (33-18, 11-15 SEC) as Vanderbilt has lost seven-straight league contests. UT is going for the third-straight sweep over Vanderbilt and the second time on the road since 2009.
Lefty Zander Sechrist (1-0, 4.14 ERA) will get the ball for the Volunteers while fellow lefty JD Thompson (3-1, 3.69 ERA) will start for Vanderbilt. Tennessee plated five runs in the eighth inning to capture game one of the series 8-4 on Friday while Christian Moore drove in five runs during UT’s 7-6 victory in game tow on Saturday.
Game Thread: Follow along with hundreds of fellow Tennessee fans as the Vols go for the series sweep on a Sunday afternoon in the state’s capital.
The Starting Lineups
How to watch, stream, listen
First Pitch: 3 pm ET
Watch: ESPN2 | WatchESPN | ESPN App
Listen: The Sports Animal (FM 99.1, AM 990) | UTSports.com | Varsity App
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Tennessee baseball’s weekly schedule
Tuesday: No. 1 Tennessee 6, Queens 3 | Final Stats | How it Happened | Four Takes
Friday: No. 1 Tennessee 8, Vanderbilt 4 | Final Stats | How it Happened | Four Takes | Vitello
Saturday: No. 1 Tennessee 7, Vanderbilt 6 | Final Stats | How it Happened | Four Takes | Vitello
Sunday: No. 1 Tennessee at Vanderbilt | 3 pm ET | ESPN2
Vols in the national polls this week
NCBWA – No. 1
USA Today – No. 1
Baseball America – No. 1
Perfect Game – No. 1
D1 Baseball – No. 1
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