Live Updates: Tennessee Baseball vs. Wright State

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Live Updates - Tennessee vs. Wright State

Josh Elande — Feb 28, 2026; Arlington, TX, USA; Tennessee Volunteers against Arizona State Sun Devils during the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images | Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images

Final Score - Tennessee 4, Wright State 3

First Inning:
Top: The first pitch has been fired away. Play ball. Tegan Kuhns strikes out the batter to start the game. The second at bat results in an infield single. Almost a beautiful play from the infield. Wright State scores on a double. Great hit down the left side baseline. Kuhns will look to get them back. Henry Ford gets a pop-up out for the Vols. Tennessee baseball escapes the inning with an infield out.

Bottom: Jay Abernathy set to lead the Vols out of the dugout. Abernathy gets on base via a walk. A balk advances him. A diving catch at shortstop stops Ford from reaching base. Abernathy is held up at second because of an out to right field off the bat of Blaine Brown. Grimmer is out on a fly to left field.

Second Inning:
Top: Kuhns steps back on the mound to start the second inning. Kuhns gets his second strikeout of the game. Kuhns with a major strikeout. The Vols will now face Zac Butler. The Vols force a three-up-three-down.

Bottom: Stone Lawless is up to bat. Behind him are Reese Chapman and Levi Clark. Lawless and Chapman are out. Clark will look to draw blood here. Lawless is out on a pop fly.

Third Inning:
Top: Kuhns takes the mound. A single gets the first batter on base. A great throw to first from Lawless catches the greedy runner. The Vols get their first out. Kuhns gets a huge strikeout. Andrew Duncan hits a single. Hunter Warren is looking to get his bat going again after a single earlier tonight. A single scores another. Kuhns will look to circle back here. Kuhns with a strikeout ends the inning.

Bottom: Here comes Garrett Wright, Ariel Antigua, and Jay Abernathy at a minimum. Wright gets on base with a single. Here comes Antigua. Antigua is out. Abernathy will look to advance the runner. A ball comes back to hit the pitcher, but he still picks up the out. Ford drives in Wright with a big-time single through the 3b and SS gap. Here comes Blaine Brown. Brown strikes out.

Fourth Inning:
Top: Kuhns is back on the mound. Antigua snags one at the base. Patrick Fultz takes Kuhns deep right for a home run. Kuhns has to snap back into it to keep pushing forward. He will look to shake it off here. A double to right field adds a base runner. Brady Frederick is getting loose. Kuhns stuns the batter with a huge K. This will be interesting to see if he returns.

Bottom: Blake Grimmer is up to bat. Lawless is up to bat right here. He has the chance to cut the lead, but will have to do it with zero on base. Lawless is out at first base. Chapman up to bat. Clark is up to bat. But first, there will be a mound visit. Nothing is going for the Vols.

Fifth Inning:
Top: Kuhns returns to the mound. Kuhns has the chance to keep pushing here as he picks up a huge out. The batter is battling here. Kuhns is now over 70 pitches. Kuhns with another strikeout. Kuhns could be done following this inning. With one on base, Kuhns is looking for another out. Call stands. Kuhns forces an infield fly to Ford. Kuhns is taken to the warning track, but great tracking allowed an out for the Vols.

Bottom: Garrett Wright to bat. Wright is hit, and he advances. Here comes Antigua. Antigua advances Wright, but is out in the process. With a batter at second, Abernathy hits a flyout. Up to bat is Ford. Ford strikes out.

Sixth Inning:
Top: Brandon Arvidson is in to pitch. Arvidson is looking to push through this inning, but currently has one at second and one out. Arvidson gives up a single, and there are now batters at the corners. Arvidson gets a huge strikeout. The Vols catch a greedy base runner trying to get home.

Bottom: Here comes Blaine Brown. He is out at first. Blake Grimmer to the plate. Grimmer goes yard to cut into the deficit. Huge hit by the four-hole hitter. Lawless walks, and Chapman is up. Chapman is out, and Clark is now up to bat. Clark strikes out.

Seventh Inning:
Top: Arvidson is out to pitch yet again. The Vols will need to have a solid inning here to keep the game within striking distance. The Vols escape the inning with no damage done.

Bottom: The Vols will look to get the bats going yet again. Here comes Garrett Wright. Wright flies out to left field. Antigua is needed in a big way here. Correction, Tyler Myatt is in for Antigua. Abernathy is up to bat after Myatt strikes out. Full count for Abernathy. He walks. Here comes Ford. Wright State is giving their pitcher a breather with a mound visit. Ford comes up clutch with a double, and Abernathy scores. The Vols have tied it up. Blaine Brown is out.

Eighth Inning:
Top: Manny Marin is in the game at shortstop. He makes a heck of a play at shortstop for out one. Marin can't scoop it, and the Raiders have one on base. That is listed as an error. The Vols are looking to escape with two outs and one on second. Arvidson with a huge strikeout, and he is on fire.

Bottom: Grimmer is back at the plate. Lawless is visibly upset after being called out on a strike three. There are now two outs and none on for Reese Chapman. Chapman walks. Here is Levi Clark. Full count for the talented ball player. He strikes out.

Ninth Inning:
Top: This game is tied up in the ninth. Frederick is entering the game. A fantastic play by Manny Marin is the result of the first out. Frederick picks up a strikeout. Called strike three gets the strikeout.

Bottom: Tennessee is in walk-off territory here. Wright hits a double. Marin hits a walk-off single, and the Vols win.

Pre-Game Information

Tennessee basebal — Feb 28, 2026; Arlington, TX, USA; Tennessee Volunteers against Arizona State Sun Devils during the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images | Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images

The Tennessee Volunteers are back in action for the beginning of yet another baseball series on a nice and sunny day in Knoxville, Tennessee. This is the first of three games that the Tennessee Vols will play during the weekend, as they will be playing against the Wright State Raiders.

This is a team that has been a bit of a historical matchup for the Vols, as there are many things to think back to, including arguably the greatest moment in college baseball history. That moment being when Drew Gilbert hit a grand slam, which was a walk off win for the Vols in the postseson tournament.

The Vols have already dropped three games within their first 13 matchups, but they will look to get things moving smoothly again with a sweep this weekend, which is what has been predicted for the Vols. The first game will highlight arguably the best pitcher on the Tennessee Volunteers roster, and within the rotation, as the Tennessee Volunteers are set to start Tegan Kuhns. Kuhns is getting to the bump with a record of 1-1, as he has also struck out a total of 22 batters in his first few games starting for the Tennessee Vols. He also has a 2.45 ERA, which is quite the statistic, and he will be someone who will have the chance to suffocate the Wright State offense early.

As for the batters, there will be multiple names to know entering this contest, including some of the expected starters. One of the players that can be expected to play in this one is Henry Ford, who is entering the game with a .327 average. This is good enough to be second on the team outside of players who haven't averaged two plate appearances a game. The other player who could be a huge piece for the Vols tonight will be Blaine Brown. The two-way star is one of the better bats the Vols have, as he leads the team with a .333 average. He also has a total of five home runs through 13 games thus far.

The Vols will need to win this game to get on track for the weekend, as they are set for their first conference weekend of the season in Athens, Georgia, a week from today, as they will be taking on the Georgia Bulldogs.