Five unanswered runs in the top of the fifth inning allowed for the Tennessee baseball team to record a comeback victory at Austin Peay Wednesday night.
The No. 17 Volunteers erased an early deficit to capture a 5-3 victory over the Governors in Clarksville.
Both Austin Peay (1-6) and Tennessee (8-2) scored runs in bunches Wednesday.
The Governors tallied three times in the bottom of the third inning to dart out to a 3-0 lead before the Vols scored all five times in the top of the fifth.
In that frame, Jake Rucker had a two-run single and Liam Spence picked up an RBI on a hit. Drew Gilbert knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Jackson Greer, a product of Knoxville Central High School, picked up an RBI for the Vols when he was hit by a pitch.
Greer went 1-for-3 in the contest with a double an RBI and a run, while Rucker was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and one run. Spence went 1-for-3 with one run and drove in a run. He walked twice.
On the mound, Elijah Pleasants pitched six innings of scoreless relief. He surrendered three hits and struck out six.
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