Manny Marin bashed the second pitch he saw Saturday and Tennessee baseball did it again.
Marin obliterated a walk-off grand slam to left field to give the No. 1 Vols an 11-1 win against St. Bonaventure − and their second walk-off grand slam in the past four games.
“First pitch, I was taking,” Marin said. “It was a fastball. Just had a feeling the curveball was coming.”
Blake Grimmer hit a walk-off grand slam against Radford on Tuesday. Grimmer’s grand slam was Tennessee’s third of the game, which tied an NCAA record and set a program record. It also was UT’s second grand slam of the inning, which likewise tied an NCAA record and set a Tennessee record.
Tennessee (15-0) has eight grand slams in 15 games. The NCAA record for grand slams is 14 in a season.
Tennessee baseball has hit eight grand slams this season
Hunter Ensley hit the first grand slam of the season for Tennessee on Feb. 15 against Hofstra. Reese Chapman hit the second a day later in the series finale against Hofstra.
Dalton Bargo slugged Tennessee’s third grand slam as part of his two-homer inning against UNC Asheville on Feb. 18. Levi Clark hit the fourth against Samford on Feb. 22. Like Grimmer, Clark also was pinch hitting when he hit the grand slam.
The Vols jumped to seven on the season with the trio against Radford. Chapman hit his second. Fischer hit one then Grimmer followed in the seventh.
The Vols hit 12 grand slams in 73 games last season, which is tied for the second-most in a season in NCAA history.
What is the NCAA record for grand slams in college baseball?
Arizona State holds the record for single-season grand slams with 14 in 2003. The Sun Devils played 68 games to set the record.
Oklahoma State hit 12 grand slams in 66 games in 1996. The Vols reached that mark last season when Billy Amick hit UT’s 12th against Indiana in the Knoxville Super Regional on June 1.
Tennessee set the SEC record when Blake Burke accounted for UT’s 11th when he hit a grand slam on May 17 against South Carolina. LSU held the previous record of 10, which it achieved in 1998. Blake Burke accounted for UT’s 11th when he hit a grand slam on May 17 against South Carolina.
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