HOOVER, Ala. − Tennessee baseball will play for an additional SEC championship Sunday.
The Vols are going to the SEC Event title sport, besting Vanderbilt in a semifinal matchup Saturday and reaching the ultimate sport of the convention event for the third time previously 4 seasons.
No. 1 seed Tennessee acquired a high quality begin from Zander Sechrist and a mammoth two-run dwelling run from Christian Moore to beat No. 8 seed Vanderbilt 6-4 at Hoover Met.
Tennessee (49-11) faces No. 11 LSU (40-20) within the SEC Event title sport Sunday (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2). UT gained the SEC Event in 2022 for the primary time since 1995. It additionally performed within the title sport in 2021. The Vols might sweep the SEC titles with a win Sunday, pairing the convention event with a share of the regular-season title.
The Vols swept the Tigers in a regular-season sequence in April at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Vols maintain a 3-2 report towards the Commodores (38-21) this season. UT gained the regular-season sequence in Vanderbilt by successful the primary two video games. It misplaced to the Commodores within the sequence finale and in its first sport within the SEC Event.
Zander Sechrist has turned in back-to-back high quality begins
Sechrist had solely thrown six innings in a begin as soon as in his profession earlier than his ultimate regular-season begin towards South Carolina. He lined six scoreless towards the Gamecocks to assist UT clinch a share of the SEC regular-season title.
The left-handed pitcher turned in a second straight high quality begin. He allowed two runs on 4 hits with a stroll in six innings. Sechrist struck out 5 and saved the majority of the Tennessee bullpen within the course of.
Marcus Phillips confirmed one thing
Marcus Phillips earned his third save this season, masking the ultimate three innings. The sophomore escaped a bases-loaded jam within the eighth by inducing a groundout again to the mound. He acquired out of a two-on, no-out scenario within the ninth, permitting just one run to attain.
Cannon Peebles was productive as Tony Vitello shuffled the lineup
Vols coach Tony Vitello shuffled the Tennessee lineup to provide different gamers a glance Saturday. Cannon Peebles acquired the beginning at catcher and made probably the most of it.
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Peebles hit a sacrifice fly within the fourth then roped singles within the sixth and eighth.
UT additionally began Ariel Antigua at shortstop and Dalton Bargo at third base. Billy Amick began because the designated hitter.
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