Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas highlights: Vols held to 2 hits in NCAA super regional Game 1 loss
Tennessee baseball struggled to find traction offensively in the first game of the Fayetteville Super Regional.
No. 3 Arkansas beat No. 14 Tennessee 4-3 on June 7 at Baum-Walker Stadium. It was Game 1 of the super regional. Tennessee must win two elimination games to make the College World Series.
Arkansas held Tennessee to a season-low two hits. Both were home runs. Dean Curley hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and Andrew Fischer hit a solo homer in the ninth.
The Vols faced just two pitchers. Arkansas starting pitcher Zach Root threw seven one-hit innings. Reliever Gabe Gaeckle pitched the final two innings, allowing the other hit.
Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas live updates in Fayetteville Super Regional
Final: Tennessee 3, Arkansas 4
Tennessee 3, Arkansas 4 | T9
Andrew Fischer hit a home run to right field.
Tennessee 2, Arkansas 4 | B6
Arkansas tacks on one more run but Tennessee avoids disaster after star Razorback Wehiwa Aloy flies out on the warning track. It would have been a three-run home run.
Tennessee subs pitcher Brayden Krenzel in, replacing Dylan Loy | B6
Loy faced one batter, allowing a single.
Tennessee makes a pitching change, takes Marcus Phillips out | B6
Dylan Loy is coming in the game to relieve Phillips. Arkansas has a runner on first with one out.
Tennessee 2, Arkansas 3 | B5
Arkansas matched Tennessee's two-run home run with one of his own. Ryder Helfrick snuck one over the wall in left field.
Tennessee 2, Arkansas 1 | T5
Tennessee's first hit is a massive one. Vols' second baseman Dean Curley hit a two-run home run off Zach Root. It was his 14th of the year and gives Tennessee a lead.
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello makes ESPN TV crew laugh during in-game interview
Tony Vitello was a little late to his in-game interview as the Vols and Razorbacks changed sides between innings. He apologized with a wry explanation.
Tennessee strands three Arkansas runners to end threat | B3
Arkansas loaded the bases against Marcus Phillips but Phillips got out of trouble by forcing a double play.
Tennessee 0, Arkansas 1 | B2
Arkansas scored the game's first run on a Marcus Phillips wild pitch. Cam Kozeal scored from third base while the ball was loose.
What channel is Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas on today?
- TV channel: ESPN
- Live stream: ESPN app/ESPN+
Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas time today
- 5 p.m. ET
Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas probable pitchers
- Tennessee: Marcus Phillips (4-4, 3.71 ERA)
- Arkansas: Zach Root (7-5, 3.78 ERA)
Tennessee baseball vs Arkansas super regional schedule
- Game 1: Saturday, June 7, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2: Sunday, June 8, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, June 9, TBD
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