No college baseball team had better first base play than Tennessee over the 2024 and 2025 seasons when Blake Burke and Andrew Fischer earned All-SEC honors.
Now in professional baseball, the two are hitting consecutively in the Biloxi Shuckers lineup. Each flexed their power on Sunday, hitting back-to-back home runs during the Shuckers’ 9-4 win over the Columbus Clingstones.
Burke started it out by hitting a three-run bomb to right-center field before Fischer hit a solo shot to right field, giving Biloxi a 4-1 lead.
The @Vol_Baseball alums go back-to-back!@Brewers prospects Blake Burke (No. 15) and Andrew Fischer (No. 6) go yard on consecutive pitches for the Double-A @BiloxiShuckers: pic.twitter.com/M0i1afyo3i
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The Milwaukee Brewers selected Burke with the 34th pick of the 2024 MLB Draft. He’s spent the entirety of the 2026 season in AA Biloxi, hitting .252 with 15 home runs, 15 doubles and 28 RBIs.
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The Brewers selected Fischer with the 20th pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. He spent the first 54 games of his rookie professional season in High-A Wisconsin where he hit .298 with 20 home runs, 10 doubles and 50 RBIs.
Fischer, who is working at third base in professional baseball, has spent just four games in Biloxi but is off to a very hot start, hitting .286 with two home runs, a triple, a double and three RBIs.
Burke slashed .379/.449/.702 while helping lead Tennessee to the 2024 National Championship. He hit 20 home runs and broke the Tennessee single-season record with 30 doubles. Fischer slashed .341/.497/.760 with 26 home runs, 16 doubles and 65 RBIs.
Tennessee fans will get a chance to watch the duo in person before too long with the Shuckers slated to play six games in Knoxville against the Smokies from July 7-12.
