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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 1/1 Tennessee caps its five-game homestand on Tuesday evening against Alabama A&M at 6 p.m. inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols are coming off their 12th straight weekend series win after taking two of three games from No. 17/19 Auburn over the weekend.
BROADCAST INFO
Tuesday's game will be streamed live on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app with Andy Brock (PxP) calling the action. The online broadcasts can be accessed on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App, or online at
espn.com/watch.
Fans can also listen to the Voice of Tennessee Baseball John Wilkerson and Vince Ferrara call the game on the Vol Network (FM 99.1/AM 990) as well as
UTSports.com and the Tennessee Athletics App.
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Tennessee leads, 1-0
In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 1-0
In Huntsville: 0-0
Neutral Sites: 0-0
Last Meeting: W, 9-1 (March 15, 2011 in Knoxville)
Tuesday will be just the second all-time meeting between the Vols and Bulldogs. Tennessee won the only previous meeting by a score of 9-1 back in 2011.
NOTABLE
Fastest to 40
With a win over Auburn in Sunday's rubber game, Tennessee became the first team in the country to reach the 40-win mark this season, doing so in just 44 games. The Vols are just the second SEC team to record 40 wins in 44 games since the league expanded in 1992. South Carolina in 2000 was the only other team to accomplish the feat in that span.
The Century Mark
The Big Orange blasted six home runs last Friday to reach the century mark for the season. After hitting three more homers on Saturday and Sunday, UT enters Tuesday's contest with a NCAA-leading 103 long balls this season, eight more than second-place Old Dominion (95) and 17 more than third-place Texas (86). The Vols need just five more home runs to break the current single-season program record of 107 set back in 1998.
The Volunteer Fireman
Redshirt junior flamethrower
Ben Joyce put on a show in his four scoreless innings of relief on Sunday against Auburn.
According to Tennessee's YakkerTech data tracking system, the Knoxville native threw 28 pitches that were clocked at 103 mph or faster. Of those 28 pitches, 15 were 104 mph or faster and three were 105 mph or faster. His fastest pitch of the day was clocked at 105.5 mph, which is the fastest pitch in the history of college baseball and would be the second-fastest recorded pitch in Major League Baseball, just 0.3 mph behind Aroldis Chapman, who threw 105.8 mph pitch as a Cincinnati Red against the San Diego Padres on Sept. 24, 2010.
OPPONENT SCOUT
Alabama A&M Bulldogs
- Record: 8-30 (5-16 SWAC)
- 2021 Postseason: N/A
- 2022 SWAC Preseason Poll: 5th in Eastern Division
- Head Coach: Elliott Jones (2nd year)
- Preseason Conference Honors: None
- Stat Leaders:
- Batting Avg: Janmikell Bastardo (.354)
- Runs: Tim Dixon (25)
- Hits: Tim Dixon (40)
- Home Runs: Jared Tribett (8)
- RBI: Jared Tribett (29)
- Stolen Bases: Nemo Wright (12)
- Wins: Evan Crenshaw (3)
- Saves: Crenshaw/Figueroa (1)
- ERA (min. 15 IP): Jose Figueroa (3.89)
- WHIP (min. 15 IP): Jose Figueroa (1.49)
- Innings Pitched: Josue Torres (61.2)
- Strikeouts: Jose Figueroa (45)
ON DECK
The Vols head to north to Lexington to take on Kentucky for a three-games series that will run from Thursday through Saturday. Thursday's series opener will start at 7 p.m. ET and be broadcast live on the SEC Network.
