Christian Moore pounded his chest and raised his proper arm as he cruised to first base Sunday.
Ball? Someplace over the left subject fence at Kentucky's Proud Park, the place the Tennessee junior baseball participant deposited it for his third dwelling run for the Vols within the backside of a five-game collection.
Moore pitched all weekend in Lexington and was at his finest within the finale to push the Vols to a collection win in Lexington, Kentucky. Tennessee gained 13-11 on Sunday to clinch the streak after a 9-4 win on Saturday.
Moore homered 4 occasions in a three-game streak for No. 3 Tennessee (33-7, 12-6 SEC) towards the No. 5 Wildcats (32-7, 15-3). UT misplaced the opener 5-3 on Friday.
How Tennessee baseball gained the Kentucky collection
Kavares Tears had a change at bat in Sunday's storming finale. The junior outfielder fell behind 0-2, fouled off three off-speed pitches, adopted three after which destroyed the ninth pitch for a leadoff two-run homer.
Tennessee trailed 6-2 within the fourth. He took a 7-6 lead within the sixth due to a rally that began with Cal Stark on a pitch and included a clutch Cannon Peebles sacrifice fly to take the lead.
The Vols trailed 8-7 earlier than Moore's second homer tied the sport at 8-8. Then Tears gave UT the lead. Moore's three-run shot within the eighth proved to be the game-winning run after the Wildcats hit back-to-back homers to drag inside 13-11.
Aaron Combs provides Tennessee baseball a solution
Aaron Combs has spent the previous few weeks proving he's precisely the type of pitcher Tennessee has come to count on from the redshirt junior. Saturday was his finest work but.
The Ridges pitched 4⅔ innings of scoreless work with three hits and no walks. He had seven strikeouts, together with putting out the facet within the ninth. That was a profession excessive after he set a brand new one with six towards Auburn in early March.
“He needed to get his legs beneath him just a little bit and it was good to see him pitch,” Vols coach Tony Vitello mentioned Saturday.
Combs had a rocky begin to the season. He allowed eight runs on eight hits and 7 walks with 11 strikeouts in 5 non-conference outings. The slick right-handed reliever allowed two runs on eight hits and 5 walks over 12⅔ innings in SEC play. He made 18 of these 5 convention probabilities.
Combs has been feeling higher about his command recently. He didn’t stroll in his final 6⅔ innings. He has 10 strikeouts in that span, permitting three hits and no runs. Combs pitched a double inning within the fifth sport at Kentucky and pitched round himself within the seventh to remind himself that he’s able to being the precise choice.
“I positively had my curveball,” Combs mentioned of his Kentucky outing. “It's type of been my most important course the final couple of journeys. … I used to be fully in management.”
As soon as once more, baseball in Tennessee is coming again at a loopy tempo
Moore homered within the third inning Sunday for Tennessee's 108th of the season. It's the third straight the Vols have reached not less than 108. This system document previous to 2022 was 107.
RECORD:Blake Burke set a Tennessee baseball document for longest hitting streak at 28 video games
Tennessee has hit 111 dwelling runs, trailing the 2022 staff's 158 hits and final season's 126 hits.
Moore now holds the Tennessee profession sack document with 46 after passing Blake Burke, who has 44. Moore can also be inside putting distance of the single-season document of 24 set by Sonny Cortez in 1998.
Kentucky allowed 26 homers in 36 video games getting into the streak. The Vols hit 10 within the streak.
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