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The #3 nationally ranked Tennessee Volunteers travel to Cullowhee to face the Catamounts for the second part of this season's home and home between the two teams. This will be the 29th meeting between the two teams on the diamond, the Cats and Volunteers last played in Knoxville on March 30, 2021.

When: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 5:00 pm
Where: Hennon Stadium, Cullowhee, NC
Radio: Tenn. Radio
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: WCU Live stats
Conference: SEC
Mascot: Volunteers
UT Fan Message Board: VolNation

Head Coach: Tony Vitello - head coach at UT since 2017 -
Vitello's Record at UT: 102-54 (4th Year)
Alma Mater: Missouri (‘02) Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.

2021 UT Baseball Record: 27-6 overall, 9-3 SEC, 19-3 home, 8-3 away, 0-0 neutral
2020 UT Baseball Record: 15-2 overall, 0-0 conf., 12-2 home, 0-0 away, 3-0 neutral

The Series: The Cats are 6-22 overall against Tennessee, and have lost the last five games played against the Volunteers. The Cats last win occurred in April 2010 in Knoxville, a 14-9 victory. The Cats are 2-5 in games played in Cullowhee vs. the Volunteers.

Positional Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2
Pitchers Returning/Lost: 11/3
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/8
Newcomers: 17

After finishing 2020 ranked second nationally in home runs with 31, the Vols have continued to hit the long ball at a high rate. UT is averaging over one homer per game and ranks 26th in the country with 24 this season. Drew Gilbert and Jordan Beck are tied for the team lead with five homers each. Jake Rucker (3), Luc Lipcius (3), Liam Spence (2), and Max Ferguson (2) have also gone yard multiple times.

The Volunteers have faced two SoCon teams this season, a three-game series vs. UNCG and 1 game vs. ETSU, winning all four games. After taking the first two games of the weekend series, No. 4 Tennessee was unable to complete the series sweep over No. 9 Florida, falling 7-6 Sunday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

UT is ranked No. 3 in the USA Today Top 25 and Perfect Game top 25 poll. This will be the second meeting between the two programs this season after the Vols earned a 9-2 win in Knoxville on March 30. The Catamounts enter Tuesday's contest on a five-game winning streak.

Projected Starting Pitchers:
WCU – Fr. RHP #44 Carson Lowder (0-0, 4.15) vs. TENN – Fr. LHP Jake Fitzgibbons (1-0, 6.14)

Last Edit: Apr 13, 2021 6:48:08 GMT -5 by The Cats

"Go Cats"
- in honor of Catamount man / Pickens

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

skocats Boomer Posts: 53	Up Next: #3 Tennessee Apr 13, 2021 9:58:50 GMT -5 FLCATAMOUNT likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by skocats on Apr 13, 2021 9:58:50 GMT -5 Hopefully the bats can stay hot from Sunday to give them a chance to knock off UT

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Apr 13, 2021 9:58:50 GMT -5 skocats said:

Hopefully the bats can stay hot from Sunday to give them a chance to knock off UT

The game will be determined by who Coach Mo’s pitching selections will be. If he throws his 3rd string pitchers, it will be a long day. We just do not have a good depth of pitching on this team. You can see this by the football type scores we have had recently.

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Apr 13, 2021 11:35:59 GMT -5 jim68 said:

Apr 13, 2021 9:58:50 GMT -5 skocats said:

Hopefully the bats can stay hot from Sunday to give them a chance to knock off UT

The game will be determined by who Coach Mo’s pitching selections will be. If he throws his 3rd string pitchers, it will be a long day. We just do not have a good depth of pitching on this team. You can see this by the football type scores we have had recently.

You know more than me, but Zebby Mathews only pitched 5innings on Friday. Why not start him. He does not pitch again until this coming weekend.

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Apr 13, 2021 11:40:57 GMT -5 FLCATAMOUNT said:

Apr 13, 2021 11:35:59 GMT -5 jim68 said:

The game will be determined by who Coach Mo’s pitching selections will be. If he throws his 3rd string pitchers, it will be a long day. We just do not have a good depth of pitching on this team. You can see this by the football type scores we have had recently.

You know more than me, but Zebby Mathews only pitched 5innings on Friday. Why not start him. He does not pitch again until this coming weekend.

Coach will not throw him in a Tuesday game because Zebby will be saved for Conference Games because they are more important. I can’t think of the kids name that relieved in the VMI game with the bases loaded with no outs and did very well. He is the kid that had trouble keeping his Baseball Hat on. He had pop on his fastball & he had a great looking curve ball. He also had great command of all his pitches. He wore glasses and was a Freshman. He also has very good pitching mechanics in his delivery to the plate. Do not know why he is not being used more in the pitching rotation.

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	"Go Cats" - in honor of Catamount man / Pickens “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

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What you are seeing now is terrible coaching by Coach Mo. The kid on the mound has the bases loaded with no one warning up in the bullpen. Should have someone warming up at the beginning of the inning in a close ballgame especially when the starting pitcher has had limited innings pitched.

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Apr 13, 2021 17:24:53 GMT -5 jim68 said:

What you are seeing now is terrible coaching by Coach Mo. The kid on the mound has the bases loaded with no one warning up in the bullpen. Should have someone warming up at the beginning of the inning in a close ballgame especially when the starting pitcher has had limited innings pitched.

The starting picture is only throwing fast balls & circle changes. Has very little movement on all his pitches.

The Cats Legacy Posts: 25,670	Up Next: #3 Tennessee Apr 13, 2021 18:33:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Cats on Apr 13, 2021 18:33:43 GMT -5 In the top of the 7th, it's all tied up, 7-7
	"Go Cats" - in honor of Catamount man / Pickens “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” —Thomas Jefferson

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