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Tennessee Baseball vs. Alabama Score, Updates Series Finale | Rocky Top Insider
SCORE: Tennessee 4, Alabama 3 | T4
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Fifth-ranked Tennessee baseball (18-2, 1-1 SEC) is set to battle fourteenth-ranked Alabama (16-3, 1-1 SEC) in Tuscaloosa at Sewell-Thomas Stadium Sunday in game three of a three-game series. Sunday’s contest will serve as a series rubber match as Tennessee won the series opener before losing game two to the Tide on Saturday night.
First pitch is at 2 p.m. ET on the SEC Network. It will be the second televised game of Tennessee’s season, as Saturday night’s game against the Tide served as the first. You can also listen to the game here.
The Vols enter the matchup coming off of their first loss since game two of the season, as the Tide won Saturday’s contest 6-3. Drew Beam bounced back after a rocky start to turn in a strong eight-inning performance, but the Vols’ offense couldn’t do enough to overcome the early deficit. Read all about Tennessee’s loss on Saturday night here.
For the at-bat by at-bat thread of Saturday night’s loss, click here.
Sunday will be the first series rubber match of Tennessee’s season, as the Vols swept UAlbany, Bowling Green and Illinois in their three previous series. The Vols did win a makeshift ‘rubber match’ on day three of opening weekend in Arlington by beating Baylor to go 2-1 in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown.
A series win would mark the fourth consecutive and most impressive of the season for Tennessee, as Alabama is the toughest opponent the Vols have faced.
Alabama’s Saturday win snapped a two-game losing streak, and they’ll be looking to carry their momentum into Sunday to get a series win of their own.
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Lineups, pitching matchup and additional pre-game notes are below, followed by the LIVE at-bat by at-bat game thread.
Starting Lineups
TENNESSEE STARTING NINE:
2B Christian Moore (R)
1B Blake Burke (L)
3B Billy Amick (R)
RF Kavares Tears (L)
LF Dylan Dreiling (L)
DH Robin Villeneuve (R)
CF Hunter Ensley (R)
SS Dean Curley (R)
C Cal Stark (R)
Lineup Notes:
- Ensley gets his second start in center of the weekend, Tears moves back to right field.
- Stark gets his first catcher start of the weekend, slides into the nine-hole.
- Villeneuve stays at DH for the third straight game.
- Bargo not in the lineup after he came up lame running to first base on Saturday night on a fly ball. Looked like a hamstring.
ALABAMA STARTING NINE:
3B Gage Miller
CF TJ McCants
LF Ian Petrutz
RF Evan Sleight
DH William Hamiter
C Mac Guscette
1B Will Hodo
SS Justin Lebron
2B Bryce Eblin
Pitching Matchup:
Vols So. RHP AJ Russell (0-0, 2.45 ERA, 2 app., 2 starts, 7.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, .231 opp. batting avg., 1.09 WHIP)
vs.
Crimson Tide Jr. RHP Hagan Banks (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 app, 1 start, 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, .091 opp. batting avg., 0.82 WHIP)
Pitching notes:
- Russell makes his return to the starting rotation since the UAlbany series, as he’s been dealing with soreness.
- This is Russell’s first SEC start of his career and first time ever starting on a Sunday.
- This is Banks’ second start but as the stats show, he hasn’t seen much action this year. Alabama doesn’t have a reliable Sunday guy, so they’re still experimenting to see if they can find one.
Uniforms
Tennessee: Smokey greys
Vols are undefeated in Smokey greys this season.
GAME THREAD
1st Inning:
T1
-Christian Moore flies out to RF.
-Blake Burke lines out to LF.
-Billy Amick slaps a single to center field.
-Kavares Tears flies out to CF. To the warning track.
END OF TOP HALF
B1
-Gage Miller singles through the right side.
Miller advances to second on a balk.
-TJ McCants strikes out swinging.
-Ian Petrutz drives an RBI single to left center to score Miller.
-Evan Sleight lines out to LF.
-William Hamiter pops up to 2B.
END OF BOTTOM HALF
Score: Vols 0, Crimson Tide 1
2nd Inning:
T2
-Dylan Dreiling strikes out swinging.
-Robin Villeneuve strikes out swinging.
-Hunter Ensley singles to LF. Impressive as the pitch was up high in the zone and Ensley got it.
-Dean Curley fouls out to 1B.
END OF TOP HALF
B2
-Mac Guscette flies out to CF.
-Will Hodo grounds out to 3B.
-Justin Lebron strikes out swinging. Pitch hit him, but Lebron swung for strike three. Nice 1-2-3 inning from Russell.
END OF BOTTOM HALF
Score: Vols 0, Crimson Tide 1
3rd Inning:
T3
-Cal Stark works a walk after a great at-bat.
-Christian Moore singles to RF over the second baseman’s head. Stark advances to second.
Alabama calls a mound meeting.
*Pitching change: LHP Kade Snell (0-0, 11.57 ERA) on to pitch for Banks*
-Blake Burke is walked on four pitches to load the bases with no outs.
-Billy Amick out on an infield fly to 1B.
-Kavares Tears strikes out swinging.
-Dylan Dreiling rips a bases-clearing double to left center. Dreiling advanced to third on the throw home.
-Robin Villeneuve ropes an RBI double down the LF line.
-Hunter Ensley grounds out to SS.
END OF TOP HALF
B3
*Pitching change: G-Sr. LHP Chris Stamos (3-0, 2.35 ERA) on to pitch for Russell*
-Bryce Eblin flies out to RF. To the warning track.
-Gage Miller works a walk.
Tennessee challenges call at first that Miller is safe on a pickoff attempt. Call STANDS as Burke didn’t get the tag down in time.
-TJ McCants singles through the right side. Miller advances to second.
*Pitching change: So. RHP Nate Snead (4-0, 1.80 ERA) on to pitch for Stamos*
-Ian Petrutz knocks an RBI single through the right side to score Miller. McCants advances to third.
-Evan Sleight sends a sac fly to CF to score McCants.
Petrutz advances to second on a passed ball.
-William Hamiter is hit by a pitch.
-Mac Guscette reaches on a fielder’s choice as Hamiter is out at 2B, unassisted.
END OF BOTTOM HALF
Score: Vols 4, Crimson Tide 3
4th Inning:
T4
B4
Score: Vols 4, Crimson Tide 3
5th Inning:
T5
B5
Score: Vols , Crimson Tide
6th Inning:
T6
B6
Score: Vols , Crimson Tide
7th Inning:
T7
B7
Score: Vols , Crimson Tide
8th Inning:
T8
B8
Score: Vols , Crimson Tide
9th Inning:
T9
B9
FINAL: Tennessee Vols __, Alabama Crimson Tide __
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Alabama Crimson Tide Softball Scores One Run, Escapes Disaster vs Tennessee Vols
Alabama (32-14, 9-12) drops two of three to Tennessee (37-9, 16-5) in their final home games at Rhoads before the post-season. Bama is ninth in the SEC standings.
GAME 1: TENNESSEE 5, ALABAMA 0 – Pretzel Logic Day
The two-hit wonders were back at it again. But this time, the Crimson Tide matched those two hits with two errors . Is that bad? Yeah, I think that is bad. #FireAdamArbour
Kayla Beaver (L, 14-7) got the start and gave up a run on a sac fly from Kiki Milloy in the first. Beaver would strike out the next two batters and stonewall the Vols for the next three innings until the 5th. In that frame, she allowed a leadoff double and a walk. Kenleigh Cahalan fielded a grounder on the next play but threw wide and an unearned runner came around to score. Cahalan got the error but truth be told, it should be shared with Emma Broadfoot and whoever coaches defense. In most places in America and Japan and Australia, they teach a first baseman at a young age to come off the bag if a throw is wide. But Emma tried to hold the bag and ball ticked off her glove.
Down 3-0 in the top of the 7th inning, the Tide still had a little bit of hope. But The Gut® stomped all over those hopes by bringing in Jaala Torrence who looks like she already has an eye on the door. Milloy led off with a double and Zaida Puni followed with her twelfth homer of the season to deep center field to put the game WAY out of reach at 5-0.
The Crimson Tide had a few chances to score. They stranded seven runners on base including two in scoring position in the third and runners at first and second in the fourth.
Bailey Dowling had the other error.
GAME 2: TENNESSEE 2, ALABAMA 0 – Head Bobbled
Compared to this game, Friday’s game looked like a bombastic bonanza of hits. The Crimson Tide managed all of one hit against Karlyn Pickens (W, 17-5) and it was a bunt single by Kristen White that traveled about eight feet. Once again, the Crimson Tide matched that total in errors.
Freshman Alabama pitcher Jocelyn Briski (L, 7-3) had another fine effort wasted by the Wet-Noodle-Bat-Hole-In-Glove-Brigade. With two outs and bases empty in the 2nd inning, Cahalan let a slower grounder slip right on by her while lazy outfielders did not have the play properly backed up. This mental error allowed the runner to get all the way to second base. The next batter singled and Bama was in a 1-0 hole.
Briski made one mistake on a solo homer to left field in the 4th inning. Other than that, it was a winnable performance.
After White’s aforementioned hit in the 5th, Cahalan lined into a 5-3 double play. Broadfoot’s walk in the 2nd inning was the only other Tide base runner.
GAME 3: ALABAMA 1, TENNESSEE 0 – Miracle Answered
Alabama escaped disaster on the back of Beaver’s (W, 15-7) complete game two-hit shutout, a Cahalan triple and an antiquated slap single RBI by Kristen White. This game is about the worst thing that could happen to this program. Alabama winning 1-0 on a slap helps justify Patrick Murphy’s dinosaur approach to softball. At this rate, he will never change his ways and Greg Byrne will not pay any attention to the goings-on at Rhoads Stadium until they hit rock bottom.
White also had an error.
NOTES
- This is by far the worst Alabama softball team I have ever followed. But it is not a disappointment. In order to have that, one has to actually have high expectations. The warning signs have been there for years going back to Skylar Wallace’s ouster. Who was the last batter that the Tide has had who the opposing team truly feared? Probably Bailey Hemphill and maybe Kaylee Tow in her junior year (her senior year was awful) both in 2021. Can you imagine where this program would be had Montana Fouts gone to school somewhere else?
- With an SEC record of 9-12, Team 28 will have to sweep Auburn next weekend in order to keep from having the first losing record in conference play in school history.
- Before Sunday’s 1-0 win, Alabama has been shut out four times in the last five games. They scored one run over the last four games.
- Over the last 43 innings Alabama has scored runs in only two innings.
- Tennessee pitching was outstanding. But its their defense that really shined. The Vols are so fundamentally good and slick fielders. They had no errors in the series.
- Bama had errors in each of the three games.
- In Game 1, Kendal Clark struck out in her first two plate appearance. To help build her confidence, The Gut® benched her for Larissa Preuitt’s noodle bat (.191) who grounded out with a runner on first base. Preuitt has one hit against Power teams this season – that is if you consider Virginia a power team – and nine overall in 47 at bats. Clark did not play in the finale (injury? coach’s decision?).
- Torrence – God bless her sweet heart – has given up at least one run in each of her last seven outings.
Poll
The Gut®’s bewildering move to bring in Torrence in the 7th inning of Game 1 can only be explained by which of the following?
-
10%
He wants everyone to be a part of the misery.
(6 votes)
-
5%
He keeps hoping Lupus (Bad News Bears reference) will hit a 5-run home run.
(3 votes)
-
31%
He raised the white flag and wanted to save Beaver for the next game.
(19 votes)
-
13%
He is honoring Brad Bohannon.
(8 votes)
-
0%
He has short term amnesia.
(0 votes)
-
40%
He has lost his bloody mind.
(24 votes)
60 votes total
Vote Now
- Lauren Esman was DH on Sunday and went 1-3.
- Alabama hit .143 as a team on the weekend. The Tide had 10 hits, four walks, and one HBP. They had 14 strikeouts and four errors.
- 0-FERS: Riley Valentine (0-8), Larissa Preuitt (0-3), Jenna Johnson (0-6), Lauren Johnson (0-5), Abby Duchscherer (0-4), Kendal Clark (0-5).
- Friday’s win for UT was Karen Weekly 1300th career coaching W. She spent five years at UT-Chattanooga before moving up the road in 2002.
MVP
- BRISKI – Complete game hard luck loss, one earned run allowed.
- BEAVER – one CG win, one hard luck loss, one unearned run allowed.
- WHITE – 4-6, 1 RBI
UPCOMING ALABAMA SCHEDULE
- Thursday, May 02 at Auburn 7p.m. CT ESPNU
- Friday, May 03 at Auburn 5p.m. CT SEC Network
- Saturday, May 04 at Auburn 11a.m. CT SEC Network
Poll
Was Sunday’s win bad for the program?
#RollTide #Team28
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Tennessee Legend Candace Parker Announces Retirement From Basketball | Rocky Top Insider
Tennessee and WNBA legend Candace Parker is retiring from basketball, she announced on her Instagram on Sunday afternoon.
“I’m retiring,” Parker wrote in her post. “I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it. The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time. My HEART & body knew, but I needed to give my mind time to accept it.”
Parker is one of the most storied basketball players of all time. Playing 16 seasons in the WNBA, Parker won WNBA Championships with three teams, was a seven-time First Team All-WNBA selection, the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year and two-time MVP.
An extremely versatile player, Parker averaged 16 points, 8.5 rebounds and four assists per game over the course of her career. The 6-foot-4 forward averaged 17-plus points per game in eight different seasons topping out with a 20.6 point and 10.8 rebound per game season in 2010.
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Parker was dominant in a three-year career at Tennessee, earning Associated Press First Team All-American honors twice and winning the Wooden Award twice. She averaged 19.4 points and 8.8 rebounds over the course of her career and 21.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game in her junior season.
A Naperville, Illinois native, Parker helped lead Tennessee to National Championships in 2007 and 2008— the final National Championships in legendary coach Pat Summitt’s career. In her retirement post, Parker discussed the impact Summitt has had on her life.
“My mission in life, like Pat Summitt always said, is to ‘chase people and passions and you will never fail.’ Being a wife & mom still remains priority #1 & I’ve learned that time flies, so I plan to enjoy my family to the fullest!” Parker wrote.
Parker’s 2008 basketball season is legendary. After leading Tennessee to the 2008 National Championship she made her WNBA debut that summer and averaged 18.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game while earning WNBA Rookie of the Year and First Team All-WNBA honors.
Parker has broken into broadcasting in recent years and has shined as a studio analyst for CBS, TBS and TNT during the NCAA Tournament in recent years. In her post, Parker stated her plans to continue broadcasting while also exploring other business ventures.
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