No. 2 Tennessee (3-2) defeated Alabama A&M (3-2), 23-1, in seven innings Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Vols’ catcher Charlie Taylor went 4-for-5 with two residence runs, one triple, three runs and 5 RBIs in opposition to the Bulldogs.
Tennessee received its third consecutive recreation and swept the two-game sequence in opposition to Alabama A&M.
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The Vols led, 1-0, within the first inning on an RBI single by Zane Denton. Tennessee scored two extra runs within the second inning as Griffin Merritt got here residence on a balk and Dylan Dreiling had an RBI single.
Tennessee scored three runs within the third inning on a pair of Alabama A&M errors.
Austen Jaslove had an RBI groundout.
The Vols scored 15 runs within the fifth inning as Taylor hit a three-run residence run and a scoring single. Ethan Payne hit a two-run double and Logan Chambers had an RBI double within the inning.
Taylor had a solo residence run within the sixth inning and Kavares Tears had an RBI with a sacrifice fly.
The Vols completed the sport with 17 hits, together with 4 doubles, two triples and two residence runs. Tennessee additionally took benefit of six Bulldogs’ errors that resulted in 5 unearned runs. The Vols drew 12 walks within the contest.