Tennessee scored runs in bunches Tuesday night in a midweek game against Eastern Kentucky.
The Vols used a seven-run fifth inning to notch a 13-5 victory at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The No. 9 Volunteers totaled 12 hits against the Colonels (8-11) with six going for extra bases.
Third baseman Trey Lipscomb went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs for Tennessee (18-4). He had a double, home run and scored a run.
Drew Gilbert, the Vols’ starting left fielder, who pitched the ninth inning, went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored for Tennessee, which scored three runs in the first and three more in the fourth.
UT scored seven runs in the fifth inning.
Courtland Lawson hit a two-run homer for the Vols and Kyle Booker chipped in with an RBI.
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