After an explosive performance from Evan Russell on Saturday, the Tennessee offense didn’t have enough juice to keep up with Vanderbilt Sunday afternoon.
The game started with some pop for both sides as Dominic Keegan took Vols’ starter Blade Tidwell deep in the top of the first (with two outs — more on that later), and then Tennessee got back-to-back home runs from Max Ferguson and Jake Rucker.
Tidwell ran into more two-out trouble in the third inning with a single by Enrique Bradfield. Vandy’s leadoff man then stole second and third (Bradfield was trouble on the base paths for UT all afternoon as he stole second and third again in the sixth inning).