The Official ETSU @ Tennessee Game Thread (Tues. 3/18 5PM EDT) (SECNET+)

[AllThingsTN]

You can’t take that pitch but you realize he’s a freshman in his biggest moment so far in college right? Learning moment for a great young player.

And with that we take our yearly midweek loss to the Tennessee Techs, Lipscombs, and ETSU’s.

 

[TheBigOne10]

2 outs away and we threw an 0-2 meatball

 

[rocketskates]

It’s baseball, not gonna win em all. Relax. We are fine. Let’s get Bama this weekend.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Honestly their outfield made a few huge catches & Combs was left in too long.

Good experience for the young guys, I appreciate Tony giving them the chance to play in a tight game like that. Will pay dividends in the future.

 

[greasemachine]

Welp, the monkey is off our back now. Get Bama!

Exactly!!

 

[patrick]

Well maybe we will pissed in Tuscalooosa and dominate them

Tony V will surely be aggravated by this loss!

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

A Tennessee tradition. Getting the #1 ranking then *****ing the bed the next game. I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme but it's annoying.

 

[LivinginthePast]

Mid week games are very subject to losses. You usually don’t play your best pitchers. Vitello was cycling too on purpose for experience. Doesn’t mean anything. No one has gone undefeated in baseball.

 

[ArmchairQB]

I love winning but most of all I love competing. And props to anyone who’s doing it well. ETSU played out of their minds and gets some memories, and we get a truckload of valuable experience for a bunch of freshmen.

 

[vols1071]

This loss comes at a perfect time... Team needs some humbling and see how we can react to adversity

 

[Legion of Doom]

Does not matter. Beat the Tide and win series. It is baseball.

 

[Weezer]

No one goes undefeated in baseball. I was just hoping the streak would last a little bit longer.

 

[I4Vols]

Well...Bama can't be the one to give us that first loss. Only positive out of that. ETSU played crazy good and very lucky baseball. We looked like we were in shock or lost in space most of the night.

See y'all Thursday night for the Basketball Vols and Baseball Vols vs Bama. I will be in Bamaland so wish us luck.

True, but disappointed that our closers let the opponent open the door.
Should that keep me awake tonight?

 

[Jkm0920]

Can you watch the press conference online?

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Only reason it sucks is bc you entered the 9th with a 2 run lead, had 1 out and an 0-2 count.

Leadoff walks suck too.

 

[RAVOL]

Welp first L of year. Give Bucs credit 2 homeruns in 9 and 10th and every hard hit ball we had well just at them or they made a great play. Now we can all focus on Playing Ball and not undefeated streak. Go Vols. In CHRIST Alone

 

[iVolSoHard]

I was legitimately worried when I saw that they replaced Clark with a pinch runner in the 9th. I started scanning the roster trying to guess who they would let bat for him in the lineup.

 

[vols1071]

It ain't about rankings right now... We gotta develop a little even tho we are talented... Part of the process... Please don't react like we would in Football! Lol

 

[chinpokomon]

Looks like ETSU is about 50% JRs and SRs. Vols have what, two or three? Young guys def need this kind of experience.

 

[LotteryPick]

we knew this team was not going undefeated but nobody seen ETSU beating them.

Wes Rucker alluded to it on their last podcast. ETSU is a good team and was going to give their best

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

This is baseball for you folks. You’re gonna lose games, it’s normal.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

ETSU had some serious team speed, so many routine ground outs they beat. And quite a few balls they gloved I didn’t expect them to get to.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

Pitching was pretty awful tonight as far as strike zones located

 

[Orange931]

Well...Bama can't be the one to give us that first loss. Only positive out of that. ETSU played crazy good and very lucky baseball. We looked like we were in shock or lost in space most of the night.

See y'all Thursday night for the Basketball Vols and Baseball Vols vs Bama. I will be in Bamaland so wish us luck.

I might be making the trip down there Friday. I’ll be making my decision Thursday, surely it won’t be a sold out crowd from Bama fans.

 

[TigerMan]

The overreactions are funny. Everyone has lost mid-week games. It happened to our natty team and it will happen again. Chill lol.

Absolutely. I’ve never put much stock in mid week games. Yeah, it sucks to lose them. But, you don’t have your weekend rotation throwing, and it’s a good time to still experiment with line up changes and that sort of thing. I didn’t get to watch this game (just been following the thread), so I don’t know exactly what happened. But, it’s absolutely not time to even remotely be concerned. It’s baseball. You’re simply going to lose games here and there. CTV just needs to keep their heads straight, and head into Bama playing like you did this past weekend. It’s all good Vols!