While Tennessee’s offense managed hits in the second and third inning, today it was freshman shortstop Dean Curly’s fourth-inning, three-run home run that helped Tennessee pull away from Albany for an eventual ———
While the offense was struggling to plate runs, Drew Beam looked like the preseason All-American candidate he is, giving up on run in the first after a single, a subsequent double and a sacrifice grounder back to Beam that let the runner at third make it home.
But after that, Beam was dazzling. He struck out the next two batters on six pitches to end the half inning:
Beam bounces back from a pair of early hits to strike out the final two batters of the inning with some high heat!