No. 1 Tennessee (24-1, 6-0 SEC) is playing at No. 5 Vanderbilt (20-4, 4-2 SEC) Friday.
Friday’s contest opens a three-game Southeastern Conference series.
The Vols lead the all time series against Vanderbilt, 178-163-2.
Tennessee enters the Vanderbilt series ranked No. 1 in six polls, including the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.
Tennessee is the sixth team to make it through the first two weeks of Southeastern Conference play unbeaten since the league went to a 30-game conference schedule in 1996.
In the first inning, Jordan Beck hit a home run for Tennessee. Beck was ruled out as umpires inspected his bat.
Luc Lipcius hit a two-run home run in the second inning following Beck’s bat inspection.
Umpires for Tennessee-Vanderbilt
- HP: Damien Beal
- 1B: Derek Mollica
- 2B: Clint Lawson
- 3B: Brian Hale
Below is reaction to Beck hitting a home run and being ruled out.