Vols avoid elimination versus Stanford in College World Series

Tennessee baseball avoids elimination versus Stanford in the College World Series.

Tennessee (44-21, 16-14 SEC) defeated No. 8 national seed Stanford (44-20, 23-7 Pac-12), 6-4, to avoid elimination in the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

Tennessee scored six runs after trailing, 4-0, in third inning.

Tennessee scored its first run on a sacrifice fly by Hunter Ensley. Jared Dickey hit an RBI single before Christian Scott’s two-run single tied the game.

The Vols took the lead in the seventh inning on Zane Denton’s groundout, which brought home Griffin Merritt. Later in the inning, Blake Burke scored on a wild pitch to extend the Vols’ advantage to 6-4.

Chase Burns (5-3) pitched six innings of scoreless relief for the Vols. He allowed two hits and recorded nine strikeouts to help Tennessee win its first game in the College World Series since 2001.

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