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Tennessee strikes for back-to-back home runs against Belmont before weather delay
By Sydney Hunte
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Tennessee is feeling the sting of losing 2 out of 3 games against in-state rival Vanderbilt in their final home series of the regular season.
The Volunteers have one more home game remaining at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, and that’s against another in-state foe in Belmont on Tuesday. And both teams have been forced to dodge raindrops during the evening as the game went to a weather delay in the bottom of the 2nd innine.
Before that, the Vols struck for a few fireworks.
With both teams scoreless in the bottom of the 2nd and the bases loaded, Gavin Kilen brought in a run on a groundout to 2nd base to put Tennessee ahead. Then, with 2 outs, Andrew Fischer stepped up and launched a 3-run home run to right field, his 21st of the season, to make it 4-0.
The Vols weren’t done: on a 3-0 count, Hunter Ensley made it back-to-back home runs as he drilled one to left field to up the lead to 5-0.
Here’s video of the back-to-back bombs:
Despite Tennessee sitting well off the pace of their 60-win championship season in 2024, it’s still in good shape to make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. The No. 17 Vols wrap up their regular season with a 3-game series at No. 8 Arkansas starting Thursday.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
