In the first at-bat of his Tennessee career last Friday night against Nicholls, Tyler Myatt launched a home run over the right field wall. It didn’t take him long to have a new top moment in his short time in Knoxville.
Myatt came off the bench and launched a pinch hit, walk-off home run 432 feet over the batter’s eye in center field to propel Tennessee to a 4-3 series-opening victory over Kent State on Friday night.
“Tyler Myatt bailed us out,” Tennessee head coach Josh Elander said. “What a swing there, just a low heart rate there at the end. … He’s doing such a great job. I mean, sometimes, guys are not in the lineup, and they want to pout about it. But he handled everything the right way. Had a great day yesterday of prep, and then we’re working on hitting two seams and runners yesterday, and we get the matchup we want, and it’s really cool when guys put in the work and then are just ready when the moment calls.”
“They told me just to be prepared all game,” Myatt said postgame. “So, just swinging a bat almost every other inning, just to stay loose. Got a little bit colder throughout the night, so went to go put on some more clothes. Then it was time.”
Tennessee led 3-2 entering the ninth inning before Kent State tied the game. Even then, the Golden Flashes had the bases loaded with one-out before Brady Frederick entered the game and induced two groundouts to keep the game tied.
Now in five games and eight at-bats this season, Myatt is hitting four-for-eight with two home runs, two doubles and six RBIs. Watch his walk-off home run here.
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