Tennessee baseball took care of business in its finale midweek game of the season, run-ruling Belmont 11-1 in a drama free eight-inning contest at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
With the win, the Vols finished the season with a perfect 14-0 record in midweek games this season. Here’s how Tennessee got it done on Tuesday night against Belmont.
Nic Abraham Turned In The Best Outing Of His Career
With Tennessee using many of its midweek arms on Sunday against Texas and preparing for a Thursday through Saturday series this coming weekend, the Vols needed starter longer outings than they usually do in midweek games.
Starting pitcher Nic Abraham provided just that. The sophomore retired Belmont’s lineup in order the first time through, throwing just 23 total pitches in the process.
Belmont tagged him for a run in the fourth inning thanks to a pair of singles and a Cavan McMeans sac fly, but that was the only damage the Bruins did against him.
Abraham finished his day allowing one run on four hits in a career-best 5.2 innings pitched. The right-handed pitcher did not walk a batter with 38 of his 50 pitches being strikes.
Tennessee Did Its Damage Via The Long Ball
Tennessee scored eight of its 11 runs via home run against Belmont. Levi Clark opened the scoring in the second inning when he hit a a 412-foot two-ru homer off the light pole in left-center field.
The Vols lead was just 2-1 entering the fifth inning when they took control of the game with a trio of solo home runs. Jay Abernathy led off the inning with a 374-foot home run to right field for just his third long ball this season and the fourth of his career. Garrett Wright made it back-to-back blasts with a 399-foot homer into the left field porches.
Then two batters later after a pitching change, Henry Ford launched a 421-foot home run onto Chamique Holdsclaw Drive. The solo shot was Ford’s, team-best, 16th homer of the season.
Trent Grindlinger got in on the fun with a solo home run to the third deck of left field porches in the eighth inning. Later that inning, Hunter High ended the game with a pinch-hit two-run homer to left field that enacted the run-rule.
Tennessee’s six home runs marked its 100th through 105th of the season. The Vols became the first program in SEC history to hit 100-plus homers in five consecutive seasons.
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Other Pitching Notes From The Win
Tennessee used three relievers following Abraham’s exit with the group combining to pitch 3.1 scoreless innings.
Freshman left-handed pitcher Will Haas got the final out of the sixth inning before Josh Elander gave right-handed pitcher Brady Frederick a clean seventh inning.
The submarine pitcher retired five of the six batters he faced before freshman lefty Chandler Day relieved him with two outs in the eighth inning. Day retired the lone batter he faced with a fly out to right field.
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Up Next
Tennessee baseball concludes its regular season this weekend when it faces Oklahoma in a three-game series in Oklahoma City. First pitch for the weekend series is at 7:30 p.m. ET with the SEC Network+ broadcasting the game.
