Tennessee baseball head coach Josh Elander met with the media following the Vols’ thrilling 4-3 series-opening victory over Wright State Friday in Knoxville.
Elander discussed starting pitcher Tegan Kuhns’ outing, Manny Marin’s big moment hitting the walk-off single, Jay Abernathy’s impact and more.
Watch Elander’s entire post-game press conference below.
“So it’s funny,” Elander began when discussing the call to take the bunt off for Manny Marin. “I watched a ton of video going in and basically with a runner at second, straight up, they’ve kind of just tried to get an out, right? But obviously at that point in the game, it kind of just – we’ve been over there a while – just reminded me of how Vanderbilt has done some stuff like that.
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“Usually, in that situation, you have to move the guy to third base, but if they’re gonna leave the middle of the field open, and the guys are under control and don’t try to take too big of a swing – there’s so much surface area – all they have to do is basically just make contact with it.
“We talked about it. We got the look, and Manny pulled it back, executed exactly how he’s coached to do, and then great job by him not trying to do too much. The middle of the field’s open, and he gets the pitch and drives it through. It was a good moment for Manny.”
