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Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt SEC Tournament Semifinals: How To Watch, What To Know | Rocky Top Insider
Tennessee baseball is back in the SEC Tournament Semifinals for the third time in four years where they’ll face rival Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon.
The winner advances to the SEC Tournament Championship while the winner heads home to the Volunteer State to start preparing for the NCAA Tournament.
What to know as Tennessee baseball looks to extend its stay at the SEC Tournament in Hoover.
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How To Watch — No. 1 Tennessee (48-11, 22-8 SEC) vs Vanderbilt (38-20, 13-17 SEC)
- Approximately 4:30 p.m. ET
- Watch: SEC Network
- Stream link: SEC Network
How They Got Here
Tennessee earned a bye into the double elimination portion of the tournament by earning the one-seed before dropping its SEC Tournament opener against Vanderbilt 13-4. The Vols knocked off Texas A&M 7-4 on Thursday afternoon before defeating Mississippi State 6-5 in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
Vanderbilt was the eight-seed in the SEC Tournament and advanced to the double-elimination portion of the tournament by defeating Florida 6-3 on Tuesday. The Commodores then defeated Tennessee on Wednesday and Mississippi State 4-3 on Thursday night to advance to the semifinals. Vanderbilt didn’t play on Friday having the day off to rest its pitching.
Projected Pitching Matchup
- TBD vs. TBD
- Story will be updated when both teams announce pitching plans.
Bats To Know
Tennessee:
1B Blake Burke — .378/.423/.692, 17 HR, 42 EBH, 51 RBI, 24 BB, 36 K
2B Christian Moore — .377/.450/.794, 27 HR, 41 EBH, 61 RBI, 26 BB, 38 K
3B Billy Amick — .320/.401/.688, 18 HR, 31 EBH, 50 RBI, 20 BB, 40 K
RF Kavares Tears — .340/.446/.668, 17 HR, 30 EBH, 48 RBI, 35 BB, 54 K
LF Dylan Dreiling — .320/.454/.710, 17 HR, 34 EBH, 60 RBI, 41 BB, 49 K
Vanderbilt:
SS Jonathan Vastine — .296/.387/.549, 10 HR, 30 EBH, 40 RBI, 26 BB, 65 K, 11 SB
C Alan Espinal — .288/.393/.532, 12 HR, 26 EBH, 47 RBI, 30 BB, 79 K
2B RJ Austin — .323/.395/.463, 5 HR, 20 EBH, 51 RBI, 23 BB, 37 K, 26 SB
RF Matthew Polk — .314/.374/.503, 5 HR, 22 EBH, 21 RBI, 7 BB, 36 K
UTL Camden Kozeal — .283/.350/.441, 5 HR, 13 EBH, 28 RBI, 14 BB, 31 K
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As oppressive heat bears down on Middle Tennessee, more than 1,800 people are without power in Williamson County near Brentwood.
The outage was first reported at 7:42 a.m. July 1, according to Middle Tennessee Electric.
More than 2,400 customers lost power in the Brentwood area after an excavator used for nearby construction got into the lines and broke a pole, according to Middle Tennessee Electric spokesperson Larry Rose.
The number of outages went down to just over 1,400 customers due to Middle Tennessee Electric being able to switch the circuits around the outage location, Rose said just before 9 a.m.
The location of the damaged pole is on Sunset Road near Clovercroft Road across from the Estates at Telluride.
Rose said outages should fall below 1,000 fairly fast, but some would also remain without power until the pole could be replaced.
Power outages were at 211 customers just before 10 a.m.
Rose estimates work could take up to four hours with Middle Tennessee Electric and contractor crews at the location and working.
No Nashville Electric Service customers over the line in Davidson County were impacted by the outage.
Middle Tennessee continues to be in an extreme heat wave. That’ll last until 8 p.m. July 3, the National Weather Service said July 1. Highs could reach 101 with an index near 110, the weather service said.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – We’re experiencing our hottest weather since summer 2025.
The hottest weather of the year is having a major impact on Middle Tennesseans. Temperatures have soared well above average during the afternoon and remained unusually high at night for several days. That’s caused thousands across Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky to temporarily change the way they go about everyday life. The heat has been so significant that temperatures have actually been in record territory.
For example, this past Sunday, Nashville nearly tied the highest minimum temperature ever for the date — 80° set in 1936. Nashville’s low on Sunday was 79.
As for high temperatures, while it was easily the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, Nashville missed that day’s record by nine degrees.
We’ll be closer on Wednesday, missing it by just six degrees.
There’s an even closer approach in line for Thursday. Our forecast for Nashville is 98°. The record high temperature is 101.
Cooler weather will eventually take over. By early next week, we expect highs to return to more seasonable levels — the low 90s.
For life-saving weather alerts, customized messages on conditions and forecasts, and videos detailing upcoming weather events, download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Have weather pictures or videos? Share them here.
Former Tennessee baseball pitcher Garrett Stallings was called up by the Milwaukee Brewers on June 30.
Stallings, 28, likely will make his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds on June 30 in the second game of the Brewers’ four-game homestand.
Stallings played at Tennessee from 2017 to 2019 in the early years of Tony Vitello’s stint at the Vols’ head coach. He earned a starting role as a freshman and became the ace by his junior season.
In 2019, the Los Angeles Angels selected Stallings in the fifth round of the MLB draft. He bounced around in the minors before landing firmly in Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides, and later the Brewers’ affiliate Nashville Sounds, in 2024.
Stallings posted a 3-3 record with the Sounds in 2026 with a 3.45 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 62⅔ innings.
He will be the 54th player in Tennessee history to reach the major leagues and the 12th since 2020. He will join left-hander Garrett Crochet (2020); right-hander Ben Joyce (2023); infielder Andre Lipcius (2023); IF Trey Lipscomb (2024); outfielder Jordan Beck (2024); RHP Seth Halvorsen (2024); RHP Chase Dollander (2025); RHP Blade Tidwell (2025); INF Christian Moore (2025); OF Drew Gilbert (2025); and RHP Chad Dallas (2026).
Dallas made his debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on June 4.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: wynton.jackson@knoxnews.com
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