Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Tennessee Tech Midweek

Vols Baseball Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Tennessee Tech Midweek

KODAK, Tenn.– The No. 1 Tennessee BaseVols are set to take on the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles for a midweek battle in Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tennessee. 

The Vols and Golden Eagles will use wooden bats and play on real grass and real dirt for the first time this season. 

Below is Tennessee's starting lineup: 

#Vols starting nine for tonight’s matchup against Tennessee Tech.

-Blade on the mound
-Burke gets the nod at DH for the first time since the Vandy series
-Chris Moore starts at left
-Evan starting on a midweek. https://t.co/bbwzojpxt8

— Jack Foster (@jackfostermedia) April 12, 2022

Pitching matchup: UT RHP Blade Tidwell (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. TTU LHP Brock Smith (0-1, 7.71 ERA)

The section below will be continuously updated with live updates and the score of Tennessee's midweek matchup: 

1st Inning: 

T1

-Ed Johnson strikes out swinging. 

-Gabe Lacy strikes out swinging. 

-Jason Hinchman strikes out swinging. 

B1

-Christian Moore strikes out swinging. 

-Jorel Ortega strikes out swinging. 

-Jordan Beck is walked. 

-Beck advances to second on a wild pitch. 

-Drew Gilbert grounds out. 

Score: Vols 0, Golden Eagles 0

2nd Inning: 

T2

**Kirby Connell to pitch for Blade Tidwell**

Tidwell final line: 1 IP, 3 K, 10 strikes on 18 TP, 3 BF

-Kirby Connell strikes out Eric Newsom

-Golston Gillespie strikes out swinging. 

-Jorel Ortega makes a leaping grab at second for the final out on Hayden Gilliland's riser. 

B2

-Trey Lipscomb grounds out to SS. 

-Luc Lipcius is walked. 

-Evan Russell strikes out. 

-Blake Burke cracks a single to right field. Lipcius advanced to second.

-Cortland Lawson is walked. Bases loaded for Christian Moore. 

-Moore strikes out swinging. 

Score: Vols 0, TTU 0

3rd Inning: 

T3

**Zander Sechrist to pitch for Kirby Connell**

-Will long strikes out swinging. 

-Noah Hattier grounds out to SS. 

-Austin Turner flies out to right field. 

B3

-Jorel Ortega knocks a lead off double to left center. 

-Jordan Beck is walked. 

-Drew Gilbert connects for an RBI single to score Ortega. Vols take the lead. 

-Gilbert steals second, Beck is caught stealing at third. Call under review. Upheld. 

-Trey Lipscomb reaches first on a fielding error from TTU's third baseman. On the error, Gilbert rounds third and comes home. On the throw home, Lipscomb goes to second. 

-Luc Lipcius flies out to left. 

-Lipscomb steals third. 

-Evan Russell grounds out to end the inning. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 0

4th Inning:

T4

-Ed Johnson strikes out swinging. 

-Gabe Lacy pops up. 

-Jason Hinchman flies out to LF. 

B4

-Blake Burke pops up. 

-Cortland Lawson line drives a single up the middle. 

-Christian Scott is walked.

**TTU pitching change: Carter Gannaway to pitch for Brock Smith**

-Jorel Ortega pops up.

-Jordan Beck flies out to CF to end the inning. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 0

5th Inning: 

T5

**Charlie Taylor to catch for Evan Russell**

**Wyatt Evans to pitch for Zander Sechrist**

-Eric Newsom grounds out to 3B. 

-Gillespie grounds out to SS. 

-Gilliland singles to pitcher for the first hit of the game for the Golden Eagles. 

-Will Long singles to right field. Gilliland advances to third. 

**Mark McLaughlin to pitch for Wyatt Evans**

-Noah Hattier RBI single to score Gilliland. Play under review on whether or not Hattier is safe at first. Call upheld. 

-Austin Turner strikes out to end the inning. 

B5

-Drew Gilbert grounds out.

-Trey Lipscomb grounds out to SS. 

-Luc Lipcius strikes out to end the inning. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 1

6th Inning: 

T6

**Ben Joyce to pitch for Mark McLaughlin**

-Joyce strikes out Ed Johnson

-Gabe Lacy strikes out swinging. 

-Jason Hinchman singles through the middle. 

-Eric Newsom takes a Ben Joyce pitch over the right center wall for the first home run of the night, and the Golden Eagles have taken the lead. First earned run Joyce has given up this season/ 

-Golston Gillespie strikes out to end the top of the frame. 

B6

-Charlie Taylor strikes out swinging. 

-Blake Burke strikes out swinging. 

-Cortland Lawson strikes out. Tennessee cannot get anything going on offense. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 3

7th Inning: 

T7

-Hayden Gilliland is walked. 

-Will Long strikes out swinging. 

-Noah Hattier strikes out swinging. 

-Ben Joyce strikes out Austin Turner. 

B7

-Christian Scott flies out to left field. 

-Jorel Ortega strikes out swinging. 

-Jordan Beck strikes out swinging. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 3

8th Inning: 

T8

**Camden Sewell to pitch for Ben Joyce**

-Ed Johnson reaches first on an error from Trey Lipscomb.

-Gabe Lacy grounds into a double play. Good work from Tennessee's infield. 

-Jason Hinchman singles to left. 

-Eric Newsom strikes out at the hands of Sewell.

B8

-Drew Gilbert is walked. Loudest applause for a walk heard all season. 

-Trey Lipscomb reaches first on a fielder's choice, but Gilbert is out at second. 

-Luc Lipcius is walked. Huge walk as two Vols are on base with one out. Down one to the in-state rival. 

-Jared Dickey pinch hits for a struggling Charlie Taylor. Dickey strikes out looking. 

-Burke flies out to center. 

Score: Vols 2, TTU 3

9th Inning: 

T9

-Golston Gillespie is walked. 

-Hayden Gilliland grounds into a double play. 

-Will Long grounds out to pitcher. Vols have one more inning to make something happen.

B9

-Cortland Lawson strikes out looking. Down to Scott and Ortega.

-Christian Scott strikes out swinging. Down to Kyle Booker, who will pinch hit for Jorel Ortega. 

-Kyle Booker grounds out to end the game. 

FINAL: Vols 2, Golden Eagles 3

Photo Credit: Jamar Coach of the Knoxville News Sentinel