KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 3 Tennessee rode seven strong innings from Drew Beam and a shutdown performance from its bullpen to a 3-2 victory over University of Missouri baseball, clinching its fifth-consecutive Southeastern Conference series win Friday evening at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Beam (6-1) blanked the Tigers through seven innings, allowing just four hits while striking out eight hitters before allowing a Trevor Austin two-run homer in the eighth. From there, Kirby Connell retired four Mizzou (19-25, 6-14 SEC) hitters on just eight pitches, before Aaron Combs locked down the win, getting the final out of the contest after a two-out defensive miscue put the potential tying run on base in the ninth.
Led by 5.0 strong innings from Logan Lunceford (1-4), the Tigers pitching staff nearly matched Tennessee’s mound effort, limiting the Vols (36-7, 14-6 SEC) to a pair of fourth-inning runs and a seventh-inning tally.
After the two starting pitchers combined to keep the game scoreless through three innings, the Vols employed a two-out rally to break the scoring seal in the fourth. Lunceford dispatched the first two hitters of the inning on a pair of fly balls, Dylan Dreiling beat out an infield chopper to the left side to ignite the rally. Dean Curley followed with a base hit to right, advancing Dreiling to third and moving into scoring position himself on the throw to third….
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