The Official Tennessee @ Kentucky Series Thread (Fri. April 19 6:30PM EST) (Sat. April 20 2PM EST) (Sun. April 21 1PM EST) (All games on SECNET+)

[volplaya8]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

I’m sure he isn’t happy with his ERA and Hr’s given up but coaches trusted him in a bullpen game and he got the win and out pitched a conglomerate of UK pitchers

 

[Dragon18]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

He steadied the ship and slowed them down with the bats. They are a really good team. We don’t win without him today.

 

[feathersax]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

Having Kirby in our Big Orange Corner is a blessing every day. Even Koufax, Whitey Ford, Mariano Rivera & all the greats gave up big hits & homers.

 

[BreatheUT]

I was doing work on those wings.

Fyp

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

He steadied the ship and slowed them down with the bats. They are a really good team. We don’t win without him today.

This^

 

[NorCalVol67]

Having Kirby in our Big Orange Corner is a blessing every day. Even Koufax, Whitey Ford, Mariano Rivera & all the greats gave up big hits & homers.

Yeah, Kirby is a Vol treasure.

 

[NorCalVol67]

I remarked on it last year, but I sat behind the dugout at LSU, and watching Kirby throughout the games was awesome.

 

[DazzleVol]

I listened to the game (unable to watch) just now caught the highlights. Question- when ensley was ph for i guessed Tears to cf and i saw him make a play there but at the end of the game it looked like he made a play in rf .. what outfield line ups did we use today?

 

[taylorvol]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

Kirby is a VFL. True Vol fans support him win or lose. He’s a winner on and off the field.

 

[vol66]

I listened to the game (unable to watch) just now caught the highlights. Question- when ensley was ph for i guessed Tears to cf and i saw him make a play there but at the end of the game it looked like he made a play in rf .. what outfield line ups did we use today?

 

[txbo]

Wish I could get it. Same for Eagle and EH. Until whatever beef there is between the ABC board and the distillery gets worked out, I'll grab what I can when I'm out of state.

Come to Houston and stock up.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

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Where do you find this 66?

 

[txbo]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

I’d have used him as an opener today. Let him go until they figured out his stuff.

 

[Rocky Knocksville]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

Bullpen had been drained this weekend. We needed Kirby to pull us through a few innings and he was up to the challenge. Big series win at kenSucky. Wonder if they are still Proud of their Park since we own that now too…

 

[DazzleVol]

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So if reading it right
After the ensley switch
Tears in cf, bargo in rf .. then bargo swapped for backus and backus in cf with tears back to rf.

My next question why move tears back to rf, better arm?

 

[AllThingsTN]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

Nobody has their best stuff every outing. Im sure glad he’s on our side though.

 

[vol66]

Where do you find this 66?

Baseball vs Kentucky on 4/21/2024 - Box Score - University of Tennessee Athletics

The official box score of Baseball vs Kentucky on 4/21/2024

utsports.com

 

[tn4elvis]

Not my kids best outing but bats kept us in it.

It happens to everyone that has ever played. Just part of it. I thought Kirby made some good pitches that they just hit . His location might have been a little off but they put some good swings on the ball too. On to the next game.

 

[chuckiepoo]

We should have.

I feel like all those who had “sweep” in the Pick ‘em should get partial credit at least.

Stahp!!!

 

[vol66]

So if reading it right
After the ensley switch
Tears in cf, bargo in rf .. then bargo swapped for backus and backus in cf with tears back to rf.

My next question why move tears back to rf, better arm?

That’s where he normally plays I guess.

 

[Volprofch05]

I listened to the game (unable to watch) just now caught the highlights. Question- when ensley was ph for i guessed Tears to cf and i saw him make a play there but at the end of the game it looked like he made a play in rf .. what outfield line ups did we use today?

Started with Tears in RF, Ensley in CF. I believe Peebles batted for Ensley, moved in as C in place of Stark (who was hit by pitch and seemed shaken up), at which point KT moved to CF and Bargo came in (technically for Stark) and played RF. Later, Backus came in and played CF and then KT moved back to RF.

Funniest part was the announcer referred to at least 3 different players as Tears who were very obviously not KT

 

[chuckiepoo]

Somebody earlier called Kentucky a "weird" team, and I thought that was a weirdly vague comment. But that's before
I learned that Kentucky was 15-1 in the league after the first game of the series. That IS weird. Kentucky has been respectable
for a long time--but never close to that good, I don't think. (Maybe? While I track our scores, I don't pay much attention to the rest
of the league most years). Conventional wisdom suggests that a team that is 15-1 in the league has good pitching--but then we score
22 runs on Kentucky's pitching in the next two games. I don't think there's much that's conventional about collegiate baseball in this
era of pin-ball scoring. We're certainly good at knocking balls over the fences, but may ultimately need a bit more of that conventional pitching to reach our big goals. Good series win.

..tldr. Short and sweet, boo!

 

[chuckiepoo]

What, it's been a minute. Someone remind me please....

Did we just take a series at the home of the #3 team in the nation?

Yeah, but it wasn’t Vandy…

 

[wtmvol]

I listened to the game (unable to watch) just now caught the highlights. Question- when ensley was ph for i guessed Tears to cf and i saw him make a play there but at the end of the game it looked like he made a play in rf .. what outfield line ups did we use today?

To Kentucky fans/announcers, it probably seemed like Tears was playing every position out there.

 

[taylorvol]

I listened to the game (unable to watch) just now caught the highlights. Question- when ensley was ph for i guessed Tears to cf and i saw him make a play there but at the end of the game it looked like he made a play in rf .. what outfield line ups did we use today?

Colby Backus moved to CF and Tears slid over to RF to spell Bargo