Greetings from the friendly confines of Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
No. 10 Tennessee (10-1) getting ready to square off against James Madison (8-4) in the first of two midweek games this week with the Dukes. 6 p.m. first pitch tonight. 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. We'll see if they can get tonight's game in before the rain gets here.
Sophomore LHP Zander Sechrist (1-0, 1.04 ERA) is making his third midweek start of the season. Opponents are hitting .071 off of him and he's struck out 13 in 8.2 innings of work. Only allowed two walks, two hits and one run on the season.
Tonight's starting lineup:
1) Seth Stephenson, LF
2) Jared Dickey, RF
3) Jordan Beck, CF
4) Trey Lipscomb, 3B
5) Jorel Ortega, 2B
6) Luc Lipcius, 1B
7) Christian Moore, DH
8) Evan Russell, C
9) Cortland Lawson, SS
Sophomore RHP Nick Hammer (0-0, 1.59 ERA) is starting for James Madison. Making his first start of the year. Eight strikeout in 5.2 innings of work. Opponents are hitting .190 off of him.
James Madison preseason All-American Chase DeLauter — who leads the team with a .459 batting average and is tied with the team lead with 18 RBIs — is not playing today due to injury (unknown) and likely won't play tomorrow. Not even sure he's here.
No. 10 Tennessee (10-1) getting ready to square off against James Madison (8-4) in the first of two midweek games this week with the Dukes. 6 p.m. first pitch tonight. 6:30 p.m. tomorrow night. We'll see if they can get tonight's game in before the rain gets here.
Sophomore LHP Zander Sechrist (1-0, 1.04 ERA) is making his third midweek start of the season. Opponents are hitting .071 off of him and he's struck out 13 in 8.2 innings of work. Only allowed two walks, two hits and one run on the season.
Tonight's starting lineup:
1) Seth Stephenson, LF
2) Jared Dickey, RF
3) Jordan Beck, CF
4) Trey Lipscomb, 3B
5) Jorel Ortega, 2B
6) Luc Lipcius, 1B
7) Christian Moore, DH
8) Evan Russell, C
9) Cortland Lawson, SS
Sophomore RHP Nick Hammer (0-0, 1.59 ERA) is starting for James Madison. Making his first start of the year. Eight strikeout in 5.2 innings of work. Opponents are hitting .190 off of him.
James Madison preseason All-American Chase DeLauter — who leads the team with a .459 batting average and is tied with the team lead with 18 RBIs — is not playing today due to injury (unknown) and likely won't play tomorrow. Not even sure he's here.
