In advance of their colossal weekend series against the first-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, the fourth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (37-11, 17-7) played host to the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Tuesday evening. That game, the penultimate matchup of its kind, started just a shade after 6:30 pm with Mark McLaughlin throwing the first pitch.
Throughout the game, the Vols would use a slew of different pitchers in what ended up being a high-scoring affair, one that went from a blowout to a tightly squeezed victory. McLaughlin would turn in three innings of one hit ball, keeping Tennessee Tech off the scoreboard and nearly off the bases, as he didn’t surrender a walk.