SCORE: Tennessee 4, Arkansas 11 | FINAL (Arkansas wins Super Regional 2-0)

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No. 14 Tennessee baseball (46-18, 16-14 SEC) is set to battle the No. 3 Arkansas Razorbacks (47-13, 20-10 SEC) Sunday in game two of the Fayetteville Super Regional.

First pitch in Baum Walker Stadium is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN. Tom Hart, Chris Burke and Kyle Peterson will be calling the game.

For a full preview of the Super Regional including a prediction, click HERE.

Tennessee enters the game coming off a 4-3 loss to the Razorbacks in game one of the super. Razorbacks starting pitcher Zach Root shoved in a 7.0-inning start in which he allowed one hit and two runs while striking out six.

Tennessee mustered two hits the entire game. Dean Curley hit a two-run homer to get the Vols on the board in the fifth, and Andrew Fischer recorded a solo shot in the ninth. The Vols were no-hit by Root through the first four innigns.

While UT starting pitcher Marcus Phillips turned in a quality 5.1-inning start and the Vols got great innings from Brandon Arvidson and Tanner Franklin out of the bullpen, Root’s dominance was the story, leading to a narrow game one loss for Tennessee.

RECAP: Tennessee Baseball’s Offense Sputters In Game One Super Regional Loss At Arkansas

VIDEO RECAP: Tennessee Baseball Drops Game One of Fayetteville Super Regional to Arkansas

Tennessee came into the weekend coming off a 3-1 record in its Knoxville Regional win. The Razorbacks swept the Fayetteville Regional with two dominant wins over Creighton and a dominant win over North Dakota State.

The Vols picked up a pair of convincing wins over Miami (OH) and Cincinnati in the first two games of the regional before splitting two games against Wake Forest. Tennessee dropped Sunday’s game 7-6 before beating the Demon Deacons 11-5 in the deciding game seven.

Liam Doyle was tremendous in a relief outing to help lead Tennessee to the game seven win, and the offense, led by Manny Marin and Andrew Fischer, did its part.

As a result, the Vols earned the opportunity to travel to Arkansas and battle the Hogs, who are the top seed remaining in the NCAA Tournament after 1-seed Vanderbilt and 2-seed Texas did not make it out of their respective regionals.

Doyle is starting Sunday and will likely need to be great again for Tennessee to keep its season alive. The junior has been Tennessee’s best player all year, and there’s no one else Tennessee would rather have on the mound facing elimination.

DO-OR-DIE: With Season On Line, Tennessee Baseball Needs Liam Doyle At His Best

KNOW YOUR ENEMY: Best of Arkansas Sports Andrew Hutchinson Previews Tennessee-Arkansas Super Regional Series

Arkansas is the better team than Tennessee. They were Saturday evening behind a Root gem.

But it’s difficult to bet against Tennessee when No. 12 is on the mound. Doyle has been lights out all year, and after Root’s unprompted, unnecessary emotional outburst in the middle of the sixth inning yesterday, expect Doyle’s fire to burn even brighter today.

OUTBURST: Why Tennessee HC Tony Vitello Was Heated After Zach Root’s Profanity-Laced Eruption

Tennessee was more likely to win the series in two games rather than three given the Vols’ struggles in game threes this year. But UT winning in three games is more likely than getting swept with Doyle on the mound.

Give me Tennessee today but Arkansas for the series as of now.

Prediction: Tennessee wins game two

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Injury/Availability Notes

• Tanner Wiggins and Alberto Osuna will not play for the remainder of the season. Osuna has been ineligible all season long and Wiggins is recovering from a mouth injury after getting hit by a foul ball in the Kentucky series.

TRANSCRIPT: Everything Tennessee HC Tony Vitello Said Following Super Regional Opening Loss At Arkansas

For all of RTI’s baseball coverage so far this season, including Tennessee’s betting odds to win the series, click here.

For the latest RTI Diamond Pass podcast previewing the Fayetteville Super Regional and recapping the Knoxville Regional, click HERE.

VIDEO:  Tony Vitello, Marcus Phillips, Dean Curley React to Super Regional Opening Loss to Arkansas

Lineups, pitching matchup and additional pre-game notes are below, followed by the LIVE at-bat by at-bat game thread.

TENNESSEE STARTING NINE: 

SS Gavin Kilen (L)

1B Andrew Fischer (L)

CF Hunter Ensley (R)

LF Dalton Bargo (L)

2B Dean Curley (R)

RF Reese Chapman (L)

DH Levi Clark (R)

C Cannon Peebles (S)

3B Manny Marin (R)

Lineup Notes:

• Cannon Peebles back in the lineup after being suspended for one game because of his ejection in game seven of the Knoxville Regional.
  • Stone Lawless started Saturday’s game. Peebles back in and in the eight-hole per usual.

ARKANSAS STARTING NINE: 

LF Charles Davalan (L)

SS Wehiwa Aloy (R)

RF Logan Maxwell (L)

C Ryder Helfrick (R)

2B Cam Kozeal (L)

DH Kuhio Aloy (R)

3B Brent Iredale (R)

1B Reese Robinett (L)

CF Justin Thomas Jr. (R)

Pitching Matchup:

Vols Jr. LHP Liam Doyle (10-3, 2.84 ERA, 18 app., 16 starts, 1 SV, 92.0 IP, 58 H, 32 R, 29 ER, 30 BB, 158 K, 20 XBH, .178 opp. batting avg., 0.96 WHIP)

vs.

Razorbacks Jr. RHP Gage Wood (3-1, 5.33 ERA, 8 app., 8 starts, 25.1 IP, 24 H, 16 R, 15 ER, 5 BB, 50 K, 10 XBH, .240 opp. batting avg., 1.16 WHIP)

Pitching Notes:

• Doyle gets the game two start after Phillips started Saturday. Phillips started game one because Doyle had thrown 31 pitches in game seven of the Knoxville Regional last Monday in a relief outing.
  • Tennessee has a full bullpen behind Doyle with AJ Russell, Brandon Arvidson, Dylan Loy, Nate Snead, Brayden Krenzel and Tanner Franklin all able to throw. Russell and Snead are completely fresh
  • Doyle will look to bounce back from a poor start at Arkansas last time around. The junior had a rare dud in Fayetteville giving up 8 runs (6 earned) on 11 hits in 4.2 innings.
• Wood has been Arkansas’ game two starter as of late. Returned to action in mid-April and has been starting ever since. Hasn’t been great but is coming off a strong 6.0-inning start last weekend against Creighton (3 H, 3 R, 13 K(!), 0 BB).

Uniforms

Tennessee: Icy Whites

Arkansas: Grey shirts and pants with red caps

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*NOTES*

• There is NO run-rule in the NCAA Tournament.
• Tennessee is the HOME team today because it has been the home team less than Arkansas.

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GAME THREAD

1st Inning: 

T1

-Charles Davalan HBP on a 2-2 pitch.

• Tennessee CHALLENGED the ruling and the call STOOD.

-Wehiwa Aloy fouls out to 1B.

-Logan Maxwell flies out to LF.

-Ryder Helfrick strikes out swinging.

END OF TOP HALF

B1

-Gavin Kilen flies out to LF.

-Andrew Fischer is walked on four pitches.

• Fischer has tied the Tennessee baseball single-season walks record with 63. Chase Headley has held the record for 20 years. He worked 63 walks in 67 games in 2005. Fischer is currently in his 65th game.

-Hunter Ensley flies out to CF.

-Dalton Bargo pops up to SS.

• Bargo’s bat snapped in two when he popped up. Right near the handle.
• Bargo is now 2-38 in his last 10 games including today.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 0, Razorbacks 0

2nd Inning: 

T2

-Kuhio Aloy pops up to RF.

-Cam Kozeal slaps a single to right field.

Kozeal advances to second on a wild pitch.

-Brent Iredale strikes out swinging.

-Reese Robinett strikes out swinging.

END OF TOP HALF

B2

-Dean Curley grounds out to 3B.

-Reese Chapman flies out to LF.

-Levi Clark grounds out to SS.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 0, Razorbacks 0

3rd Inning: 

T3

-Justin Thomas Jr. works a walk.

• Walking the nine-hole hitter…

-Charles Davalan ropes a two-run homer to right field.

• 384 feet, 107 mph

-Wehiwa Aloy singles through the left side.

-Logan Maxwell strikes out swinging.

-Ryder Helfrick strikes out swinging.

Aloy got caught in a pickle trying to steal second between Fischer and Dean. They threw it back-and-forth and Aloy was able to evade a tag from Fischer. Missed opportunity to end the inning.

-Kuhio Aloy flies out to CF.

• Nice running catch by Hunter Ensley.

END OF TOP HALF

B3

-Cannon Peebles singles to center field.

-Manny Marin singles through the left side.

-Gavin Kilen singles to left field.

• Bases loaded with no outs for Andrew Fischer.

-Andrew Fischer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Peebles scores on the double play. Marin to third.

-Hunter Ensley flies out to CF.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 1, Razorbacks 2

4th Inning: 

T4

-Cam Kozeal singles through the right side.

-Brent Iredale flies out to RF.

-Reese Robinett singles through the right side. Kozeal to second.

-Justin Thomas Jr. strikes out swinging.

Runners advance on a wild pitch.

-Charles Davalan intentionally walked.

• Bases loaded with two outs for Wehiwa Aloy.

*Pitching change: Fr. RHP Brayden Krenzel (3-0, 4.41 ERA) on to pitch for Doyle*

Kozeal scores on a wild pitch. Robinett and Davalan advance on the wild pitch.

• Cannon lost it. Had he found the ball he potentially could’ve gotten Kozeal out at home.

-Wehiwa Aloy hit by a pitch.

• Bases loaded with two outs for Logan Maxwell.

*Pitching change: Jr. RHP AJ Russell (2-1, 3.52 ERA) on to pitch for Krenzel*

-Logan Maxwell powers a grand slam to left field.

• 330 feet, 89 mph
• Bargo tried to make the jumping catch at the wall but couldn’t get to it. Midsection hit the top of the wall and he fell back in.

-Ryder Helfrick flies out to RF.

END OF TOP HALF

B4

-Dalton Bargo works a walk.

-Dean Curley flies out to LF.

*Pitching change: LHP Cole Gibler (2-1, 3.60 ERA) on to pitch for Wood*

Bargo advances on a wild pitch.

-Reese Chapman works a walk.

-Levi Clark strikes out swinging.

-Cannon Peebles reaches on a fielder’s choice to 2B. Chapman out at second, 2B unassisted.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 1, Razorbacks 7

5th Inning: 

T5

-Kuhio Aloy flies out to CF.

-Cam Kozeal works a walk.

-Brent Iredale strikes out swinging.

Kozeal OUT on interference. Ruling is Iredale interfered with Peebles’ throw to second.

END OF TOP HALF

B5

-Manny Marin strikes out looking.

-Gavin Kilen strikes out swinging.

-Andrew Fischer lines out to 1B.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 1, Razorbacks 7

6th Inning: 

T6

-Reese Robinett strikes out swinging.

-Justin Thomas Jr. grounds out to SS.

-Charles Davalan works a walk.

-Wehiwa Aloy flies out to RF.

END OF TOP HALF

B6

-Hunter Ensley drops a single down the right-field line.

• Three Hogs in the area but no one could come up with it. Ensley reaches on the bloop single.

-Dalton Bargo flies out to CF at the warning track.

-Dean Curley pops up to SS in left-center.

• Fly ball was hard to track. Great job by Aloy to catch it over shoulder and avoid another bloop single.

-Reese Chapman strikes out swinging.

• Went around on a check swing for strike three.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 1, Razorbacks 7

7th Inning: 

T7

*Pitching change: Jr. RHP Nate Snead (4-2, 4.01 ERA) on to pitch for Russell*

-Logan Maxwell cracks a double down the right-field line.

Maxwell advances to third on a passed ball.

-Ryder Helfrick grounds out to 3B.

-Kuhio Aloy slaps an RBI single to center field. Maxwell scores.

-Cam Kozeal is walked. Aloy to second.

Runners advance on a wild pitch.

-Brent Iredale is walked.

• Bases loaded with one out for Reese Robinett

*Pitching change: So. LHP Brandon Arvidson (2-0, 4.19 ERA) on to pitch for Snead*

-Reese Robinett works a bases-loaded walk.

• Bases loaded with one out for Justin Thomas Jr.

-Justin Thomas Jr. issued a bases-loaded walk.

• Bases loaded with one out for Charles Davalan.

*Pitching change: So. LHP Dylan Loy (4-0, 3.98 ERA) on to pitch for Arvidson*

-Charles Davalan grounds into a 6-3 double play.

END OF TOP HALF

B7

*Pitching change: RHP Aiden Jimenez (4-1, 3.52 ERA) on to pitch for Gibler*

-Levi Clark strikes out swinging on three pitches.

-Cannon Peebles grounds out to SS.

-Manny Marin grounds out to 3B.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 1, Razorbacks 10

8th Inning: 

T8

-Wehiwa Aloy grounds out to SS.

-Logan Maxwell singles up the middle.

-Ryder Helfrick flies out to SS along the LF line.

-Kuhio Aloy grounds out to 3B.

• Great play by Marin and Fischer. Heck of a throw by Manny and pick by Fischer.

END OF TOP HALF

B8

-Gavin Kilen is walked.

*Pitching change: LHP Parker Coli (3-0, 1.33 ERA) on to pitch for Jimenez*

• Trainers came out to check on Jimenez after he walked Kilen. Seems like he suffered some type of injury and is exiting the game.

-Andrew Fischer singles through the right side after an 11-pitch at-bat. Kilen to second.

-Hunter Ensley lines out to SS.

-Dalton Bargo strikes out swinging on three pitches.

-Dean Curley smacks an RBI single to right field. Fischer to second. Kilen scores.

-Reese Chapman strikes out looking.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 2, Razorbacks 10

9th Inning: 

T9

-Cam Kozeal lines out to SS.

-Brent Iredale rips a solo homer to left-center.

• 387 feet, 98 mph

-Reese Robinett grounds out to 1B unassisted.

*Pitching change: Jr. RHP Tanner Franklin (1-2, 4.93 ERA) on to pitch for Loy*

-Justin Thomas Jr. flies out to RF.

END OF TOP HALF

B9

*Pitching change: RHP Christian Foutch (1-0, 3.48 ERA) on to pitch for Coil*

*Blake Grimmer pinch-hitting for Levi Clark*

-Blake Grimmer strikes out looking.

*Chris Newstrom pinch-hitting for Cannon Peebles*

-Chris Newstrom drives a double to left-center.

*Colby Backus pinch-hitting for Manny Marin*

-Colby Backus strikes out swinging.

*Jay Abernathy pinch-hitting for Gavin Kilen*

-Jay Abernathy drills a two-run homer off the scoreboard.

• 430 feet, 106 mph.
• Abernathy’s first HR of the season and his career.

*Ariel Antigua pinch-hitting for Andrew Fischer*

-Ariel Antigua strikes out swinging.

END OF BOTTOM HALF

Score: Vols 4, Razorbacks 11

END OF GAME

FINAL: Tennessee Vols 4, Arkansas Razorbacks 11