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Actually…no one says that.
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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.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
For the most updated gameday information related to Tennessee baseball, please visit our Gameday Central page by clicking HERE. The baseball Gameday Central page contains info in regard to tickets, parking, stadium policies and more.
TICKET INFORMATION
Season and single-game tickets for all remaining home contests are SOLD OUT. Limited standing room only tickets will go on sale for all games 90 minutes prior to first pitch at the Lindsey Nelson Stadium ticket office.
Single-game tickets for all games can also be purchased through Vivid Seats, the exclusive resale marketplace for Tennessee Athletics, by clicking HERE.
In order to keep Lindsey Nelson Stadium as full as possible, we are encouraging season ticket holders who are unable to use their tickets for a game(s) to either transfer your tickets to someone else (Instructions HERE).
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)
GAME PROMOTIONS
Gameday promotions for all Tennessee athletics home events can be found on the UT Fan Experience page by clicking HERE.
Fans are encouraged to download the My All App for their phones and devices this season. The app is available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and will allow fans to participate in in-game trivia, the custom filter selfie cam and more throughout the year.
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.
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.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
For the most updated gameday information related to Tennessee baseball, please visit our Gameday Central page by clicking HERE. The baseball Gameday Central page contains info in regard to tickets, parking, stadium policies and more.
TICKET INFORMATION
Season and single-game tickets for all remaining home contests are SOLD OUT. Limited standing room only tickets will go on sale for all games 90 minutes prior to first pitch at the Lindsey Nelson Stadium ticket office.
Single-game tickets for all games can also be purchased through Vivid Seats, the exclusive resale marketplace for Tennessee Athletics, by clicking HERE.
In order to keep Lindsey Nelson Stadium as full as possible, we are encouraging season ticket holders who are unable to use their tickets for a game(s) to either transfer your tickets to someone else (Instructions HERE).
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)
GAME PROMOTIONS
Gameday promotions for all Tennessee athletics home events can be found on the UT Fan Experience page by clicking HERE.
Fans are encouraged to download the My All App for their phones and devices this season. The app is available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and will allow fans to participate in in-game trivia, the custom filter selfie cam and more throughout the year.
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.
OXFORD, Miss. — No. 12 Tennessee softball came up short in the series finale at Ole Miss, falling 3-1 Monday night at the Ole Miss Complex despite out-hitting the Rebels 5-2. Super senior shortstop Ivy Davis notched two of UT’s five hits on the night, including a solo homer in the fourth to account for the Lady Vols’ only run scored.
Ole Miss senior left-handed pitcher Anna Borgen went the distance for the Rebels (36-15, 10-11 SEC) in the circle, spinning 7.0 innings with one earned run, five hits, three walks and four strikeouts. The Lady Vols left seven runners on base and were limited to one run or less for just the fourth time this season.
Ivy Davis – lady Vols / Credit: UT Athletics
Tennessee (35-15, 12-8 SEC) used four pitchers in the circle throughout the night as the staff combined for two hits and three unearned runs allowed. Graduate lefty Erin Edmoundson was credited with the loss, giving up two runs on one hit with one strikeout.
After a scoreless pair of innings to start the game, Ole Miss struck first with three unearned runs in the bottom of the third. The Rebels first capitalized on a pair of pitching miscues as Tate Whitley and Bre Roper came home on two wild pitches. Senior first baseman Sydney Gutierrez added OM’s third run of the inning with a double to the right center gap, scoring Abbey Latham to put the Rebels up 3-0 through three complete.
Tennessee posted its lone run of the night in the top of the fourth when Davis hammered her second solo homer of the weekend, launching a two-out liner off the top of the left field wall and over to cut the Rebel lead to two.
Davis’ home run went down as Tennessee’s 82nd of the season, passing the 2014 total of 81 as the second-best single season output in program history. The school record stands at 100 home runs, recorded in 2015.
The Lady Vols threatened a rally in the top of the sixth after Kaitlin Parsons and Rylie West led off the frame with back-to-back singles. Borgen set the next three batters in order, however, to escape the jam and preserve the Rebels’ two-run edge in the sixth.
UT senior right-hander Ashley Rogers set up an opportunity for a comeback rally, shutting down the Rebels in the bottom of the sixth with a 1-2-3 inning. The Athens, Tennessee, native struck out her first before forcing two groundouts to third to send the Lady Vols to the top of the seventh trailing by two.
Borgen finished her complete game retiring the side in order, ending the win with a swinging strikeout to secure the series for Ole Miss.
UP NEXT: Tennessee wraps up the regular season at home this weekend, hosting the No. 17 Auburn Tigers at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Friday and Saturday’s games will be televised on SEC Network at 6 p.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively, while Sunday’s season finale will stream on SEC Network+ at 1:30 p.m.
This weekend Miranda Lambert was featured on CBS Sunday Morning talking to Lee Cowan about her career, her music, her new restaurant in Nashville, her line of western wear, and her new album Palomino.
This weekend at the Country Music Hall of Fame ceremony in Nashville, TN for the class of 2021, emotions were running high as The Judds were inducted not more than 24 hours after the death of Naomi Judd.
Wynonna was there to accepted the honor, along with her sister Ashley Judd.
In her speech Wynonna said, “I didn’t prepare anything tonight because I knew Mom would probably talk the most.”
As Wy paused and looked up as a signal to her mom, the crowd on hand at the ceremony reacted a combination of laughter and applause, with Wynonna continuing “I’m going to make this fast…because my hearts broken and I feel so blessed and it’s a very strange dynamic to be this broken and this blessed.”
Ashley, Naomi’s other daughter, also gave an emotional speech that thanked the fans for the love they gave her mother, “My momma loved you so much, and she appreciated your love for her, and I’m sorry she couldn’t hang on until today. Your esteem for her, and your regard for her, really penetrated her heart, and it was your affection for her that did keep her going in these last years.”
Ashley also acknowledged her sister Wynonna as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) “And while this is so much about The Judds as a duo, I want to take a moment to recognize my sister…a GOAT. You know what that means?” (crowd laughs and applauses)
Watch highlights of the The Judds’ induction to the Country Music Hall Of Fame
Video Courtesy of the Associated Press
It was just a few weeks ago at the 2022 CMT Music Awards that Wynonna and Naomi gave their final performance as The Judds.
It was late last week that Luke Combs announced his The Middle of Somewhere tour
Luke talks about the artists that will be joining him on the road, “It’s going to be me…Jordan Davis, direct support. The first half opener with be Morgan Wade. The second half opener will be Lainey Wilson. So, super excited.”
Luke also shared that the name of his new tour has a connection to his upcoming album, Growin’ Up. “It’s going to be called The Middle of Somewhere Tour…that’s one of my favorite songs off of the album, and you know a great name for a tour just because of the people that I feel like we get to play music for.”
Luke’s next album Growin’ Up arrives June 24th.
The first single from Grown’ Up is Luke Combs’ latest smash hit- “Doin’ This”
While people who went to Stagecoach Festival this weekend were having the ultimate fan experience watching Carrie Underwood in concert, Carrie was having the ultimate fan experience on stage singing with Axl Rose.
The country singing superstar has always talked about her love of rock music – which she got from her older sisters – and she’s not shy from breaking out a head-banger at her shows.
Saturday night at Stagecoach not only did Carrie breakout two classic Guns N’ Roses songs, but the guy who originally sang them was there right by her side.
After her performance Carrie shared, “Best. Night. Of. My. Life!!! I am still freaking out!!! Thank you, Axl, for making this lifelong dream come true!!! You rocked that Stagecoach Festival stage harder than anyone has ever rocked it before!”
While on stage Carrie and Axl sang “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “Paradise City.”
Carrie also thrilled the crowd at Stagecoach with music from her upcoming Denim & Rhinestones album.
Carrie’s Denim & Rhinestones arrives June 10th.
Fans who couldn’t make it out to Stagecoach Festival this weekend were happy to watch the music video for Carrie Underwood’s single “Ghost Story” – which came out on Friday.
Dan + Shay were thrilled when they received the news that they’d be a part of Kenny Chesney‘s Here And Now 2022 tour.
At the time of the line-up announcement last Fall, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney shared, “We’ve been going to this tour as fans for over a decade and it’s an absolute DREAM to be a part of it. look for us in the crowd every night singing every word to every song. can’t wait to see y’all on the road in 2022.”
Now with two shows under their belt the guys are having a blast…and of course one of the best parts about opening for Kenny Chesney on tour is – getting to see a Kenny Chesney show!
Next stop for Dan + Shay on the Here And Now2022 tour is Busch Stadium in St. Louis coming up this Saturday, May 7th
