Tennessee hasn’t won a series at Vanderbilt since 2009, but these Vols sure feel different. The nation’s No. 1 team — Tennessee that is — took care of game one on Friday night in Nashville.
But it was a weird one.
It one started with a bang — and then controversy.
Jordan Beck kicked things off with a homerun, only for the umpires to deem Beck’s bat illegal. The homerun was taken off the board, despite the bat having an inspection sticker on it.
Everyone was confused.
Per the broadcast, the sticker was from the midweek game, and not from this weekend’s inspection.