How it Happened: Tennessee hammers four homers in series opening 9-3 beatdown of South Carolina
Tennessee fell behind early but never looked back thanks to Christian Moore’s career day as the Vols ran away from South Carolina with a 9-3 win in game one of the Southeastern Conference series.
The top-ranked Vols (44-10, 20-8) saw a pair of home runs from Moore in the victory over No. 24 South Carolina (33-19, 13-15 SEC), as the second baseman now holds the Tennessee record for single season home runs with taters 25 and 26 on the night. Dylan Dreiling and Kavares Tears also hit home runs in the victory – both with men on base.
AJ Causey (10-3) earned the win on the mound tonight after tossing 5.1 innings of relief. The sidewinder gave up two runs off six hits with eight strikeouts on 87 pitches. Ty Good (5-2) took home the loss after surrendering six runs off five hits in four innings of work in the start.
Game 2 of the final regular season series of the year is set for 6:30 pm eastern time on Friday, but first, here’s how it all went down on a Thursday night.
Scoring Summary
Top 1: Ethan Petry sent a solo home run to left. SC 1-0
Bot 1: Christian Moore homered to center. Tied 1-1
Another day, another home run record for C-Mo!
— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) May 16, 2024
An absolute rocket to set the single-season program record!
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Bot 3: Christian Moore homered to centerfield. Vols 2-1
Bot 3: Kavares Tears unloaded for a three-run homer to left field. Vols 5-1
KT KABOOM!
— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) May 16, 2024
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Bot 4: Blake Burke doubled in Cal Stark on a drive to left-venter. Vols 6-1
Top 6: Cole Messina homered to centerfield. Vols 6-2
Bot 7: Billy Amick doubled in Christian Moore from second base. Vols 7-2
Bot 7: Dylan Dreiling drilled a two-run homer to right-center. Vols 9-2
A Dreiling Dinger!!
— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) May 17, 2024
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Top 8: Dalton Reeves RBI double plated a runner from second base. Vols 9-3
Postgame Video
The Final Stats
Tennessee baseball’s weekly schedule
Tuesday: No. 1 Tennessee 10, Belmont 0 (7 inn) | Final Stats | How it Happened | Four Takes | Vitello
Thursday: No. 1 Tennessee 9, South Carolina 3 | Final Stats
Friday: No. 1 Tennessee vs. South Carolina | 6:30 pm ET | SEC Network+
Saturday: No. 1 Tennessee vs. South Carolina | 1 pm ET | SEC Network+
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
