Christian Moore is having an ideal season with the Tennessee Vols. The star outfielder is hitting .376 with a career-high 19 house runs and 45 RBI to this point this season.
Three of these house runs put Moore in lofty firm in Tennessee historical past Sunday within the Vols' 13-11 series-clinching victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.
Moore led off the Vols' scoring with a two-run shot to proper area within the third inning. After the Vols fell behind 8-7 within the sixth inning, Moore tied the sport for the Vols with one other shot to proper area.
Nevertheless, it was his third house run of the sport that proved spectacular, each for the sport and within the Tennessee baseball report books. With the Vols clinging to a 10-9 lead within the eighth inning, Moore hit an enormous blast to left area for a 13-9 lead.
the house run made Moore simply the seventh participant in program historical past to report three spherical trippers in a sport. The blast additionally prolonged his program-leading profession house run main complete to 46, a quantity he continues to commute with first baseman Blake Burke over.
Most significantly on the weekend, he gave the Vols the runs they wanted to maintain to win. Kentucky was in a position to rally within the ninth and add two extra runs on back-to-back solo house runs to shut the sport awkwardly at 13-11. With out Moore's newest outburst, it might have been a unique story for the Vols in Lexington.
As an alternative, Tennessee claimed its fifth straight victory, with Moore incomes SEC Participant of the Week honors within the course of. He at present holds the Tennessee report for profession house runs. We'll see if he retains it there or if his teammate finally ends up on high as soon as the Vols' season is over.
