Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello met with the media following the Vols’ 10-0 run-rule win over Texas A&M Friday night.
The Vols combined to throw their fifth no-hitter in program history and 10th overall in the win, so obviously, Vitello had plenty to say about it.
Vitello discussed Liam Doyle’s dominance on the mound in a 6.0-inning start, Hunter Ensley and Dalton Bargo’s continued success at the plate and more.
Watch Vitello’s entire post-game press conference below.
“No, I don’t think so,” Vitello said on if he’s ever been a part of two no-hitters in the same season. “You know, it’s got a little asterisk to it, or [it’s] a little different tonight with the seven-inning deal. But I think, obviously Liam’s (Doyle) good and their guy (Ryan Prager) is good. It’s such a contrasting style matchup there. But two of the best lefties in the country, and then Dylan (Loy) was outstanding in that last inning.
“But I think the kind of hidden story there is (Cannon) Peebles. Everyone knows Frank’s (Anderson) good at his job. Again, everyone knows those pitchers are good, but he did a great job back there. He’s going to go home remembering the line drive getting caught, their left-fielder (Sawyer Farr) had a hell of a night defensively, but I think everybody else is going to go home knowing that he did a great job back behind the plate. And now with Ariel (Antigua) kind of accentuating it, our baseball fans realize how important it is to be good defensively at some of those spots.”
Tennessee will look to win and sweep the series in a Saturday doubleheader against Texas A&M. First pitch for game two of the series and game one of the doubleheader is at 3 p.m. ET. The next game will begin at 7 p.m. ET OR 45 minutes following the conclusion of the first game on Saturday.
SEC Network + will have the stream for both contests.
