Vols defeat Missouri to win SEC series

Tennessee baseball defeats Missouri to win SEC series.

No. 3 Tennessee (36-7, 14-6 SEC) defeated Missouri (19-25, 6-14 SEC), 3-2, Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Vols clinched a series win against Missouri. Tennessee also won its fifth consecutive contest and recorded eight hits in game No. 2 against the Tigers.

Dean Curley went 2-for-4. He scored one run, while Cal Stark went 1-for-3. Stark recorded one double and one RBI.

Dylan Dreiling went 1-for-3. He recorded one run, while Billy Amick went 2-for-4 for the Vols.

Missouri’s Trevor Austin hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning.

Drew Beam (6-1) pitched 7.1 innings for the Vols. He allowed two runs, six hits and one walk, while recording eight strikeouts.

Aaron Combs recorded the final out of the contest, earning his second save of the season.

Vols run-rule Bowling Green for ninth consecutive win

Tennessee run-rules Bowling Green for series win.

No. 8 Tennessee (10-1) defeated Bowling Green (2-6), 12-1 in seven innings, Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Saturday’s win is Tennessee’s ninth consecutive and second straight run-rule win over the Falcons.

Blake Burke went 3-for-4 with two home runs, one double, three runs and two RBIs for Tennessee. Billy Amick also went 3-for-3, recording one home run, one double, three runs and two RBIs.

Tennessee second baseman Christian Moore hit a home run.

The Vols recorded 14 hits in the contest.

Drew Beam started for Tennessee and pitched six innings. He allowed five hits, one earned run and one walk, while recording nine strikeouts.

Aaron Combs pitched the seventh inning for the Vols and recorded one strikeout.

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Oklahoma defeats Vols in extra innings

Oklahoma baseball defeats Tennessee in extra innings.

Oklahoma (1-1) defeated No. 9 Tennessee (1-1), 5-1 in 10 innings, Saturday in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.

Oklahoma led, 1-0, in the fourth inning, before the Vols scored after a solo home run by Dylan Dreiling.

Oklahoma scored four runs in the tenth inning.

Dreiling went 2-for-3 with one home run and one double. Christian Moore went 2-for-4 with one double, while Hunter Ensley recorded two hits for Tennessee.

Drew Beam started and pitched 5.2 innings for the Vols, recording two strikeouts and allowing seven hits and one run.

Aaron Combs (0-1) allowed one hit, three runs and three walks, while recording four strikeouts for Tennessee.