{"id":201354,"date":"2026-03-03T00:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201354\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:52:09","slug":"bsb-preview-17-19-vols-host-etsu-oakland-in-the-midweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201354\/","title":{"rendered":"BSB PREVIEW: #17\/19 Vols Host ETSU &#038; Oakland in the Midweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KNOXVILLE, Tenn.\u00a0\u2013 Following a successful weekend trip to Texas, No. 17\/19 Tennessee returns to Knoxville for a busy week of home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, starting with a pair of midweek contests against ETSU and Oakland on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Vols went 2-1 at the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field last weekend, winning its final two games against Arizona State and Virginia Tech after falling to top-ranked UCLA on Friday.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>GAMEDAY INFO<br \/>\nFans are encouraged to check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/gameday\/baseball?path=baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Baseball Gameday Central<\/a>\u00a0page prior to each game for the most updated info in regards to parking, stadium policies, stadium entry points and more.<\/p>\n<p>PROMOTIONS &amp; GIVEAWAYS<br \/>\nThe first 250 students will receive a throwback VOLS shirt\u00a0for Tuesday&#8217;s game against ETSU.<\/p>\n<p>All upcoming promotions for all home games during the season can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/2017\/9\/27\/fan-experience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>TICKET INFORMATION<br \/>\nSingle-game tickets for non-conference home games can be purchased through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/tennessee-volunteers-baseball-tickets\/artist\/1678717?CAMEFROM=CFC_LNS_UTKBSB_WEB_ALLVOLS_NAV-BB26-NONCONTIXS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AllVols.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BROADCAST INFO<br \/>\nCruz Martin (PxP) and VFL Redmond Walsh (analyst) will have the call for both midweek games on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can also listen to the Voice of Tennessee Baseball John Wilkerson and Vince Ferrara call the action via a free audio stream on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/watch\/live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UTSports.com<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/feature\/mobile-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Athletics App<\/a>\u00a0and the Varsity App. \u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS<br \/>\nTuesday vs. ETSU \u2013 4 pm: \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nUT: LHP <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/blaine-brown\/22649\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22649\" target=\"_blank\">Blaine Brown<\/a> (2 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA)<br \/>\nETSU: LHP Tristan Curless (1 APP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday vs. Oakland \u2013 4 pm:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUT: TBD<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOU: TBD&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>SERIES HISTORY<br \/>\nVols vs. ETSU<br \/>\nOverall: 70-21<br \/>\nin Knoxville: 40-11<br \/>\nin Johnson City: 29-10<br \/>\nat Neutral Sites: 1-0<br \/>\nLast Meeting: March 18, 2025, in Knoxville (L, 7-6 in 10 Inn.)<\/p>\n<p>Vols vs. Oakland<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOverall: 4-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nin Knoxville: 4-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nin Rochester: 0-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nat Neutral Sites: 0-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLast Meeting: March 5, 2006, in Knoxville (W, 6-4)&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>NOTABLE<br \/>\nDominant Pitching Leads the Way in Arlington<br \/>\nTennessee road its dominant pitching in both of its victories at the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series last weekend, holding Arizona State to three runs and Virginia Tech to just one run on three hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Vols&#8217; weekend rotation of <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tegan-kuhns\/22640\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22640\" target=\"_blank\">Tegan Kuhns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/landon-mack\/22652\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22652\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Mack<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/evan-blanco\/22647\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22647\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Blanco<\/a> combined to strike out 21 batters, led by a career-high 10 from Kuhns on Friday against No. 1 UCLA. <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cam-appenzeller\/22700\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22700\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Appenzeller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brayden-krenzel\/22639\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"22639\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Krenzel<\/a> also picked up their first career saves over the weekend after posting a pair of scoreless multi-inning relief appearances against the Sun Devils and Hokies.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, UT&#8217;s pitching staff racked up 30 strikeouts and held opposing hitters to a .237 average during its three games in Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>Vols vs. In-State Foes <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Big Orange have had plenty of success against in-state programs during now head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/utsports.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coaches\/josh-elander\/5771\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5771\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Elander<\/a>&#8216;s time on the coaching staff. During Elander&#8217;s eight seasons as an assistant and associate head coach for the Vols, they are 46-19 overall against in-state opponents, which includes a 6-4 record against ETSU.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>OPPONENT SCOUT<br \/>\nETSU Bucs (9-2)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t2025 Record:\u00a041-17 (14-7 SoCon)&#13;<br \/>\n\t2025 Postseason:\u00a0NCAA Nashville Regional (0-2)&#13;<br \/>\n\t2026 SoCon Preseason Poll:\u00a03rd&#13;<br \/>\n\tHead Coach:\u00a0Joe Pennucci&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tOverall Record:\u00a0240-163 (9th year)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tRecord at ETSU:\u00a0Same&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tPreseason All-Conference Selections (5):\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSP Michael Harpster (1st Team)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tRP Derek McCarley (1st Team)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tOF Jamie Palmese (1st Team)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t1B Tristan Curless (2nd Team)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tOF Axel Melendez (2nd Team)&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Oakland Golden Grizzlies (1-10)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t2025 Record:\u00a019-41 (10-20 Horizon)&#13;<br \/>\n\t2025 Postseason:\u00a0N\/A&#13;<br \/>\n\t2026 Horizon League Preseason Poll:\u00a05th \u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tHead Coach:\u00a0Brian Nelson&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tOverall Record:\u00a020-51 (2nd year)&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tRecord at OU:\u00a0Same&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\tPreseason All-Conference Selections: No Team Released&#13;<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>\nThe Vols will host 2026 Horizon League favorite Wright State for a three-game series starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m. UT&#8217;s series against the Raiders will mark the final non-conference weekend matchup of the year with SEC play slated to begin on March 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KNOXVILLE, Tenn.\u00a0\u2013 Following a successful weekend trip to Texas, No. 17\/19 Tennessee returns to Knoxville for a busy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-201354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}