Tennessee baseball head coach Josh Elander met with the media following the Vols’ 9-2 series-opening loss to Kentucky Friday in Lexington.
Elander shared his thoughts on Tegan Kuhns’ below-average start, a lackluster night offensively, what has plagued Tennessee in series openers and more.
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Watch Elander’s entire post-game press conference below.
“I thought he was firing strikes early,” Elander said when discussing Kuhns’ outing. “He did a really good job of getting out of the first. That could have gotten messy pretty quickly, leaves those guys stranded at second and third. But leaves a hanging breaking ball, guy (Ethan Hindle) hits one into the wind, and tip of the cap, he just stayed on one to right. Really was the difference with 5 runs right there, just 2 pitches that weren’t executed well.
“(He) gave us some length, which is good going into tomorrow, but when the wind’s blowing out like that, you have to keep the ball down a little bit better.”
