Moore notches 5 RBI; Vols earn series win over Vandy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tennessee baseball made it nine-consecutive wins over conference foe, Vanderbilt, on Saturday evening, surviving a late scare, 7-6.
The Vols’ Christian Moore was spectacular, again, at the dish. He finished the day 3-for-5 with 5 RBI to lead the Big Orange offense.
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He drove in the game’s first run on an infield RBI single in the third inning. After an RBI double from Vandy in the bottom half, Cal Stark used a bloop single to give the edge back to the Vols, 2-1.
Once again, however, the Commodores had the answer. Camden Kozeal launched a no-doubt homer over the right field fence in the fourth inning to put the home team in front, 3-2.
Moore came to the rescue for the Big Orange in the sixth. He somehow muscled a three-run home run just fair down the right field line, launching the Vols back in front, 5-3. He also provided the final RBI of the evening for UT, a single in the seventh inning to make it a 7-5 contest.
Vanderbilt scored one in the ninth, and had the winning run at the plate, before grounding out to end the game.
Drew Beam (7-2) allowed five runs in his 5.1 innings on Saturday, but still secure the victory, while striking out six batters.
Tennessee (42-9, 19-7 SEC) will look for the series sweep on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.
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