Game Notes, Live Updates, Score: No. 10 Tennessee vs. James Madison Game Two
The No. 10 Tennessee BaseVols are set to take on James Madison University on Wednesday night at approximately 6:00 p.m. ET for game two of a two-game midweek stretch against the Dukes. Tennessee enters the game with an 11-1 record, having gone 2-1 in the Shriners Children's Hospital Classic last weekend with wins against Baylor and Oklahoma and a loss to No. 1 Texas.
The Dukes enter Wednesday night with an 8-5 record, coming off a 2-1 series win over Quinnipiac and their loss to Tennessee.
The Vols and JMU played seven-and-a-half innings on Tuesday night before the game was suspended due to heavy rain in Knoxville. The two teams finished the game at 4:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The two teams were tied at 7-7 at the time of rain delay, and Tennessee was able to pull out the win in extra innings on Wednesday afternoon.
For a rundown of what happened in game on, check out the live updates from the game here.
The Vols and the Dukes Wednesday night game comes 30-45 minutes after the conclusion of the first game for a makeshift doubleheader.
The Vols lead James Madison 4-2 in the all time series, but Tennessee had suffered a 21-2 loss in the most recent meeting (before yesterday) in 2018, a day after the Vols had topped the Dukes 10-1.
Below is the starting lineup for Tennessee in game two of the doubleheader.
Notes: Dickey moves to center to give Russell more time at left. Blake Burke gets the nod at DH. Fitzgibbons logs his first start of the season. He has appeared in three games and thrown three strikeouts with giving up one hit. He started three games last season in his freshman year.
Pitching matchup: Vols LHP Jake Fitzgibbons (0.00 ERA, 0-0) vs. JMU RHP Ryan Murphy (0.90 ERA, 0-0)
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In the section below, Tennessee's second game against James Madison will be continuously updated with live updates and the score.
First pitch is set for 5:55 p.m. ET.
Live Updates, Score:
1st Inning:
T1
-Fitsgibbons walks his first batter Trevon Dabney.
-Mason Dunaway lines out to right field.
-Kyle Novak fouls out at catcher but Lipcius makes the catch.
-Dabney steals second base on the strike thrown by Fitzgibbons.
-Steinberg fouls out to right field.
B1
-Jared Dickey leads off and homers over the right field into the bullpen for a solo bomb on his first pitch of his first at bat.
-Jorel Ortega flies out to center
-Jordan Beck singles to center. The junior went 0-6 at the plate against JMU in game one. Big hit for him.
-Trey Lipscomb pops out to first base.
-Beck steals second on the pitch and advances to third on an error throw from Jensen Lapoint.
-Luc Lipcius pops out to end the inning and leave one stranded.
Vols 1, James Madison 0
2nd Inning:
T2
-Fitzgibbons walks Reifsnider.
-Fenwick Trimble strikes out.
-Carson Bell strikes out. Reifsnider steals second base.
-Jensen Lapoint strikes out for Fitzgibbons' third K in a row and of the game.
B2
-Evan Russell flies out to center.
-Blake Burke cracks a double to fight field.
-Christian Scott flies out to center field. Burke steals third.
-Cortland Lawson strikes out looking to end the inning.
Vols 1, James Madison 0
3rd Inning:
T3
-Fitzgibbons strikes out Jaden Buster for his fourth K of the night.
-Trevon Dabney flies out to right field. Excellent catch from Jordan Beck at the warning track to give the Dukes two outs in the top of the third.
-Mason Dunaway flies out to right to end the top of the frame.
B3
-Jared Dickey grounds out to first base.
-Jorel Ortega flies out to left center.
-Jordan Beck grounds out to second base.
Vols 1, James Madison 0
4th Inning:
T4
-Kyle Novak is walked.
-Jacob Steinberg is walked on a full count to put runners on first and second with no outs.
**Vols pitching change: Ben Joyce to pitch for Jake Fitzgibbons**
FINAL STATS for Fitzgibbons:
**Ben Joyce's first pitch clocks at 101 mph.**
Wild pitch advances the pair of base running Dukes to second and third.
-Joyce walks his first batter. The fourth ball was clocked at 102 mph.
-Trimble finds first on Lipcomb's choice as he goes for the double play to second. Throw is high and slide is late, injuring Ortega. In the meantime, two Dukes score to give JMU the lead.
Runners on first and second for JMU with no outs.
**Vols make a pitching change: Will Mabrey to pitch for Ben Joyce after 14 TP from Joyce.**
-Carson Bell grounds out to 1B.
-Lapoint strikes out swinging.
-Reifsnider is picked off at third base to end the inning.
B4
-Trey Lipscomb homers over the left field wall to tie it up. Solo shot from Lipscomb marks his sixth of the season.
-Luc Lipcius grounds out to second base.
-Evan Russell singles to right field to put one on with one out for Tennessee.
-Blake Burke flies out to right field.
-Christian Scott is walked.
-Cortland Lawson strikes out to end the inning.
Vols 2, James Madison 2
5th Inning:
T5
-Will Mabrey strikes out the side. He has four K's on the night.
B5
**Pitching change for JMU: Sean Culkin to pitch for Ryan Murphy**
-Jared Dickey grounds out to pitcher and is out at first.
-Jorel Ortega grounds out to second.
-Jordan Beck flies out center to end the inning.
Vols 2, James Madison 2
6th Inning:
T6
**Logan Steenstra takes over second base duties for Jorel Ortega**
-Kyle Novak lines out to 2B
-Jacob Steinberg flies out to center.
-Will Mabrey strikes out Reifsnider for his fifth K of the evening. Three up, three down yet again for Tennessee.
B6
-Trey Lipscomb cracks the Vols' sixth base hit of the night with a single to right field. Tennessee has six hits to JMU's 0 but it's tied 2-2.
-Luc Lipcius sac bunts to get Lipscomb to second. One out for Tennessee and Evan Russell is up to the plate.
-Evan Russell delivers an RBI double to right field as Lipscomb comes home. SCORE
**Christian Moore pinch hits for Blake Burke**
-Christian Moore lighting it up again with a two-run shot over the left field wall for a home run. Russell scores as well.
-Christian Scott and Cortland Lawson strike out swinging to end the three-run inning for Tennessee.
Vols 5, James Madison 2
7th Inning:
T7
-Trimble smacks a shot to the left field wall for a double to kickoff the seventh.
-Carson Bell singles to center field. Trimble advances to third to make runners on the corners for the Dukes with no outs. Before the Trimble hit, the Dukes had not gotten a hit off of Tennessee in the game.
-Lapoint strikes out swinging.
-Jalen Buster strikes out swinging for Mabrey's seventh strikeout of the night. A career-high for the junior, as well as innings pitched (3.2)
-Mabrey strikes out Dabney for three straight K's to bring his total to eight.
B7
-Jared Dickey homers over the right field wall on a full count. He has two homers on the night and
-Logan Steenstra makes it back-to-back homers for Tennessee with a dinger off of the scoreboard. It is the junior's first homer of the season, and the Vols have a commanding 7-2 lead.
-Jordan Beck strikes out swinging.
-Trey Lipscomb grounds out to 2B
-Another home run for the Vols in the seventh. Luc Lipcius exacts his power into a ball over the left center wall to extend Tennessee's lead to six runs. It's Lipcius' second home run of the year.
-Evan Russell nails a double to left field, and the Vols have four hits and three runs in the bottom of the seventh.
-Christian Moore flies out to center field to end the inning and leave one stranded.
Vols 8, James Madison 2
8th Inning:
T8
-Mason Dunaway flies out to center field.
-Kyle Novak flies out to right field.
-Jacob Steinberg ropes one down the right field foul line for a double.
-Travis Reifsnider grounds out to pitcher for another scoreless inning.
B8
**Carmine Poppiti to pitch for Nick Zona**
-Christian Scott rips a double to right field to kickoff the bottom of the frame.
-Scott steals third on the pitch.
-Cortland Lawson makes unreal contact and delivers Tennessee's seventh home run of the evening with a two-run shot well over the left field wall. Could've crossed the river. Tennessee leads 10-2 after Lawson and Scott reach home.
-Jared Dickey pops up to short stop.
-Logan Steenstra hit by pitch.
-Steenstra steals second.
-Jordan Beck pops up to short stop.
**JMU pitching change: Nick Stewart to pitch for Carmine Poppiti**
-Trey Lipscomb strikes out to end the inning.
Vols 10, James Madison 2
9th Inning:
T9
**Fr. LHP Wyatt Evans to pitch for Will Mabrey. mabrey's impressive night in relief comes to a close.**
-Fenwick Trimble flies out to center field
-Carson Bell is hit by a pitch.
-Evan Smith strikes out swinging for Evans' first K of the game.
-Jalen buster strikes out to end the game.
FINAL: Vols 10, James Madison 2