Nathan Dettmer Dinged Up Early In Aggies' Road Loss To Tennessee

Texas A&M's Nathan Dettmer never found a consistent pitch as the Volunteers pick up their first SEC win of the regular season.

Hot bats and heaters were on the serving plate at home for Tennessee baseball Friday night. 

Behind the arm of Chase Dollander, the No. 12 Volunteers rolled their way to a 10-4 victory over No. 18 Texas A&M, picking up their first win of conference play. 

Dollander delivered seven strong innings in front of 4.700 fans at Lindsey Nelson Stadium and was greeted with a roar of praise once leaving the mound.  

For the Aggies, the bats never woke up. 

Dollander crafted his way through seven innings, allowing three hits and three runs while picking up eight strikeouts. Once Tennessee manager Tony Vittello elected to head to the bullpen, the damage was done. 

Seth Halvorsen pitched two hitless innings, allowing a walk and picking up a strikeout. He also retired the first seven of eight batters faced.

A week after Nathan Dettmer dealt six innings against top-ranked LSU, his pitches played a game of 'Guess Who?' against the Vols' offense. The A&M ace allowed five runs on five hits in the first inning, then allowed Tennessee to plate two more in the second. 

Offensively, the game had the makings of being close. The Aggies delivered in the first inning behind Jack Moss' RBI single and a balk called against Dollander. Catcher Hank Bard smacked a hard-hitting ground back to the mound in the second, allowing Jace LaViolette to score from third and make it 5-3. 

After that, it was two different tales for two different pitchers. Dollanader found his rhythm and only allowed one more hit. Dettmer allowed five more runs to cross on four hits. He struck out one Vols hitter and walked three. 

The Aggies plated one more run in the eighth inning, but it came from an induced double play ball that cleared the bases, thus negating any chance of a comeback. As a unit, A&M totaled four runs on three hits and left four runners stranded. 

The Volunteers finished with 10 runs on nine hits and walked four times. Four hits came in the form of extra-base knocks, including a solo home run by Blake Burke in the seventh. 

The Aggies return to Lindsey Nelson Stadium for an 11 a.m. first pitch Saturday morning. 

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