Tennessee took game two of the Hattiesburg Super Regional Sunday afternoon to force a winner-take-all game three with a birth in the College World Series on the line.
Both teams have already announced their starting pitchers for the series finale. Tony Vitello is giving the ball to sophomore right-hander Drew Beam. Beam boasts an 8-4 record and 4.09 ERA entering his 16th start of the season.
Southern Miss is throwing RHP Niko Mazza. The sophomore has both started and come out of the bullpen this season and enters the critical game with a 5-1 record, 4.13 ERA and 1.48 WHIP.
But how much pitching does each team have available out of its bullpen? Let’s dive into it.
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Southern Miss (minimum 20 IP pitched on season)
Fully available
RHP Matthew Adams (3-2, 4.95 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 60 IP) — 0 pitches this weekend
RHP Will Armistead (2-0, 2.09 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) — 13 pitches in game one Sunday
Probably available for an inning or two
LHP Kros Sively (4-1, 4.02 ERA, 1.48 WHIP) — 60 pitches in game two Sunday
RHP Billy Oldham (8-3, 4.21 ERA, 1.14 WHIP) — 58 pitches in game one Saturday
Almost certainly unavailable
LHP Justin Storm — 86 pitches in game one Sunday
RHP Tanner Hall — 86 pitches in game two Sunday
Tennessee
Fully available
RHP Chase Burns (4-3, 4.83 ERA, 1.25 WHIP) — 10 pitches in game two Sunday
RHP Camden Sewell (4-0, 3.91 ERA, 1.30 WHIP) — 17 pitches in game one Saturday
LHP Kirby Connell (1-0, 3.77 ERA, .91 WHIP, 14.1 IP) — 0 pitches this weekend
RHP AJ Russell (2-0, 0.94 ERA, .56 WHIP, 28.2 IP) — 0 pitches this weekend
RHP Aaron Combs (4-0, 2.66 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 20.1 IP) — 0 pitches this weekend
LHP Zander Sechrist (0-1, 2.05 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 30.1 IP) — 0 pitches this weekend
Probably available for an inning or two
RHP Seth Halvorsen (3-3, 3.60 ERA, 1.04 WHIP) — 40 pitches in game one Sunday
RHP Andrew Lindsey (3-3, 2.79 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) — 78 pitches in game one Saturday
Almost certainly unavailable
RHP Chase Dollander — 111 pitches in game two Sunday
