No. 8 Tennessee (1-0) defeated No. 22 Texas Tech (0-1), 6-2, on Friday in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown presented by Kubota.
Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.
The opening day contest took place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, home of Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers.
AJ Russell started for Tennessee and pitched 4 1/3 innings, recording 10 strikeouts, one walk and 73 pitches (53 strikes).
AJ Causey pitched 4 2/3 inning in relief for the Vols. He totaled seven strikeouts and zero walks.
Billy Amick hit a home run in the fourth inning for the Vols. Tennessee recorded eight hits in the contest.
Following Tennessee’s win versus Texas Tech on opening day, Vols Wire looks at postgame social media reaction and is listed below.