Tennessee makes history in season-opening 3-game sweep of Appalachian State
The Tennessee Volunteers started their 2019 season with a three-game series against Appalachian State.
Now, three games into the season, the Vols are 3-0 and still haven’t allowed a run to cross home plate, sweeping the weekend series by scores of 6-0, 2-0 and 3-0.
A three-game sweep with zero runs allowed was a program first, as noted by the SEC Network following Sunday’s victory:
History on Opening Weekend!
Friday: 6-0
Saturday: 2-0
Sunday: 3-0@Vol_Baseball completes the first 3-game series shutout in program history. pic.twitter.com/AdZPRDddFP— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) February 17, 2019
Andrew Schultz was on the mound to close out Sunday’s game, striking out all three batters he faced to finish the contest in dominant fashion:
RHP @littleschultz5 in to close out the #Vols weekend, picks up 3 K's. @Vol_Baseball sweeps App State without allowing a single run. #GBO pic.twitter.com/0y5oCUXmFp
— WATE Sports (@WATESports) February 17, 2019
The Vols host Northern Kentucky on Tuesday, with a series against Indiana coming up next weekend.
The scoreless streak isn’t likely to last much longer, but what a dominant start to the year for Tennessee!