Tennessee baseball is coming off its best weekend of the season as the Vols swept instate rival Vanderbilt at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Vols trailed for almost all of game one before a pair of solo home runs tied the game in the ninth and Griffin Merritt gave Tennessee a win in the 12th inning with a walk-off solo homer. From there, Tennessee rolled on the weekend knocking off the Commodores 17-1 in game two and 10-5 in game three.
Tennessee got strong starting pitching as Andrew Lindsey and Chase Dollander built on strong outings against Arkansas and Drew Beam bounced back with a fantastic Sunday start. Chase Burns was electric out of Tennessee’s bullpen where he faced the minimum in four innings pitched on the weekend.
Tony Vitello’s sixth Tennessee team is moving up in the rankings after the huge win for its confidence and NCAA Tournament hopes.
Let’s take a look at where Tennessee stands in various rankings this week.
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D1Baseball – No. 24. Up two-plus spots this week.
USA Today Coaches Poll – No. 20. Down eight spots from last week
Baseball America – Not ranked. Same as last week
Perfect Game – No. 8. Up 11 spots from last week
Collegiate Baseball – No. 26. Up five spots from last week
NCBWA – No. 18. Up three spots from last week
