Looking for a discussion on a week that opened with adversity and closed with a strong response from the top-ranked Tennessee baseball team?
There’s a GoVols247 Podcast — specifically a Diamond Vols Podcast — for that.
GoVols247’s Ben McKee (from his home studio) and Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and former Tennessee pitcher and current SEC Network+ analyst Will Heflin convened via the magic of The Internets to discuss a week that started with Tennessee’s first two losses of the season but ended with a big road series win over a rival in hostile territory to keep the Vols ranked atop nearly every major college baseball poll.
Tennessee’s first loss of the season came in a way that wouldn’t surprise seasoned college baseball-knowers, but obviously would surprise others. The Vols lost an extra-innings Tuesday game to East Tennessee State, a program that can always mash the baseball, often gives Tennessee fits and always get fired up to play the Vols. ETSU made a series of unbelievably good plays in the final innings to extend and then win the game, and Tennessee had to hold the L heading into its first SEC road game of the seasons.
No. 12 Alabama held off a charge from Tennessee to win the series opener, so the Vols woke up Friday morning in a rather determined mood. And they bounced back to win the next two games, building big leads in each game. And they did all of that without star junior second baseman Gavin Kilen, who missed the entire series while dealing with a hamstring issue.
The week didn’t start well for the Vols, obviously, and The Diamond Vols Podcast never ducks the smoke while discussing disappointing defeats. But it turned out to be a good week for Tennessee, so there was more good than bad to discuss. But obviously there was some bad.
So … as always, there was much to discuss, and much was discussed in this episode.
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