Tennessee baseball didn’t like Alabama’s ‘World Series’ celebration after Friday game

Will Mabrey wasn’t apprehensive about how Tennessee baseball would reply after its loss to Alabama on Friday.

The Vols reliever was already wanting ahead to Saturday and felt UT took further gasoline from the best way Alabama celebrated its 6-3 win at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

“I feel we’re going to come again tomorrow scorching,” Mabrey stated. “They don’t actually have an opportunity in my view. They have been additionally partying like they thought they received the World Sequence. We’ll allow them to understand how that tastes tomorrow.”

Alabama gamers raced from the visiting dugout on the third-base aspect to have a good time the win, which snapped UT’s 12-game profitable streak to open SEC play. Catcher Dominic Tamez dropped his masks to the turf and ran to hug Crimson Tide nearer Dylan Ray earlier than the workforce fell into the standard postgame handshake line.

Tennessee has a knack for celebrating and taking part in the function of villain, which it did all through the 2021 season and has once more this season. Likewise, the Vols have a expertise for taking slights — perceived or in any other case — and turning them into motivation.

“I do know our workforce goes to come back again and bounce again,” outfielder Jared Dickey stated. “We’ve a bunch of canine on this workforce and somewhat fertilizer by no means harm anyone.”

Friday had contentious moments between the Vols dugout and home-plate umpire Jeffrey Macias, whose strike zone drew UT’s ire. Drew Gilbert was exceptionally displeased following a fifth-inning strikeout. Macias additionally was the home-plate umpire in Tennessee’s 8-4 loss to Texas within the Faculty World Sequence.

That sport featured former Vols volunteer assistant Ross Kivett being ejected within the fourth inning. Kivett, who was employed as an assistant coach at Houston, was thrown out by the third-base umpire who appeared to consider Kivett was arguing balls and strikes known as by Macias.

UT has misplaced two straight video games for the primary time this season. It misplaced to Tennessee Tech 3-2 on Tuesday earlier than Friday’s loss to Alabama.

“The workforce is mentally ready for tomorrow proper now,” Dickey stated. “The workforce that’s mentally ready for tomorrow proper now could be going to win the sport. We’re doing it proper now and we’re going to come back out and punch them within the throat.”

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