Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello met with the media following the Vols’ 11-7 series-opening win over South Carolina in Columbia to share his thoughts on the game.
Vitello discussed Dalton Bargo’s continued success at the plate, Jay Abernathy’s progress as a hitter, how good his team’s approach was at the plate with two outs and more.
Watch Vitello’s entire post-game press conference below.
“I think that was a byproduct of guys competing,” Vitello said when asked about the pair of two-out rallies. “It’s a cliche thing, but grinding out at-bats. Some of them occurred with two outs, but you are seeing a guy who has really good stuff. He did jump ahead of a lot of hitters early in the game. He was throwing strikes, but our guys kind of wore him down a little and were able to capitalize on some mistakes.
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“Some of those two-out hits were guys just flicking the ball around the park. Jay Abernathy’s at-bat kind of comes to mind. The guys did it as a group and got us out to a lead. Of course, no lead is safe against the team we are playing.”
Tennessee will look to clinch the series Saturday against the Gamecocks. First pitch is at 4 p.m. ET on SEC Network +.
