Tennessee baseball faces Southern Miss again in the postseason.
The No. 1 Vols (52-11) will face the No. 2 seed Golden Eagles (43-19) on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, SEC Network) in the NCAA Knoxville Regional final. Tennessee advances to the super regional for the fourth straight season with a win. If Tennessee loses, the teams will play again Monday in a winner-take-all game.
USM stayed in the game by knocking off No. 3 Indiana 15-3 earlier Sunday after losing its opener to Indiana on Friday. Tennessee reached the final by beating No. 4 seed Northern Kentucky 9-3 on Friday and beating No. 3 seed Indiana 12-6 on Saturday.
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FINAL: Tennessee back in the Super Regionals
Tennessee 12, Southern Miss 3 is the final, and the Vols are headed to the Super Regionals next weekend for the fourth straight season.
UT plays next weekend against either East Carolina or Evansville, who will play a regional final in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday after the Pirates beat the Aces 19-6 on Sunday.
SNAPSHOT SUMMARY:Tennessee baseball punishes Southern Miss, advances to fourth straight Super Regional
Tennessee 12, Southern Miss 3, top 9: Cal Stark has another HR
Cal Stark undoubtedly hits left center, a 3-point shot. The Vols’ lead is 12-3.
Stark has two homers today. Tennessee, as a team, has 159 home runs this season, a new program record.
Tennessee 9, Southern Miss 3 after eight innings
Vols are three outs to advance to Super Regionals. FWIW: East Carolina leads Evansville 12-6 in the eighth inning of the Greenville regional final, with the Pirates needing to beat Evansville twice. If that score holds, Tennessee’s super regional opponent won’t be known until after ECU and Evansville’s next game on Monday.
Tennessee 9, Southern Miss 3, top 7: Dean Curley HR 2 points
Dean Curley hits a 2-run homer to right field and the Vols are in complete control. Tennessee’s lineup is relentless. Christian Moore, Blake Burke and Billy Amick are a combined 0 for 10, and the Vols have totaled nine runs and four HRs in 6.2 innings.
Tennessee 7, Southern Miss 3, top 7: Dylan Dreiling HR in opposite field
Dylan Dreiling hits a high pitch over the wall in left center to add another point to the Vols’ lead.
Tennessee 6, Miss South 3, middle 6th
The Vols add another run, but Billy Amick’s double out is caught on the warning track in center for the final out of the inning. That, with two players, would have broken this game open. Still, the Vols lead 6-3.
Tennessee 5, Southern Miss 3, top 6: Returning Vols lead with Kavares Tears 3-run HR
Tennessee is back in the lead after a Kavares Tears 3-run home run to right field in the sixth inning. This feels like a breakthrough.
The Vols didn’t have too much traffic on the basepaths, other than back-to-back walks in the fourth inning – until the sixth. Southern Miss will change pitchers.
Southern Miss 3, Tennessee 2, last 5th: USM takes the lead
Southern Miss takes the lead on a 2-run double from Ozzie Pratt. Zander Sechrist’s release is over. Nate Snead will come in to pitch with two and two outs.
Snead produced the final out of the inning on a groundout to third base. The Vols’ bats need to get to work.
Tennessee 2, Southern Miss 1, top 5: Cal Stark HR gives Vols the lead
Cal Stark hits a home run to left field to give Tennessee the lead. It was a long ball.
Zander Sechrist stays in game after being hit by line drive
Zander Sechrist takes a line drive to the upper left leg, just above the knee, and falls to the ground in the Southern Miss 4th. After a few moments, he stands up and throws a few warm-up throws. He will stay in the game. Scary moment.
Sechrist gets a strikeout and a double play (on another hard-hit ball toward him) to get out of the fourth inning. And that ?
Tennessee 1, Southern Miss 1, end of 3rd: Zander Sechrist limits the damage
Southern Miss ties the game on a strange play; Blake Burke’s throw to second base hits the USM runner and heads to the outfield. But Zander Sechrist fails two after a strikeout and a popup.
Tennessee 1, Southern Miss 0, middle 2nd: Hunter Ensley RBI single opens the scoring
Hunter Ensley starts the Vols with an RBI single, driving in Dylan Dreiling.
Tennessee 0, Southern Miss 0, mid 1st: GIDP finishes UT 1st
Tennessee is the designated road team today and will strike first. Blake Burke tied it with one out, but Billy Amick grounded into a double play to end UT 1st. Zander Sechrist starts the Vols today.
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Prediction Tennessee Baseball vs Southern Miss
Tennessee 10, Miss Southern 5: The Vols sweep a fourth straight regional and once again end Southern Miss’ season.
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Knoxville Regional Calendar
Sunday matches
Game 5: Miss Southern 15, Indiana 3
Game 6: Tennessee (52-11) against Southern Miss (43-19), 6 p.m.; Television to be determined
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Friday matches
Game 1: Indiana 10, Miss Southern 4
Game 2: Tennessee 9, Northern Kentucky 3
Saturday matches
Game 3: Miss Southern 6, Northern Kentucky 0
Game 4: Tennessee 12, Indiana 6
Sunday matches
Game 5: Miss Southern 15, Indiana 1
Game 6: Tennessee (52-11) against Southern Miss (43-19), 6 p.m.; Television to be determined
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Game 7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6, TBD
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